Chamber of Commerce Weather to Continue
A change in the Southern jet stream to a milder pattern, an upper level low off the Atlantic coast, and high pressure currently centered over Georgia combined this past week to create some wonderful weather for Gwinnett county. Despite a little rain overnight on Tuesday, we’ve had quiet weather that is expected to continue for the next week.
This spring has been slightly cooler than normal. With the absence of any really warm temperatures (there has only been one day with the temperature above 80 degrees this month), and overnight lows in the 40s, the cherries, dogwoods, and azaleas have remained in flower, adding to the beauty of Atlanta’s April.
While things will get a bit warmer the week of the 18th, and dew points and humidity will slowly rise through the week, it’s likely that we won’t see precipitation until sometime late next weekend. After that, another calm and cooler than normal week will round out the month.
As much as you might wish that the April weather would stay year round, it’s only a matter of time before the weather shifts again to the normal summer pattern, with warm, humid air from the Gulf coast giving us our normal sultry summer weather. And, of course, the hurricane season begins again on the first of June. Dr. Gray at Colorado State University has issued the April update of his Atlantic Hurricane forecast, and it calls for 13 named storms this year, with 7 hurricanes. This is about 140 percent higher than “normal” conditions. Last year, Dr. Gray’s April prediction of 14 storms and 8 hurricanes was exactly on the money, although he underestimated the intensity of the storms.
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