Florida DUers, what's up with the weather?

[malaise]

[magellan]

1. Subtropical low

It's been nice and wet here this week.

[malaise]

2. When is Florida not wet?

Keep the tornadoes away.

[magellan]

4. Well...

...the unbearably high humidity can make us feel wet!

We were actually in the severe drought category before this little system visited. Thankfully it hasn't produced much in the way of spin ups.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

9. November to April it's typically pretty dry.

Relatively speaking. It will still rain. But usually not with the frequency as the summer.

Although some summers will be less bountiful than others, rainwise. My parents upstate in Gainesville have complained about drought conditions over the past couple of summers due to less than average rain.

[RebelOne]

22. I lived in South Florida most of my life

and I know it rains at least once a day.

[malaise]

26. I just have to land in South Florida and it rains until I leave

[Arcanetrance]

32. I second that

I flew to visit my grandmother in west Palm and from the moment I landed til I took off it rained anytime I went to do anything

[zipplewrath]

3. Down

More like what's down with it. Rain... coming.

'Posed to be all wick.

[KG]

5. spring rains. needed in my 'hood, hadn't rained for weeks.

actually watered lawn, first time in 5 yrs.

[malaise]

7. LOL

Enjoy

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. I was driving on my lunchbreak this afternoon.

The roads were like rivers, no joke.

[malaise]

8. I've been stuck in Miami rain

Not fun

[RockaFowler]

10. Our whole building shook when the lightening hit

There is flooding everywhere in Boynton and Delray
And downtown WPB. We always flood here!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. I'm right below you.

Crazy rain this afternoon.

[mcar]

12. It's cooled down a lot with the rain

I'm fine with that.

[superpatriotman]

13. Dark and stormy all day

The clouds are low and very dark. The temps have been dropping since early morning. The rain has been fat and spotty.

All in all, it's a typical August day.

[kdmorris]

14. 7.97 inches of rain in two hours... street, yard are completely flooded.

And it wasn't even a hurricane that did it this time! (At least we still have electricity!!!)

[malaise]

15. That's a lot of rain

Damn!!

[kdmorris]

18. Yeah, our yard hasn't flooded like this since Frances in 2004

We've had other tropical storms/hurricanes since then, but the water comes up to the belly of our poor dog (who insisted she needed to go out). She's a chow/retriever mix. The entire back half of our yard is flooded and the street is flooded up over the curbs and then some.

Weather guy just said there's more coming...yikes.

[malaise]

23. Watch for the mosquitoes

after the floods

[superpatriotman]

16. Don't jinx it!

Our power goes out when someone farts in the neighborhood!

[kdmorris]

17. I know, right?

They bandaged everything up here after Frances in 2004, but it's not stable. It did flicker twice, but came back.

Stay safe!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Whereabouts are you? nt

[kdmorris]

34. Delray Beach (in Southern Palm Beach County) n/t

[NCTraveler]

19. Pinellas County.

Overcast all day. Little to no rain. It did rain last night.

[superpatriotman]

20. Now we have a tornado warning in NE Broward

Stay safe DU'ers in the path. Ft Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Pompano, etc.

[malaise]

21. Batten down

Stay safe DUers

[NightWatcher]

24. Due to climate change, the Tropic Zone is expanding away from the equator

And thus Florida is becoming more and more tropical in nature due to this shift. I expect more of Florida to become similar to the rain forests in Costa Rica.

[onethatcares]

27. St Pete

we got a half days rain yesterday, Wednesday, about 1/2 inch We needed it, and we need more, I think we're in a 7 year drought at this point. Hillsborough got 3-5 inches on Tuesday, and are getting more today.

I save rain water for my garden and plants, so far 200 gallons in containers which will last 2 weeks if it stays hot and dry.

Oh, I forgot to add, weather forecasters called for 70% chance of rain today and that it would blow in off the gulf about 830 am, then it was 12 noon, then around 230 pm. It's 520 pm now and still no rain in my hood.

[malaise]

28. Enjoy

Hope the drought is over in your part of Florida.
My youngest sister lived in St Pete for over a decade.

[onethatcares]

30. ahh, we've been here

about 35 years, in the same house for 32 of it.

Just got the homemoaners insurance bill for this year. It went up 11% on the premium thanks to the floriduh state bought legislature.

It was a much better place when Lawton Chiles or Bob Graham were governors instead of these repuke snakeoil carpetbaggers.

sheesh, my representative doesn't even respond to my emails, that would be Alethea Joyner and she's supposed to be a Democrat.

[bike man]

29. According to the weatherman, there is some bad weather there. nt

[trumad]

31. I'm currently sitting in my hotel room on Ft. Lauderdale Beach...

Thank God I'm here for business.. Raining like hell.

[malaise]

33. LOL

and the forecast says rain until Saturday