Accuweather Winter Forecast Calls for Warmer than Normal Temperatures
Accuweather.com has released its Winter 2007-2008 forecast, and it calls for much warmer temperatures than normal for most of the country. Long range forecaster Joe Bastardi says that the beginning and end of the season will probably be closest to normal, but the period from mid-December through February could be one of the top ten warmest winter periods, with the bulk of the warmth centered over the Tennessee Valley and the Carolinas.
Bastardi also has a warning for the drought starved southeast:
“We will know in the next three to four weeks whether a storm from the tropics might arrive to help the southeast drought situation. If that doesn’t materialize, those states are looking at a very dry winter, with precipitation amounts less than half of normal in some areas.”
A combination of La Nina conditions and warming Atlantic Ocean temperatures are the chief culprits for the warm weather. East of a line from the Great Lakes to the Southwest could see temperatures above normal 75% of the time.
Update 10/25/07 - here’s a link to a more detailed winter forecast from Accuweather.
Sphere: Related Content
Posts
October 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 am
[...] (via Lawrenceville Weather Blog) Accuweather long range forecaster Joe Bastardi has released his forecast for this winter, and it’s not real pleasant, though there is one potential bright spot. [...]
November 26th, 2007 at 11:12 am
AWWW!! I live in Georgia and i was really hopeing there would be some snow in the forecast seeing as how we haven’t had any in a several years! Well, i guess im just going to have to pray for the much needed rain here! Thanks Accuweather
January 4th, 2008 at 1:38 am
I live in Paris Tennessee what is the spring outlook for Twisters. In my area and for west tennessee would be very interest in a reply.
January 5th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Unfortunately, meteorology has not advanced to the point where forecasters can do long-range outlooks for tornadoes. There are simply too many variables involved in predicting where a tornado might strike more than a day or two out. The storm prediction center in Oklahoma does have one to three day severe weather outlooks, which include the chances for thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hail, but that’s about the best you’re going to get.
You can view these outlooks on this page of LawrencevilleWeather.com
January 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hmm, I guess we won’t make the top ten warmest for mid December through January. High temps in Oakdale TN only in theMaybe if you quit throwing in the “global warming” factor the forecasts would come closer to reality.
January 20th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Should have said “only on the 20s on January 20th”. Firefox messed it up. Sorry. Rick