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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1055 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008

...JULY WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 82.1
DEGREES...0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 98 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THE LOWEST WAS 68 DEGREES ON
THE 2ND AND 4TH. THERE WERE 24 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH A MAX
TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER WHICH WAS 1 ABOVE NORMAL.

RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR JULY WAS
4.27 INCHES...3.77 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.92 INCHES ON THE 9TH. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 5 BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND
GUST WAS 37 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 30TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR
AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF
ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW AVERAGE 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 41% CHANCE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM AUGUST
THROUGH OCTOBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 76.3 DEGREES)...A 32%
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (75.1 - 76.3) AND A 27% 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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