Florida Weather

[HURAKAN]

Active afternoon. So far I have been mostly dry but that may be about to change.

[tropicana]

Key West FL saw a total of ten 90 degree days this June (including today) , the highest temperature was 91F on multiple days ...Miami International saw eighteen 90 degree days.

***Just for comparison, Raleigh NC saw eighteen 90 degree days as well, Atlanta GA saw seventeen 90 degree days...
on the other end of the stick...
Washington Dulles AIrport saw just two 90 degree days,
Philadelphia PA saw just one 90 degree day, and Central Park NY had none at all.**

-justin-

[jdray]

Jacksonville had 21 days of 90+ this June.
only 3.5 inches of rain

hot month.

[HURAKAN]

June: 24 days of 90º+

Highest: 99.4ºF on the 22nd

Rainfall: 19.07 inches

[HURAKAN]

Stormy end to June!

[dizzyfish]

Geez! What a thunderstorm this morning! So far we have had 4" today not sure what time it started but hubby thinks a little after 3. 3.4" of that came down in approx 2 hours.

[HURRICANELONNY]

Is it just me. Or is anyone else having problems with the Miami Radar links.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 11&loop=no

[Terry]

My lord, we are getting clobbered with rain in West Central FLA. And we've seen uncharacteristically windy conditions for over a month. Enuff already.

[HURAKAN]

Another active day in Florida.

[dizzyfish]

Over 5" so far today.

I asked for it so I guess I better not complain. Better than the dry up and blow away weather we had!

[Sanibel]

Heap big rain descend on us.

[JonathanBelles]

Flood Watch/Warning has brought voluntary evacuations in Pasco county and many closed roads in the Bay area. Very heavy rain, and a few power outages today.

[jinftl]

NWS Miami posted report on June 2009 weather in south florida...overall a hot and wet month...but as is always the case with florida rain storms, there was huge variability in rainfall totals in areas just a few miles apart. The month actually ended up about 3" below normal in rain in Fort Lauderdale (airport) and 6" below normal in Naples, while Miami (airport) was 3" above normal for the month.

While rainfall was variable across the reporting stations, one thing all areas had were above normal mean temperatures fopr the month. June 2009 was 1.0 deg above normal in Miami, 1.4 deg above normal in Naples, and 2.4 deg above normal in Fort Lauderdale.

What I will remember about June 2009 is the 100 degree reading in fort lauderdale....which tied the all-time high ever set at the reporting station....and was the first time since 1944 that a triple digit temp was recorded!

An interesting side note....although there was a lot of rain, it actually was a sunny month overall....in Miami there were only 4 days that were classified as 'cloudy' (over 80% cloud cover for the total day)...in Fort Lauderdale there were 0. If you timed the day right, each day in June had some 'fun in the sun' time.


From NWS Miami:
The month of June saw a continuation of the wet conditions which began over south Florida during the middle part of May. A trough of low pressure in the middle to upper levels of the atmosphere prevailed in the vicinity of the south Florida peninsula, western Bahamas and the Straits of Florida, leading to high levels of atmospheric instability which provided a favorable environment for many days of showers and thunderstorms. This pattern is fairly typical for June, which is south Florida’s wettest month on average. The end result was that many areas of the southern peninsula observed above normal rainfall during June.

Many observing sites measured over 10 inches of rain for the month, including Miami Beach (17.84 inches), NWS Miami at FIU University Park (14.38 inches), North Miami Beach (14.02 inches), Hialeah (13.09 inches), Cooper City (12.20 inches), Miami International Airport (11.64 inches), Marco Island (11.31 inches), Brighton (11.13 inches), Perrine (10.91 inches) and Hollywood Waste Water Plant (10.16 inches). Miami Beach’s total of 17.84 inches is the second highest June rainfall total on record, only surpassed by 1968 with 18.87 inches. Of particular note is that 9.3 inches fell in Miami Beach in a single afternoon on June 5, which easily surpassed the average rainfall for the entire month of June (6.9 inches).

As is normally the case in June, rainfall amounts varied widely from location to location, with large rainfall difference noted over small areas. Higher rainfall amounts in June tended to favor eastern areas versus immediate Gulf coastal areas; however there were large rainfall differences noted on both coasts. For example, Naples Regional Airport only recorded 2.27 inches of rain in June, while only four miles east in Golden Gate, over three times as much rain fell (7.25 inches). Another example on the east coast was Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport which received 6.21 inches, yet only four miles to the south, Hollywood Waste Water Plant recorded over 10 inches (10.16) of rain.

While rainfall and episodes of strong to severe thunderstorms were the main weather headlines during June, very hot temperatures also made their mark across the area. On June 22, an usually strong surface west wind set up over south Florida which held the east coast sea breeze from moving inland and caused temperatures to soar to the upper 90s to even 100 degrees over virtually all eastern sections. Fort Lauderdale tied their all-time record high temperature with a reading of 100 degrees. Miami International Airport tied their all-time June record with a reading of 98 degrees.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

2 day deluge
several inches yesterday, several inches today

[Sanibel]

Skipped over us. A little less than an inch.


Tropical depth but no development.

[HURAKAN]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY FL
0453 AM EDT THU JUL 02 2009

...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT TAMPA...

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.72 INCHES WAS SET AT TAMPA YESTERDAY. THIS
BREAKS THE OLD DAILY RECORD OF 2.84 SET IN 1955.

THIS RANKS AS THE 6TH WETTEST JULY DAY SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1890.
THE TOP TEN WETTEST JULY DAYS ARE LISTED BELOW:

1 - 9.07 ON 07/29/1960
2 - 5.38 ON 07/25/1957
3 - 5.04 ON 07/15/1925
4 - 4.89 ON 07/28/1960
5 - 4.78 ON 07/12/1933
6 - 4.72 ON 07/01/2009 (YESTERDAY)
7 - 4.66 ON 07/19/1946
8 - 4.46 ON 07/07/1998
9 - 4.23 ON 07/25/1899
10 - 4.04 ON 07/26/1964

[jinftl]

Latest visible shot...quite a blow up of storms off the Palm Beach county coast as well as over the Tampa Bay area....actually quite a sunny day so far around my area...




However....

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
958 AM EDT THU JUL 2 2009

.UPDATE...A VERY MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS S FL THIS MORNING
WITH THE PWAT ON THE MFL MORNING SOUNDING STILL AT 2.22". THE SW
FLOW HAS WEAKENED A BIT AND WITH HEATING INTO THE LOW 90S EXPECTED
THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND WITH SCT TO
NUM SHRA AND TSRA. WITH THE SEA BREEZE PUSHING INLAND ALONG THE
EAST COAST AND THE SW FLOW OFF THE SURFACE A WEAK AND BRIEF
TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT, BUT THE LIKELINESS OF OCCURRENCE IS
EXTREMELY LOW.

ALSO...EVEN DEEPER MOISTURE REMAINS ALONG THE LAKE
AREA (AND POINTS N) SO DECIDED TO BUMP POPS TO CATEGORICAL AS
CONVECTION WILL LIKELY GET GOING SOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING. /TINGLER

[HURAKAN]

[Sanibel]

Unusual pattern. Rains from the N and W instead of SE.

[HURAKAN]

Almost two inches of rain and continues to pour like crazy!! Pics coming.