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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1000 PM EDT TUE MAY 1 2007

...APRIL WAS COOLER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 64.4
DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.0 BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 90 DEGREES ON THE 4TH AND 30TH. THE LOWEST WAS 33 DEGREES
ON THE 8TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 58 DEGREES ON THE 7TH
AND 8TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW MAX FOR THOSE DAYS. THE
HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE 9TH WAS ALSO ONLY 58 DEGREES WHICH TIED THE
PREVIOUS LOW MAX.

APRIL WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 1.14 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT THE
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 2.45 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THERE WERE 6 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS
NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.88 INCHES ON
THE 14TH THROUGH 15TH. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE
AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 36 MPH FROM THE
NORTHWEST ON THE 15TH.

THE YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL DEFICIT HAS INCREASED TO 10.16 INCHES AND
IS THE 11TH DRIEST 4 MONTH PERIOD TO START A NEW YEAR.
INCIDENTALLY...2006 IS THE 12TH DRIEST.

TOP 12 DRIEST START OF A YEAR (JANUARY THROUGH APRIL)

1   5.76  1954
2   7.83  1938
3   8.17  1927
4   8.28  2000
5   8.36  1911
6   8.54  1921
7   9.07  1968
8  10.05  1999
9  10.13  1985
10 10.21  1916
11 10.82  2007
12 11.08  2006

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY IS 74.4
DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 4.95 INCHES.

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 45% CHANCE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM MAY
THROUGH JULY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 78.8 DEGREES)...A 32% CHANCE
NEAR NORMAL (77.4 - 78.8) AND A 23% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 77.4).
THERE ARE NO 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS FOR SPECIFIC POINT
LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE GENERALIZED OUTLOOK FOR THE
TALLAHASSEE AREA CALLS FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING
BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH
RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 19.91 INCHES.

THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE CAN BE ACCESSED TO RECEIVE 3-MONTH AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE LOCAL
TRI-STATE REGION:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/CALENDAR_OUTLOOK.PHP?WFO=TAE

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