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Kirk Mellish's Weather Commentary

Posted: 7:15 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2010

Preliminary Summer Outlook 

By Kirk Mellish

Preliminary indications for the coming Summer place the bulk of hot dry weather from the Northern Plains and Great Lakes to the Delmarva region of the Mid-Atlantic.  The expectation is for the El Nino to weaken to neutral by the Summer and then transition to a La Nina state. If the La Nina comes on faster and stronger it would increase the odds of more widespread heat and drought from the nations midsection to the SE USA.

But for now the Summer in Georgia looks warmer than normal but nothing extreme when averaged out over the 90-day June-August period, with rainfall for the summer months near-normal.

A much more active hurricane season is expected this summer and fall than last year and about 60% above-normal in total. The CSU team just issued its updated forecast and predicts 15 named storms 8 hurricanes 4 major.

Maps of the outlook at this link here. Click on slide show for rain/temp maps.

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