Florida Weather

[TheStormExpert]

We had a damaging thunderstorm here in Boca Raton today. Id say winds in excess of 60mph.. we lost a coconut palm tree and part of our fence, also tore four panels from our screen enclosure.

Shows you that your typical afternoon thunderstorms can cause more damage than some of the weakest Tropical Storms that have moved through here over the years.

[northjaxpro]

Thanks to our weak Low Pressure area just east of Daytona Beach, lots of dry, hot sinking air (subsidence) is infiltrating the region on the back side of the system offshore. Expecting max temps today to reach the low-mid 90s across many areas by late this afternoon and heat indices reaching 100-105 degrees in some spots. Some of the hottest weather of the early summer season expected.

[StormingB81]

Had a little storm park itself over us just SW of Disney last night had about 3 inches in an hour with hail and lots of lightning...funny though it seems it didn't hit any of the nearby rain gauges cause even weather.com had 0 inches of rain....lol....here is a photo of how bad the roads were for a little bit.

[Sanibel]

Good rainy season dumper thunderstorms last night and right now. Rainy season finally showed up. Lightning flashing!

[asd123]

This summer in my opinion has been a little bit unusual for the Orlando area. Not too much sun. Most days during this summer have been partly to mostly cloudy and then completely cloudy in the afternoon around 1 oclock with the almost daily rains. In summers past I have been used clear skies until like 10, then SLOWLY clouding up throughout the afternoon with ample sun with seabreeze storms. My question is: what is causing this summer to be unsual with the frequent persistent cloudiness with little to no sun? Rain has been normal though

[NDG]

This summer in my opinion has been a little bit unusual for the Orlando area. Not too much sun. Most days during this summer have been partly to mostly cloudy and then completely cloudy in the afternoon around 1 oclock with the almost daily rains. In summers past I have been used clear skies until like 10, then SLOWLY clouding up throughout the afternoon with ample sun with seabreeze storms. My question is: what is causing this summer to be unsual with the frequent persistent cloudiness with little to no sun? Rain has been normal though

A lot of moisture in the atmosphere is the reason and adding that we have not had much of capping in the mid levels of the atmosphere to keep clouds from forming during daytime heating and growing into thunderstorms and add more cloud cover. It has been very very humid since May, June's humidity level at the surface probably felt more like August/September. I have also seen a moisture trail in the mid levels from the EPac across the GOM into FL be very prominent.
Also, the easterly winds off the Atlantic in our region have been very weak, which are usually the winds that push the afternoon thunderstorms westward towards the FL west coast.

Edit: Funny thing is that officially Orlando's June rainfall was almost 3" below average, from the MCO airport eastward towards the Space coast was in a spot that saw much below average rains for the month, very weird. While from western and NW part of the city westward towards Lake County saw much above rains for the month.

[asd123]

This summer in my opinion has been a little bit unusual for the Orlando area. Not too much sun. Most days during this summer have been partly to mostly cloudy and then completely cloudy in the afternoon around 1 oclock with the almost daily rains. In summers past I have been used clear skies until like 10, then SLOWLY clouding up throughout the afternoon with ample sun with seabreeze storms. My question is: what is causing this summer to be unsual with the frequent persistent cloudiness with little to no sun? Rain has been normal though

A lot of moisture in the atmosphere is the reason and adding that we have not had much of capping in the mid levels of the atmosphere to keep clouds from forming during daytime heating and growing into thunderstorms and add more cloud cover. It has been very very humid since May, June's humidity level at the surface probably felt more like August/September. I have also seen a moisture trail in the mid levels from the EPac across the GOM into FL be very prominent.
Also, the easterly winds off the Atlantic in our region have been very weak, which are usually the winds that push the afternoon thunderstorms westward towards the FL west coast.

Edit: Funny thing is that officially Orlando's June rainfall was almost 3" below average, from the MCO airport eastward towards the Space coast was in a spot that saw much below average rains for the month, very weird. While from western and NW part of the city westward towards Lake County saw much above rains for the month.

I think you are absolutely right and I agree. We in Orlando have noticed a predominately western wind which has been adding more cloud cover over our area. Additionally many times this summer we have had between 8 and 10 am convection begin at the west coast (partly because of the moisture plume you described) which would then feed into the seabreeze, quickly throwing debris clouds over the peninsula. We would also have mornings and afternoons that would be mostly cloudy without any rain. (again due to the moisture plume you described) I just hope we get some sunlight because after all we are the sunshine state and it's summer and it's supposed to be hot and MOSTLY sunny in the mornings and then SLOWLY clouding up in the afternoon with afternoon thunderstorms. (sorry for the rambling sentence). I have a question though: Is there any difference between average humidity levels in June vs. August/September? After all aren't those timeframes you described both in the heart of the rainy season?

[NDG]

This summer in my opinion has been a little bit unusual for the Orlando area. Not too much sun. Most days during this summer have been partly to mostly cloudy and then completely cloudy in the afternoon around 1 oclock with the almost daily rains. In summers past I have been used clear skies until like 10, then SLOWLY clouding up throughout the afternoon with ample sun with seabreeze storms. My question is: what is causing this summer to be unsual with the frequent persistent cloudiness with little to no sun? Rain has been normal though

A lot of moisture in the atmosphere is the reason and adding that we have not had much of capping in the mid levels of the atmosphere to keep clouds from forming during daytime heating and growing into thunderstorms and add more cloud cover. It has been very very humid since May, June's humidity level at the surface probably felt more like August/September. I have also seen a moisture trail in the mid levels from the EPac across the GOM into FL be very prominent.
Also, the easterly winds off the Atlantic in our region have been very weak, which are usually the winds that push the afternoon thunderstorms westward towards the FL west coast.

