Interesting weather information pertaining mostly to south Florida.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Low Over South Florida

The low that is currently over south Florida is producing some showers over Glades county and not much else at the moment. We had 1.57 inches of rain today, most of which fell before 7am from this system. Due to it being over land and some hostile wind shear development is not expected during the next 24 hours. But as th system moves over the Atlantic waters the shear should relax some and there is some possibility that it could get its act together.

I will have another update in the morning.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Rainy Future

We have been getting some very nice rainfall over the past week. On Tuesday here at Weather Central we had a rainfall rate of 12 inches an hour at 4:40pm. Overall that storm dropped over 2 inches of rain.

As far as tomorrow and Saturday go I think we will see some more heavy rain events. Currently the QPF for south Florida peaks around 2 inches. The system that may bring the heavy rain is being watched by the Hurricane Center and they may send a plane out tomorrow if there is any sign of development. Models have been run on this area and I will continue to monitor. Here is an image of the system from tonight.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Atlantic System Fizzles

The system I mentioned last night has fizzled and will not pose a threat to much of anything. Please check back tomorrow night for an update on this week's forecast, could be interesting if one model ends up being correct. The NAM is indicating possible tropical development by mid-week. This is not likely but will be watched. So please come back tomorrow night for a more complete update.

System Off the Coast of Africa

A very well defined area of low pressure has developed about 600 miles off the west coast of Africa. This system has the potential to develope for the next 48 hours before encountering cooler waters. It is very unusual to have this type of system with this organization for the second week of June.

The GFDL output of this system that ran tonight has it dissipating in the next 6 hours, we will see what happens to this system on Sunday.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Tropical Storm Barry



On the first day of Hurricane Season we get our second named storm, Barry. As of this writing we are having our strongest cell of this system pass over. Winds have been in the 20-25mph range and as of last hour a little over 1.73 inches of rain. That will be higher by the time I get the next update from the station here at Weather Central.

Barry looked so much better this afternoon when the center became visible on satellite and a burst of convection popped up. Tonight on infrared you can see how most of the rain is now removed from the center due to strong southwesterly shear being caused by a trough in the northern Gulf.

My forecast for Barry is right on with the NHC, coming ashore Saturday afternoon north of Tampa. No further strengthening is expected due to the storm structure.

The rain for SE Florida should start to move out by tomorrow afternoon and at this moment Sunday may not be too bad weather wise around here.

Also of note, Lake Okeechobee depth fell .05 feet to 8.89 feet. Rain from Barry should reverse this trend tomorrow.

Just a report of a tornado earlier in Cutler Ridge, power lines down in the area. This occurred around 9:50pm.