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Weather Changes in Store

Changes are on the way...A widespread rainfall over the southeast will precede a cold front and hopefully give some much needed rain to those that have missed out this summer.

August started like July ended, scorching hot. Many new records have been set, I've included a map to help show you the extent of the heat. We still haven't hit the century mark this year and as the days go on, that possibility begins to dwindle more and more as we move toward fall.

As for our near future, models are showing a very cool high pressure system moving into the state over the weekend and temperatures for Monday will be noticeably cooler than what we have now, the GFS is showing highs in the 80's and lows in the low 60's. But the main effect will be the much lower dew points which will take the sticky out of the air. A widespread rainfall over the southeast will precede the cold front and hopefully give some much needed rain to those that have missed out this summer. See image.

I was disappointed to see that Emily just fell apart before heading out to sea. I was hopeful that she would bring some rain to Georgia but it wasn't in the cards this time. We're entering heart of the hurricane season and it's forecast to be a busy one, time will tell just how bad and how we might be effected by it. 

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The new State of The Climate is out for July, just a brief summary, you can view the entire report here: http://www.daculaweather.com/climate_summary.php 

  • The average U.S. temperature in July was 77.0 degrees F (25.0 degrees C), which is 2.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C) above the long-term (1901-2000) average, resulting the fourth warmest July and the fourth warmest month on record.
  • Regionally, the South climate region, which includes Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas, had its warmest single calendar month for any climate region since records began in 1895.
  • As in June, the persistence of warm temperatures was record-breaking in some cases. Savannah, GA set a record for consecutive number of days of 90 degree F (32.2 degrees C) or higher temperatures with 46 (from May 20th to July 4th), breaking the old record of 44 set back in 1993. 
  • The Southeast saw some improvement in drought conditions in July; however, more than 50 percent of the region was still classified in moderate drought (D1) or greater by the end of the month. 

 

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