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The latest prediction for TS Bret is that it is expected to continue to move east and is no longer expected to reach hurricane status due to strong wind shear that is already tilting the circulation and weakening it. Most likely it will fizzle somewhere over the Caribbean but could bring some heavy rain and…
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This year’s summer solstice occurs on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in late morning. The solstice is the start of astronomical summer, although climatological summer starts June 1. You can read more at EarthSky through the link below.
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Tonight the National Hurricane Center officially declared Bret as a tropical storm. The forecast cone shows that Bret is expected to continue west and gradually strengthen to a hurricane until it gets into the Caribbean. At that point, wind shear is likely to weaken Bret back to a tropical storm. The computer models have a…
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A quick look at June 2023 so far shows that for most of the region, temperatures have been cooler than average. The only exception is the southern portions including most of Florida. Rainfall has been variable, with a persistent streak of wet conditions stretching NW to SE across Alabama and SW Georgia into Florida. This…
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The latest 7 day QPF map shows another wet week is ahead for nearly all of the region. While this weekend will be dry in the north, rain will return to the area for most days this week. The driest area will be Virginia, where drought has been expanding as most rain falls farther south…
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Today the National Hurricane Center posted a 7-day outlook that shows a wave that recently came off of Africa has a 70 percent chance of developing in the next seven days. This is quite a bit earlier than usual, but since water temperatures are much warmer than usual there is plenty of energy for a…
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NOAA released their monthly and seasonal outlooks for temperature and precipitation today. The outlooks show that the temperature for both July and the July-September period is leaning towards warmer than normal conditions. This is most likely linked to the trend towards warmer temperatures we have seen over the last 50 years due to a warming…
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