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As the El Niño continues to weaken, colder than normal water is starting to emerge in the eastern Pacific Ocean where unusually warm water previously resided. This is a sign that the El Niño will soon be gone, although the process for declaring it ended usually takes several months to make sure that the event…
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While record-setting rain fell in Savannah, most of Georgia suffered from a lack of rainfall in May. The result: drought expanded across the state, and severe drought was introduced into the northwest corner of the state by the end of the month. Temperatures at most locations were near normal in May. In Atlanta, the monthly…
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The latest climate summary for Florida for May 2016 is now available at https://climatecenter.fsu.edu/products-services/summaries/climate-summary-for-florida-may-2016.
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If you like rainbows, you are sure to like this beautiful time lapse video of a double rainbow over the Wasatch Mountains in Utah earlier this week. You can view it at the Capital Weather Gang here.
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Early indications in long-term weather forecast models indicate that there is a pretty good chance of a tropical system developing in the Gulf of Mexico early next week and moving across the Florida panhandle by Tuesday. If this system does develop and reach tropical storm strength, it would be called Colin. Since it is almost…
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Another week with little rain has led to the introduction of severe drought into parts of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia. Moderate drought also expanded in Alabama with the continuing dry conditions. Unfortunately, the Climate Prediction Center has predicted more dry conditions in that area in the month of June, so no respite is immediately…
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The latest monthly outlook was released from the Climate Prediction Center earlier this week. It shows an increased chance of above normal temperatures for most of the Southeast, and especially Florida and adjacent areas of Georgia and South Carolina. The precip outlook shows that northern Alabama and northwest Georgia are in a slightly increased chance…
Posted in: Climate outlooks