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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
110 PM EDT TUE OCT 3 2006

...SEPTEMBER WAS DRIER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 2.09 INCHES 
WHICH WAS 2.92 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN 
A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.35 INCHES ON THE 13TH. SEPTEMBER MARKED THE 
SEVENTH MONTH SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND OUR 
YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL DEFICIT HAS NOW INCREASED TO OVER 17.00 
INCHES. UNFORTUNATELY...WE DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY 
ANYTIME SOON. THE TROPICS HAVE BEEN VERY QUITE AND OCTOBER ON 
AVERAGE IS OUR DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT AND ONE PRODUCED A PEAK WIND 
GUST FOR THE MONTH OF 33 MPH ON THE 19TH.      

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 
76.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.4 BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR 
THE MONTH WAS 95 DEGREES ON THE 3RD AND THE LOWEST WAS 47 DEGREES ON 
THE 30TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK OR HIGHER 
ON 10 DAYS WHICH WAS 5 BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE 
RECORDS DURING THE MONTH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE 
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHTLY ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING 
ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR 
OCTOBER IS 69.1 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 3.25 INCHES.  

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BARRY