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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
545 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2007

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

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 83.5 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.1 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 102 DEGREES ON THE 20TH WHICH SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR 
THAT DAY. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 69 DEGREES ON THE 
16TH AND 25TH.  

JULY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 7.43 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT THE  
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 0.61 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
HOWEVER...THROUGH THE FIRST 29 DAYS OF THE MONTH THE AIRPORT 
RECEIVED ONLY 2.16 INCHES AND WAS ON PACE TO RECORD THE 2ND DRIEST 
JULY ON RECORD. IN THE LAST 2 DAYS OF THE MONTH...5.27 INCHES OF 
RAIN FELL AT THE AIRPORT AND THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD 
WAS 3.62 INCHES ON THE 30TH. THERE WERE 12 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 4 BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 17 DAYS 
WITH THUNDER AT THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST 
OF 41 MPH FROM THE EAST ON THE 22ND.   

THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 
AN EQUAL CHANCE OF BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST IS 82.1 DEGREES AND 
NORMAL RAINFALL IS 7.03 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 52% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM AUGUST 
THROUGH OCTOBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 76.3 DEGREES)...A 30% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (75.1 - 76.3) AND A 18% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 75.1). 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 ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING 
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 15.29 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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BARRY