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A stretch of warmer-than-normal weather is expected to develop across the Florida Panhandle and the Tri-State region as a ridge of high pressure settles over the southern United States heading into late December. The National Weather Service Tallahassee office said Wednesday that the pattern shift will raise temperatures well above seasonal norms as the month closes.
According to the National Weather Service, a 40 to 60 percent chance of beneficial rainfall arrives Thursday into Thursday night, with a medium likelihood of exceeding 0.5 inches across much of the region. Some localized areas in the eastern Florida Panhandle have a 10 percent chance of topping 2 inches, though significant flooding is not expected. Forecasters note that while the moisture is welcome, it will not fully resolve ongoing drought concerns…