Climate outlooks
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The rain that we have had this week has helped improve soil moisture across the region (at least for those areas that had the rain) and should halt the expansion of drought in those areas in the Drought Monitor. Since the cut-off time for the DM was Tuesday morning, this week’s DM (coming out tomorrow…
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David Zierden, the Florida State Climatalogist, recently wrote an update on the current drought conditions and what we can expect for the next few months. I am printing it here with his permission because it gives an good overlook of what we are experiencing now and what to plan for fall, especially if you are…
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The persistent high pressure center is finally moving out of the region, allowing a cold front with associated showers to move in from the northwest. This could bring up to a few inches of rain for most of Alabama and South Carolina, northern Georgia and North Carolina, with lesser amounts in eastern Virginia. Most of…
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Fall returned to parts of the Southeast this morning as a wedge of cooler air moved into the region from the northeast along the east side of the Appalachians. But only light rain is expected from this air along with a cold front early next week for many parts of the region. The wettest region…
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The latest monthly climate outlook for October 2019 was released today. It shows that warmer than normal temperatures and drier than normal rainfall are likely to dominate the weather in October. Remember that this monthly outlook is based primarily on what is likely to happen the first two weeks of the month and is less…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows another very dry week, which continues the streak of dry conditions along with well above normal temperatures. Almost no rain is expected to fall, although there may be some scattered showers in some places and at some times to give some temporary relief. By next weekend, a change in…
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The latest monthly and seasonal outlooks were released by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center earlier this week. They lean towards warmer than normal temperatures for both October and the October-December period across the region. This is based on long-term warming trends along with the neutral ENSO conditions we are currently in. For precipitation, there is a…