Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
A surface low is developing just north of the Yucatan along the stalled front and should move to the east northeast bringing rain and thunderstorms tomorrow. Here's the 18Z GFS at 18 hours and 24 hours.
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
Lou, thanks for that update! Do you have any approximate time it might start raining tomorrow? I'm heading out boating tomorrow but plan on being back in by 3. I hope that is early enough to avoid the rains. _________________ Chris
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Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
chris wrote:
Lou, thanks for that update! Do you have any approximate time it might start raining tomorrow? I'm heading out boating tomorrow but plan on being back in by 3. I hope that is early enough to avoid the rains.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
I can't see any significant rainfall here during the early AM. In fact, we may not see any at all until after the noon to 2PM time frame. If NAM verifies, it will not be until even later. Hopefully we can bust a trend here and get some significant moisture out of this little system later in the day tomorrow. We need it so badly.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:04 am Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
Showers building about 100 miles offshore and moving NE. Doesn't appear to have to much lightning in it right now. Will keep an eye out. _________________ Chris
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
Here is a good doppler radar site to use. It updates every 5 minutes where as most radar sites only update every 10 to 15 minutes. If you move your cursor around on the radar image, it will highlight an area and you click onto it and it will give you a closer view of that area. Move your cursor around again to the area you want to zoom in on and now it will be at the street level. Be careful and drive safe. This will be the first good rains in a while so the roads will be slick from the car oils, etc, mostly at the stop signs and traffic lights and also be careful not to hydroplane on roads that have ponding of water.
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
Rain moving into Captiva, Boca Grande, and approaching Pine Island. Large area of moderate rain with embedded heavy cells approaching the coastal waters.
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Yucatan Low heading for SW Florida.
Much of that not reaching the surface until we moisten up a bit. Dewpoints still only around 60, but rising, so this should be a very rainy afternoon, especially up in Charlotte and Sarasota counties.
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