The latest 7-day QPF map shows that most areas of the Southeast should receive rain this week. The driest area is expected to be upstate South Carolina, with wetter conditions in southern Florida, western Alabama, and northern Virginia. The wettest area of the country continues to be a band through…
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The latest edition of the El Niño outlook was published this week. It shows that El Niño is well entrenched in the central Pacific, with cooler conditions in the eastern Pacific due a temporary Kelvin wave. Virtually every statistical and dynamical model predicts that this El Niño will continue for…
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The State Climate Office of North Carolina announced this week that they are welcoming a new director who will also serve as the State Climatologist. Kathie Dello comes to the Southeast from Oregon, where she was the Associate Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Deputy Director of…
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While I was out of town enjoying sunny conditions in Alaska (they are in a pretty bad drought), the Southeast has had mostly wet and warm conditions for the first 12 days of the month. Next week should be relatively dry so the departures will trend back towards normal rainfall….
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Since the beginning of the month, severe drought was added to the Southeast. Thanks for your comments to the Drought Reporter! But heavy rains since then caused the DM to reduce the amount of D2 drought in the region. This coming week should be mostly dry so I don’t expect…
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Today marks the beginning of climatological summer in the Southeast. Hope it’s a good one! Seems like we’ve had an early start to the Dog Days of Summer this year. I’m taking a break from the blog for two weeks while I travel to Alaska and the Yukon with my…
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The latest 7-day QPF map shows that only light rain can be expected in most of the Southeast in the next week. After a dry weekend, rain chances improve slightly during the week. The wettest areas will be the interior of the Florida peninsula and the mountainous areas of Georgia…
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