1st Tropical wave to affect South Florida

[Decomdoug]

If you have to much rain, send some up here to Port St. Lucie. Stuart got 6"+ but I received about .25 inches in the same time period even though I am only about 5 miles to the north. I watched the thunderheads circle around like buzzards over road kill. Only in Florida!

[jinftl]

yep...not a drop of rain by me today...actually one of the sunnier days we have seen...drying trend too...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
320 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008

.DISCUSSION...
LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE ANIMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AXIS OF A
WEAK TROPICAL WAVE CONTINUE TO SHIFT WESTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A DRIER AIRMASS IN THE MID-
LEVELS CONTINUING TO SPREAD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE EAST. THIS
HAS LIMITED THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA...AND EXPECT
THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH EVENING...

Well that was a bust.It also looks like we won't be getting afternoon storms for a while now, at least here on the east coast.

[NDG]

Too funny, they busted here too, I think today was supposed to be the dry day with higher chances of rain tomorrow, is as if the moisture & energy jumped over SE FL came here a day earlier. Storms were from an easterly direction here unlike the last few days.

[SouthFloridawx]

Had some really good rain come through here in Punta Gorda.

[Recurve]

There's a little train over key largo now. Last night showers flowing from the straits to the west gave us a good soaking and lightning show, finally. We haven't yet seen the rainy season that I think most of Florida has.

[DanKellFla]

Not much rain down here as of Wed night. But, it looks like it is raining over Lake O.!!!!

I have turned off my sprinklers. So far, my grass is still green and growing like a typical summer.

[NDG]

All this rain for this time of the night has to be TW related.

[StormTracker]

With an out-of-this-world lightning show!!! I haven't seen this many lightning strikes in a long time! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[JonathanBelles]

What is the radar effect north and west of Ocala?

[Lifesgud2]

wow..we had alot of rain from this wave...all of the streets are flooded..terrible

[boca]

It might not of rained here on the Se coast,but Lake O went from 9.27ft to 9.37ft which matters.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page?_pagei ... ema=PORTAL

[gatorcane]

It might not of rained here on the Se coast,but Lake O went from 9.27ft to 9.37ft which matters.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page?_pagei ... ema=PORTAL

Boca I'm really not worried about Lake O, the summer rainy season will last for another 3 months at least where I am expecting plentiful rain.

[NDG]

I don't know about S Fl but it sure looks like this wave brought in a lot a haze behind it to my area.

[gatorcane]

the haze is African Dust believe it or not

[NDG]

That's what I thought, clearly seen on early morning Sat picture.

[gatorcane]

indeed NWS Miami has commented on the dust in a previous discussion from this past week...

[fci]

It might not of rained here on the Se coast,but Lake O went from 9.27ft to 9.37ft which matters.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page?_pagei ... ema=PORTAL

Boca I'm really not worried about Lake O, the summer rainy season will last for another 3 months at least where I am expecting plentiful rain.

Wish I could share your lack of concern but the Lake has been in a level defecit for a long time now thus the water restrictions that we have been under for over a year. Hope they don't let water out again and we actually get the rain we climatologically expect this year. Don't know about you but I am now getting a water surcharge due to the water restrictions. Add this to the $4.00/gallon for gas and it just spirals.
So, I do not share your lack of worry and look forward to plentiful water in our lakes and canals, no surcharge for water usage, unlimited lawn watering with a full Lake O.
fci

[DanKellFla]

It might not of rained here on the Se coast,but Lake O went from 9.27ft to 9.37ft which matters.

http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page?_pagei ... ema=PORTAL

Boca I'm really not worried about Lake O, the summer rainy season will last for another 3 months at least where I am expecting plentiful rain.

Wish I could share your lack of concern but the Lake has been in a level defecit for a long time now thus the water restrictions that we have been under for over a year. Hope they don't let water out again and we actually get the rain we climatologically expect this year. Don't know about you but I am now getting a water surcharge due to the water restrictions. Add this to the $4.00/gallon for gas and it just spirals.
So, I do not share your lack of worry and look forward to plentiful water in our lakes and canals, no surcharge for water usage, unlimited lawn watering with a full Lake O.
fci

We are getting the surcharge because we are doing what we are being asked to do. Conserve. That is so illogical. But, I have turned off my spinklers for the rainy season. So far, no problems with the lawn.