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Old 05-29-2013, 05:32 PM
 
Location: tampa bay
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I agree DRB...I think the Gulf wins out June-Sept...my unscientific observation...

 
Old 05-29-2013, 06:10 PM
 
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Originally Posted by D-R-B View Post
Man o man................

The only reason the storms made it all the way to the coast is because the east wind is much stronger than the sea breeze....today.

Under NORMAL circumstances....the easterly flow is around 10 knots and will decrease slightly in the mid-day hours....the sea breeze is usually 8-12+ knots and will "overcome" the east winds shortly after lunch on most days....

The storms will "blow up" where the breezes (east and west) stack up against each other......if the east wind is a tad stronger, the sea breeze will be later in the day....and closer to the coast.

If the east wind is light....the storms will "blow up" inland (I-75 corridor) as the sea breeze penetrates further inland and earlier in the day......

If the storms don't "rain themselves out" by the time the sea breeze lets off after sunset, then the storms will be pushed toward the Gulf by the east wind that has been "pressing" up against them all day.....

The best case for immediate coastal areas to receive rain in the NORMAL summertime pattern is a 12-15 knot east wind that dominates until around 2:30pm- 3:30pm.....then, a WEAK sea breeze forms very close to the coast and the storms "stack up" from U.S.19 westward.......then, the WEAK sea breeze lets off around 4pm-5pm and the storms are pushed out into the Gulf, giving the immediate coastal areas a soaking.

The strong easterly flow we are experiencing right now is not "normal"........

When we finally settle in to the "normal" summertime pattern- the weather day-in and day-out will be almost exactly the same.....every day.....

The only exception during this time would be the dreaded "reverse summertime pattern".....which consists of a west/southwest flow all day and night....complete with crazy high dew points and SOME coastal areas receiving heavy rain from 3am through the early afternoon hours- this pattern is the most oppressive combo of heat/humidity in the area.

Normal Florida weather is a battle between 2 sea breezes (Atlantic and Gulf) and that is how it works.

I know it sounds "cocky".....but if you don't agree with my explanation- than you are flat out wrong about the weather in this part of Florida.
Good luck with him.
 
Old 05-29-2013, 06:22 PM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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Some of my favorite memories of living in the Bay Area was the 3pm thunderstorms, then... playing tackle football in the flood waters that remained afterwards...
Awesome! I'm looking forward to that and now that we, hopefully, are headed toward higher dew points and temps......we will start betting more of that. I'm sure it will be off and on again for a while, but we may finally be headed there.
 
Old 05-29-2013, 06:35 PM
 
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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You must have a force field like i do. I see it time after time in the summer, it will rain half a mile all around me and i get nothing.
I was thinking I was starting to feel like you do lately! I even looked at the radar and the rain was in a horseshoe pattern around my house, so it was raining on three sides, but we got nothing.
 
Old 05-30-2013, 05:31 AM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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Originally Posted by Irishiis49 View Post
We just had a good 15-20 minute downpour...filled my pool a bit higher!
Excellent!


I am really laughing right now, as I have just finished reading all the posts so far in this thread about wanting higher temps and dew points and look at these almost back to back posts:


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Originally Posted by CHASLS2 View Post
9 out of 10 times we would have had the weather you wish for by now.
Then on the very next page:

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9 out of 10 times May is kinda dry

These were on back to back pages, completely contradicting each other. Starting on page 9 and only four posts apart from each other. Please keep this in mind going forward when reading comments.
 
Old 05-30-2013, 11:31 AM
 
Location: says MA on my license but can be found wandering the beaches of RI
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Can someone explain the difference between dew points and humidity? I googled it but for some reason...perhaps a blonde moment, I dunno, lol, I'm not quite grasping it.
 
Old 05-30-2013, 03:47 PM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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Can someone explain the difference between dew points and humidity? I googled it but for some reason...perhaps a blonde moment, I dunno, lol, I'm not quite grasping it.
Basically, the dew point is the best way to describe how it feels to you and is also an excellent indicator as to the ripeness of the atmosphere.

The relative humidity level on the other hand is not nearly as good of an indicator of how it feels or how volatile the atmosphere may be. Fog for example would happen when the RH is high compared to the temp.

People often misuse the relative humidity level when describing the conditions, when they really should use a more accurate dew point.

This will explain it:

EXPLAINING DEWPOINT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE PUBLIC
 
Old 05-30-2013, 03:50 PM
 
Location: North of South, South of North
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Pasco County north was the winner earlier today. Unfortunately the cloudcover today toned down the atmosphere elsewhere. But things are still look favorable for scattered pop-ups over the coming days.
 
Old 05-30-2013, 04:18 PM
 
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Not a drop at my place. Looks like i had a another normal DRY May.
 
Old 05-30-2013, 04:50 PM
 
Location: says MA on my license but can be found wandering the beaches of RI
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Originally Posted by PriusH8r View Post
Basically, the dew point is the best way to describe how it feels to you and is also an excellent indicator as to the ripeness of the atmosphere.

The relative humidity level on the other hand is not nearly as good of an indicator of how it feels or how volatile the atmosphere may be. Fog for example would happen when the RH is high compared to the temp.

People often misuse the relative humidity level when describing the conditions, when they really should use a more accurate dew point.

This will explain it:

EXPLAINING DEWPOINT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE PUBLIC
I think I've got it, lol. Thanks!
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