Bay area location and winds

[Noah]

Seems when I look at radar for Sarasota and Tampa area the last few times we had rain, the rain parts around us. Now is there something about this area that keeps that happening? Is there like westerly or south winds for some reason in this area?

[Opal storm]

Don't we already have a thread on this?

[MiamiensisWx]

It depends upon the position of a system (sfc low or trough) relative to other features that affect the upper-level flow or environment. At this time, strong mid-level divergence (ahead of a shortwave trough) has been sparking convection in the Gulf of Mexico, and weak sfc (surface) convergence has been interacting with an area of low pressure. Dry mid-level air has prevented (capped) convection to the north; thus, the west to east flow has kept most of the activity over extreme southern Florida.

I hope this helps. This is a short explanation that describes the current setup. The boundary to the north has suppressed thunderstorm activity to the south of Sarasota.

[Noah]

No, its not the same topic.

[Noah]

It depends upon the position of a system (sfc low or trough) relative to other features that affect the upper-level flow or environment. At this time, strong mid-level divergence (ahead of a shortwave trough) has been sparking convection in the Gulf of Mexico, and weak sfc (surface) convergence has been interacting with an area of low pressure. Dry mid-level air has prevented convection to the north; thus, the west to east flow has kept most of the activity over extreme southern Florida.

I hope this helps.

That was great as you explained it depends on the system. I was wondering if it was something with this time of year and the east central gulf winds.