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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
845 PM EST THU MAR 3 2006

...FEBRUARY WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 53.8
DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.0 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 82 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE LOWEST WAS 22 DEGREES
ON THE 14TH WHICH IS THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED SO FAR THIS
WINTER SEASON. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR
BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS 2 ABOVE NORMAL.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 7.35 INCHES
WHICH WAS 2.72 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NINE DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 4.48 INCHES ON THE 2ND THROUGH THE 3RD. MOST OF
THIS RAIN FELL IN A FEW HOURS. THUNDER WAS REPORTED ON ONLY THREE
DAYS. THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS A GUST TO 43 MPH ON THE 2ND.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF HAVING ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND
AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IS 61.1 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL
OF 6.47 INCHES.

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BARRY