Florida Wildfire And Dust Devil Chasing Soon?

Florida Dust Devil chasing back in spring 2004The weak frontal boundary that I had so much hope for bringing some rain, came and went without a drop. A pre-frontal boundary that moved through overnight Monday, setup over the far southern region of Florida, mostly over the extreme southern Everglades. This was the only decent convergence and moisture pooling out of this whole system for Florida, and a few showers and storms developed in this area. We picked up nothing in the rain gage, and the rest of the week looks to remain dry and breezy. So, now looking at almost 15 days since the last good rainfall, and that nice little bump of rain totals into Lake Okeechobee in early April, is already starting to show signs of dropping fast.

Late May Will Give Way To The Annual Wet Season

Normally, April can be dry like this and as we move into May, the wet season will soon begin. It’s almost like clock work with the rainy season, as most years by mid to late May it comes alive as moisture level surge above 1.8-2.0, and the western Atlantic ridge gets settled in for the long summer months. One good thing is this past 2008 dry season was nothing like the 2007 dry winter and much of spring. Last year at this time, we were well into numerous wildfires each day, with horrific smoke conditions making it hazy and hot, and not to mention the bad smell.

Luckily, only a few small brushfires so far this season, and isolated fires throughout the state. Once the lightning storm season kicks in here in the next few weeks, there is always the window of lightning, and dry conditions in May, that lead to wildfires before things get saturated from the rains and the deeper seasonally moisture levels that surge in from the Caribbean. So, no matter what, expect to see a few wildfires entries here before the good thunderstorm stuff gets going.

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