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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
700 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2009

...SEPTEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY COOLER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL IN 
TALLAHASSEE...
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 
79.3 DEGREES...0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 
DURING THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. THE LOWEST WAS 48 
DEGREES ON THE 30TH. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED OR 
BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. 

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR SEPTEMBER MEASURED 
2.49 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.52 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT 
IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.94 INCHES ON THE 14TH THROUGH 15TH. THERE 
WERE 10 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL...1 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 7 
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1 BELOW NORMAL. THE 
PEAK WIND GUST WAS 24 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 26TH.  

THE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR EQUAL CHANCES FOR EXPERIENCING ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR 
OCTOBER IS 69.1 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 3.25 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 32% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 
THROUGH DECEMBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 62.3 DEGREES)...A 34% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (60.1 - 62.3) AND A 34% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 60.1). 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 ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING 
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 11.21 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