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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 PM EST MON MAR 3 2008

...FEBRUARY WAS WETTER AND SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR 
TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 55.7 
DEGREES...0.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 4TH...5TH AND 26TH. 
THE LOWEST WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 14TH. THERE WERE 8 DAYS WITH 
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES.

RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR FEBRUARY 
WAS 8.31 INCHES...3.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 6.20 INCHES ON THE 21ST AND 22ND. THERE WERE 4 
DAYS WITH THUNDER REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT. A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45 
MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST OCCURRED ON THE 26TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
PREDICTS AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY 
TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IS 61.1 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 6.47 
INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 62% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM MARCH 
THROUGH MAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 67.1 DEGREES)...A 26% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (65.5 - 67.1) AND A 12% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 65.5). 
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 
15.01 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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JAMSKI