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While a lot of the statistics for the 2024 climate are still being compiled and quality-controlled, we can take a quick look at the preliminary yearly statistics using the High Plains Regional Climate Center’s online maps at https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?maps=ACISClimateMaps. They show that overall the Southeast was generally 1-2 degrees warmer than normal, with the highest deviations…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released today, indicates that dry conditions expanded over a lot of the Florida Peninsula as well as in some locations in South Carolina due to a lack of rain this week. By comparison, a large area in Alabama and smaller areas in northern Georgia and central Tennessee improved due to the…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most of this week will be dry across the region through Thursday evening except for Alabama, where the next storm will start to bring rainfall during the day on Thursday. Most of the rain that falls on Friday and Saturday will be in western parts of the region,…
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Today is the official end of the 2024 Atlantic tropical season. It is quiet right now and there is no sign of any late development, so most likely we have reached the last named storm of the year. But keep watching just in case. Brian McNoldy,Senior Research Associate at University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of…
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The most recent seasonal forecast was released today and shows that the December through February pattern is still showing a typical La Nina pattern of warmer and drier than normal conditions across southern sections of our region, even though La Nina has a lower chance of occurrence than it did last month due to the…
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As you know, the past few weeks have been exceptionally dry for the Southeast, even in October, which is generally the driest month of the year. A number of stations have not received one drop of rain this month, and that is expected to continue for the next week except for an area in South…
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The latest 7-day QPF map for the Southeast shows that there will be very little rain in Alabama and Georgia this week until perhaps late in the week. There will be more rain in the Florida Peninsula and in Virginia and northern North Carolina. However, there is a lot of uncertainty with this because it…
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