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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1050 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2007

...MARCH WAS WARMER THAN NORMAL AND THE FIFTH DRIEST ON RECORD FOR 
TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 62.3 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.2 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 89 DEGREES ON THE 29TH. THE LOWEST WAS 28 DEGREES ON THE 
5TH AND 6TH. THERE WERE 3 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS NORMAL.   

MARCH 2007 WAS THE FIFTH DRIEST ON RECORD AND THE THIRD DRIEST MARCH 
IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. ONLY 0.90 INCHES WAS MEASURED AT THE 
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 5.57 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THERE WERE ONLY 2 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH 
WAS 7 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.78 
INCHES ON THE 2ND ASSOCIATED WITH THE ONLY THUNDERSTORM FOR THE 
MONTH. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 45 MPH FROM THE WEST 
ON THE 2ND.  

TOP 5 DRIEST MARCH FOR TALLAHASSEE

1. 0.18  1908
2. 0.24  2004
3. 0.27  1907
4. 0.29  2006
5. 0.90  2007  

THE ANNUAL RAINFALL DEFICIT THROUGH MARCH 31ST HAS INCREASED TO  
7.71 INCHES. UNFORTUNATELY...WE DO NOT FORESEE ANY SIGNIFICANT 
AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO REDUCE THIS DEFICIT. IN 
FACT...ON AVERAGE APRIL IS THE SECOND DRIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR 
THE TALLAHASSEE AREA.  

THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. 
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 46% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM APRIL 
THROUGH JUNE WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 73.5 DEGREES)...A 32% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (72.1 - 73.5) AND A 22% 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 
BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE 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