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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
630 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2006

...AUGUST WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR
TALLAHASSEE...

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 5.37 INCHES
WHICH WAS 1.66 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 1 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN
A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.07 INCHES ON THE 14TH THROUGH 15TH. A NEW DAILY
RAINFALL RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE 14TH WHEN THE AIRPORT REPORTED
2.88 INCHES OF RAIN. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR...
WITH NEARLY HALF AN INCH (0.46 INCHES) FALLING IN JUST FOUR MINUTES.
THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR AUGUST 14TH OF 2.43 INCHES SET IN 1987.
AUGUST MARKED THE SIXTH MONTH SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL
AND OUR YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL DEFICIT HAS NOW INCREASED TO OVER 14.00
INCHES. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT AND
ONE PRODUCED A PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH OF 29 MPH ON THE 4TH.

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 83.6
DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 97 DEGREES ON THE 3RD...8TH AND 12TH. THE LOWEST WAS 68
DEGREES ON THE 5TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK OR
HIGHER ON 29 DAYS WHICH WAS 8 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS DURING THE MONTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER IS 78.9
DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 5.01 INCHES.

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BARRY