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Winter weather looking dry, warm to forecasters
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Drying mud cracks along the bank of Lake Lanier on Monday. The lake level rose only 5 inches since Sept. 11, when Tropical Storm Irma passed over Gainesville.
Early signs suggests Georgia is in for a warm, dry fall and winter, but that doesn’t necessarily mean trouble for Lake Lanier. At the moment, the United States is in a “neutral pattern,” said Georgia Climatologist Bill Murphey, meaning there’s not a current trend in temperature or rainfall. Colder temperatures are heading for North Georgia early next week, but after that it will warm. Similar shifts are likely until the winter weather pattern becomes more clear.