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The latest monthly outlook for August 2025 shows that the region is slightly like to be warmer than normal this month. The signal for above-normal rainfall is much stronger, with heavier than usual rain most likely in nearly all of Georgia plus SE Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. This is probably in large part due…
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The preliminary data for July 2025 shows that most of the region was warmer than normal and quite a bit of it was also drier than normal. The exception for precipitation was in North Carolina and Virginia where TS Chantal brought torrential rain to central parts of NC and then NE into Virginia early in…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released earlier this week, shows that areas of abnormally dry (D0) and moderate drought (D1) increased in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and North and South Carolina this week due to the high temperatures and spotty rainfall that occurred. There is currently no drought or dry conditions in Virginia and Puerto Rico has…
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I have been getting a lot of calls and emails this week asking why the tropics have been so quiet. In reality, we are pretty close to average conditions. The last two years had active conditions early in the season compared to this one, but there is a lot of variation from one year to…
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The latest 7-day precipitation map shows that we are entering a rainier pattern in the next week. The heaviest rain will be concentrated along a band that stretches from southern Alabama through the Florida Panhandle, the coastal plain of Georgia and South Carolina, and continuing along the coast to include eastern North Carolina. The Appalachian…
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I am running behind on my posts since I was attending the Mesonet Conference in Albany NY last week. The latest Drought Monitor, released last Thursday shows that there were some increases in abnormally dry (D0) conditions across a lot of the region as well as some improvements in NE Florida due to the impacts…
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Join us for the Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar! This webinar series provides the region with information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture production,…