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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
900 PM EDT WED APR 1 2009

...MARCH WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 61.5 
DEGREES...0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 86 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THE LOWEST WAS 26 DEGREES ON 
THE 4TH. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 
THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WAS 5 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO 
TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. 

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR MARCH MEASURED 
5.29 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. ALL BUT 0.15 OF AN 
INCH FELL IN THE LAST 6 DAYS OF THE MONTH. THERE WERE ONLY 6 DAYS 
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL...2 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.59 INCHES ON THE 26TH. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1 ABOVE NORMAL. THE PEAK 
WIND GUST WAS 43 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 28TH.  

THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE 
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL IS 66.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL 
RAINFALL IS 3.59 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 34% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM APRIL 
THROUGH JUNE WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 73.5 DEGREES)...A 33% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (72.1 - 73.5) AND A 33% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 72.1). 
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 EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE... 
NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR 
TALLAHASSEE IS 15.46 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