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The latest 7-day QPF map for this week shows that the entire Southeast will receive at most only minor amounts of rain. The high pressure that is sitting over our region is effectively shutting down most of the rain that would bring relief to the region, and is leading to temperatures that are much higher…
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If you like beautiful pictures of earth, you will enjoy this photo essay showing the rivers and lakes in central Australia, a desert which is now in the depths of drought (yes, deserts can have droughts too). It’s from ABC News Australia here.
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The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center has produced a new Water Outlook for the Southeast. You can view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcA1nNe_RoM&feature=youtu.be.
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Producers are all busy working in their fields, planting, spraying, and irrigating. Some folks are making hay or working on small grains as well. Here is a look ahead at the weather and climate for the next few weeks. The major feature of the weather across the Southeast for the next month is a strong…
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The latest Drought Monitor, released this morning, shows that the extent of moderate drought was reduced in South Carolina and Georgia and removed from Alabama and Florida in response to recent rain and cooler temperatures. With virtually no rain expected in the next week along with very warm temperatures, we may see an expansion again…
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With the hot temperatures that are forecast to occur in the Southeast next week, I’ve been getting some questions about how you determine when the average date of first occurrence of 90 F is for a given location. Here is a way to do it using XMACIS2, an online data search tool from the Regional…
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After the first two weeks, May 2019 is slightly wetter than normal across the region, with a drier than normal area in eastern North Carolina. Temperatures across most of the region are well above normal, especially in the Carolinas and Virginia. In spite of the above-normal rainfall, the hot temperatures have increased evaporation, putting stress…
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