Drought continues in SFL

[Vortex]

I lived here in Fort Lauderdale my entire life(1972) and cannot recall a summer such as this...Hot and dry every day...June is usually the wettest month but it was likely April precip wise and thus far July is no different. Since Jan 1 we have had only 15" of rain...Almost unheard of....Mother nature over time balances herself out and I would be quite surprised if during the Aug-Oct months we didn't get a very good soaking 10-15 inch rains in 24 hours....We shall see...

[Derek Ortt]

http://www.nbc6.net/news/3510219/detail.html


better get it soon as we have started to burn

[Anonymous]

Looks like its feast or famine across fla--some areas have had more than enough rain and had daily thunderstorms--meanwhile s fla desperately needs the rain--Big Bend area and panhandle needs rain as well....



And this is rare....

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DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
334 PM EDT SUN JUL 11 2004

FLZ074-112230-
MIAMI-DADE METROPOLITAN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MIAMI

...A DENSE SMOKE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN METRO
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM...

A FIRE IN THE MELALEUCA TREES JUST WEST OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE
ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF THE NORTHWEST 41ST STREET INTERCHANGE IS
PRODUCING A HUGE PLUME OF SMOKE. THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
HAVE ALREADY PUSHED THIS SMOKE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI
METRO AREA. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE NEAR ZERO ALONG THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE JUST NORTH OF 41ST STREET IN DORAL.

THE STORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WHICH IS SHIFTING THE WINDS...
AND TRANSPORTING THE SMOKE INTO PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI METRO AREA...
WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST. AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES BY...
AREAS WILL BECOME AFFECTED BY THE SMOKE.

NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL ESPECIALLY BE AFFECTED BY THE SMOKE WILL
INCLUDE DORAL...SWEETWATER...WESTCHESTER...KENDALL...AND THE FLORIDA
TURNPIKE SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 27 AND NORTH OF BIRD ROAD. VISIBILITY
WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

MOTORISTS ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE...INCLUDING PEOPLE COMING BACK
FROM THE KEYS...SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO THE
FLORIDA TURNPIKE. CONSIDER THE PALMETTO EXPRESSWAY OR U.S. HIGHWAY 1
TO INTERSTATE 95 INSTEAD OF THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE EXTENSION IN
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.



[HURAKAN]

This afternoon here where I live in SW Miami the wind changed direction and the air filled with smoke. Looking outside through the window it was like fog, but the air was unbreathable.

[Rainband]

Hope you folks get some relief and soon!!!

[MWatkins]

It makes sense that SW Fl would be wet when we're dry. With the easterly flow...the seabreeze has nothing to collide with when daytime heating occurs (it's in the same direction as the prevailing flow). As a result...the west coast sea breeze runs right into the prevailing easterly flow and has no place to go but up.

So...on the east coast...storms set up further inland and head west...the west coast seabreeze sets up closer to the coast and everybody on that half of the state gets rain.

But that makes it dry for us.

MW

[Hurricanehink]

Hope some rain heads your way. Up here, we could use it too. While we aren't technically in a drought, here in my hometown, we haven't had a good amount of rain for months. Whenever a storm comes through, it breaks up right over my town. Atlantic City to the north gets some, and the islands to the south get it, but I never get rain. It may be because of the power plant polluting the atmosphere so much, but I'm a little sick of having sun every day. Here's to a nice wet August

[Patrick99]

The extremely bad air from the fire is now affecting Coral Gables/Coconut Grove, even. Strange wind shift....it's been east all day but now we get a light NW breeze from that outflow.

The above poster is right....the air IS unbreathable.