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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 AM EST TUE DEC 4 2007

...NOVEMBER WAS COOLER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 
58.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 1ST. THE LOWEST WAS 
26 DEGREES ON THE 17TH. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR 
BROKEN FOR THE MONTH.    

NOVEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 1.22 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED
AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 2.64 INCHES BELOW 
NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.89 INCHES ON 
THE 22ND. THERE WERE 5 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL 
WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH THUNDER AT 
THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 35 MPH FROM 
THE NORTH ON THE 15TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY 
TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER IS 53.7 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 
4.10 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 42% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 
THROUGH FEBRUARY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 53.7 DEGREES)...A 33% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (51.3 - 53.7) AND A 25% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 51.3). 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 
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 14.09 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