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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1155 PM EST FRI FEB 2 2007

...JANUARY WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 54.1 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.3 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 6TH. THE LOWEST WAS 26 DEGREES ON THE 
30TH. THERE WERE ONLY 4 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES 
AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS 7 BELOW NORMAL. ALL OF THE 
SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES OCCURRED WITHIN THE LAST WEEK OF THE 
MONTH.   

JANUARY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH A TOTAL OF 3.42 INCHES OF 
RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS  
1.94 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD 
WAS 1.14 INCHES ON THE 5TH. THERE WERE NO THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT 
THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK 
WIND GUST OF 28 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 5TH.    

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR ABOVE 
NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY 
IS 54.8 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 4.63 INCHES.   

STARTING THIS MONTH WE WILL BE INCLUDING A THREE MONTH TEMPERATURE 
OUTLOOK FOR TALLAHASSEE. THIS OUTLOOK IS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE 
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AND IS A POINT FORECAST FOR THE 
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT. THEREFORE PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 
TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK MAY VARY SOMEWHAT DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN 
RELATION TO THE AIRPORT. ALTHOUGH THE PERCENTAGES WILL BE 
DIFFERENT...THE OVERALL OUTLOOK WHETHER IT BE ABOVE NORMAL...NEAR 
NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL SHOULD BE THE SAME. 

THE THREE MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL AT 
TALLAHASSEE IS 60.9 DEGREES. ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION 
CENTER THERE IS A 43% THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WILL BE ABOVE 
NORMAL (> 60.9 DEGREES)...A 34% CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (58.9 - 60.9) AND 
A 23% BELOW NORMAL (< 58.9). THERE ARE NO THREE MONTH PRECIPITATION 
OUTLOOKS FOR SPECIFIC POINT LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE 
GENERALIZED OUTLOOK FOR THE TALLAHASSEE AREA CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED 
CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL THREE MONTH RAINFALL FOR 
TALLAHASSEE IS 14.69 INCHES.  

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BARRY