July 21, 2011

The National Weather Service today released temperature and precipitation outlooks for August and for the August-October period. In the maps,

A means a above normal chance
N means a normal chance
B means a below normal chance
EC means equal chances for above normal, normal, and below normal

Figures 1-3 indicate equal chances for any of the categories, while Figure 4, the 90-day forecast for precipitation, indicatess a likelihood of above normal rainfall.

Figure 1.  Temperature outlook for August 2011   Figure 2.  Precipitation outlook for August 2011   Figure 3.  Temperature outlook for August-October 2011   Figure 4.  Precipitation outlook for August-October 2011