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Good News and Bad News

Post by Shep » Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:44 pm

The current NWS 90-day predictions have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the NWS gives most of the state a 33% chance of being above normal for precipitation during January-March...
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The bad news is that it also gives us a good (40%) chance of being below normal temperatures... Break out those dry suits!
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Re: Good News and Bad News

Post by Owl » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:21 pm

The way I read it the temperature forecast is for above normal, too. :D

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Re: Good News and Bad News

Post by BMuu » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:33 pm

I read it saying above normal as well, but it sure doesn't feel above normal out there!
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Re: Good News and Bad News

Post by Shep » Tue Jan 11, 2011 5:21 pm

Huh, well yeah. That's ALL good news! :)

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Re: Good News and Bad News

Post by Dave Thomas » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:44 pm

I'll take the cold weather with the rain. Cold weather keeps the varmits at bay, making the river a little more serene. Thanks for the data Paul. Where did you find it at?
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Re: Good News and Bad News

Post by Shep » Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:34 am

If you go to http://www.nws.gov" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, you will see a "Climate" heading on the blue bar on the left. These maps are found under "Predicitons". From there you can pick the Monthly or Seasonal Outlook maps, although both links go to the same page, where they show the next month's outlook map, and all of the 3-month periods for the next 12 months.

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