Edit: Funny thing is that officially Orlando's June rainfall was almost 3" below average, from the MCO airport eastward towards the Space coast was in a spot that saw much below average rains for the month, very weird. While from western and NW part of the city westward towards Lake County saw much above rains for the month.

I think you are absolutely right and I agree. We in Orlando have noticed a predominately western wind which has been adding more cloud cover over our area. Additionally many times this summer we have had between 8 and 10 am convection begin at the west coast (partly because of the moisture plume you described) which would then feed into the seabreeze, quickly throwing debris clouds over the peninsula. We would also have mornings and afternoons that would be mostly cloudy without any rain. (again due to the moisture plume you described) I just hope we get some sunlight because after all we are the sunshine state and it's summer and it's supposed to be hot and MOSTLY sunny in the mornings and then SLOWLY clouding up in the afternoon with afternoon thunderstorms. (sorry for the rambling sentence). I have a question though: Is there any difference between average humidity levels in June vs. August/September? After all aren't those timeframes you described both in the heart of the rainy season?

Good question, usually what I have noticed that June's dewpoints are not as high as July-September timeframe, this year I found that the dewpoints were higher, probably because of the more westerly winds coming off the very warm GOM waters.

[TheStormExpert]

Looks like SAL will be reaching us here in S. FL by Friday through at least Sunday from the South and East.

[NDG]

Looks like SAL will be reaching us here in S. FL by Friday through at least Sunday from the South and East.

Looking at satellite this morning it looks like the SAL and or dust will be staying south of the Peninsula across the heart of the Caribbean, there is a very narrow dryerair mass coming across S FL this morning but it will not last too long. Don't get confused dry air in the mid levels with the "Saharan Air Layer", the TWP loop shows yet another batch of low level to mid level moisture heading for your area from this afternoon through the weekend.

[HURAKAN]

I got over 4 inches of rain yesterday!

[tropicwatch]

Was going to take my girlfriend scalloping for the first time in her life for her birthday. Wouldn't you know it the front stalled out and showers are building on and around St. Joe Bay. What a bummer

[NDG]

Very weird yesterday evening, I thought that for a change my neighborhood was going to dry out after so many days of getting wet but to my surprise an outflow boundary from thunderstorms near Mt Dora formed thunderstorms after sunset right on top of my area, it was a bad one with lots of lightning, which one hit within a few yards from my house. It came in through the phone line, killed my internet modem and landline phone, I heard the pop before the actual flash of lightning, it was scary!

[tropicwatch]

Well the tale end of the front just off the Florida panhandle has an interesting feature to it.

[northjaxpro]

Well the tale end of the front just off the Florida panhandle has an interesting feature to it.

Will watch that carefully. Tail end of stalled fronts are always something that bears watching, especially in the Gulf of Mexico. Also, this is the region, along with off the Southeast U.S. coast, which is most conducive for development right now throughout the entire North Atlantic basin. Shear, and SAL is simply making it too hostile across the MDR and the Caribbean.

[northjaxpro]

Speaking of the stalled front, we got walloped with heavy rain here in my area last night. At my locale, measured a total of nearly 3.5 inches in thunderstorms yesterday and lasted well into the night. Expecting more heavy thunderstorms later this afternoon into this evening.

[JonathanBelles]

With normal weather (daily tstms) continuing, it has been murky and milky here on the west coast recently. PW has come down from 1.9" to 1.7" at Tampa, but that second value is normal. I'm guessing that SAL got mixed in when winds came out of the SE recently. Normally that flow would bring moister air, not drier air.

[TheProfessor]

This summer in my opinion has been a little bit unusual for the Orlando area. Not too much sun. Most days during this summer have been partly to mostly cloudy and then completely cloudy in the afternoon around 1 oclock with the almost daily rains. In summers past I have been used clear skies until like 10, then SLOWLY clouding up throughout the afternoon with ample sun with seabreeze storms. My question is: what is causing this summer to be unsual with the frequent persistent cloudiness with little to no sun? Rain has been normal though

Maybe its the El Nino that's developing? I just got back from Universal, so I know what you mean, On Thursday it rained from 2-9 pm and I had decided not to put my poncho on when it was a light rain, so I ended up getting Soaked when it became heavy.

[asd123]

There are plenty of weather resources that I have found online including live dopplers and live real time lightning maps. But there is one interesting thing that I see on tv that I can't find and that is the hail tracker with colors that shows the hail cores. Anyone know where I can find such a map?

[JonathanBelles]

There are plenty of weather resources that I have found online including live dopplers and live real time lightning maps. But there is one interesting thing that I see on tv that I can't find and that is the hail tracker with colors that shows the hail cores. Anyone know where I can find such a map?

It's available on most apps nowadays, and it's called VIL. It probably wont be on any tv websites because it is not all that accurate.