Continued Dry Weather Expected

The NWS in Miami issued a statement this morning updating our area rainfall values and explaining that we may not see as much rain as usual this Spring.

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
0400 AM EST FRI MAR 13 2008

....BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FORECAST FOR THIS SPRING ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA...

THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR DRY SEASON OF 2008/09 HAVE BEEN BELOW
NORMAL...DUE TO THE LA NINA AFFECTS AND THE DRY COLD FRONTS MOVING
THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. HERE ARE SOME TOTALS FOR THE DRY SEASON OF
2008/2009.

AIRPORTS : TOTALS : NORMALS : DEPARTURES

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL : 1.71 : 10.52 : -8.81
FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL : 0.98 : 13.89 : -12.91
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL : 2.90 : 16.33 : -13.43
NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT : 1.40 : 8.55 : -7.15

SECONDARY OBSERVATION SITES

IMMOKALEE : 2.11 : 9.34 : -7.23
DEVILS GARDEN : 2.07 : 9.61 : -7.54
CLEWISTON : 1.97 : 9.87 : -7.90
BELLE GLADE : 2.01 : 10.63 : -8.62
MOORE HAVEN LOCK : 2.42 : 10.19 : -7.77
FLAMINGO RANGER STATION : 1.85 : 9.04 : -7.19
MIAMI BEACH : 1.47 : 10.65 : -9.18

AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MONITOR PERSONNEL HAVE PUSHED THE
SEVERE DROUGHT STATUS (D2) WESTWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF
MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES ALONG WITH SOUTHERN
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY. REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WAS STILL IN A
MODERATE DROUGHT STATUS (D1).

LAKE OKEECHOBEE WATER LEVEL WAS ABOUT 2 FEET BELOW NORMAL THIS
TIME OF YEAR AT AROUND 12.5 FEET. THE SOIL MOISTURE OVER SOUTH
FLORIDA WAS ALSO BELOW NORMAL.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR THE REST
OF THE DRY SEASON CALLS FOR AN INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF BELOW NORMAL
RAINFALL...MAINLY DUE TO THE LA NINA CONDITIONS CURRENTLY BEING
EXPERIENCED AND EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH REST OF THE SPRING.

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