Reply With QuoteSince a brief downpour on Monday night August 30, a dry cold front moved through and returned us to the Floridian desert. Not a drop of rain since then, and very few clouds as well. Little or no chance of rain over the next week's forecast as well.
The flash flood watch is no longer in effect, but there is still a 70% chance of rain today. Last night saw some thunderstorms develop off the coast and stream northwest throughout the early morning hours. They followed on and off periods of rain throughout the day.
0.79 inches of rain fell this morning after 0.50 inches yesterday.
Since a brief downpour on Monday night August 30, a dry cold front moved through and returned us to the Floridian desert. Not a drop of rain since then, and very few clouds as well. Little or no chance of rain over the next week's forecast as well.
A front, I will not say cold because tomorrows highs are no different than today's, went by without any rain or clouds today. The 40% chance of rain with mostly cloudy skies never materialized and instead we hit 95 under generally cloudless skies. The entire forecast has no rain and we remain rainless since August 30th. If we do not receive rain from a tropical system this month, I will not be surprised to see 0.00 for the September total...
Hot and dry throughout the week:
Record Report
Statement as of 2:37 am CDT on September 13, 2010
... Record high temperature set yesterday at Mobile...
... Record high temperature set yesterday at Pensacola...
A record high temperature of 95 degrees was set at Mobile on Sunday.
This ties the old record of 95 set in 1921 and in 1915.
A record high temperature of 96 degrees was set at Pensacola on
Sunday. This ties the old record of 96 set in 1991.
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Today
Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear. Lows 69 to 74. Southeast winds around 5 mph becoming northeast after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 69 to 74. East winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 67 to 72.
Thursday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 70 to 75.
Friday
Mostly sunny. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 70s.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows around 70.
Sunday
Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.
Looks like I am not the only one noticing the remarkably dry month of September.Still at 0.00 inches of rain and mostly cloud free skies everyday. The forecast remains dry with a token 20% chance of rain here and there.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 1:35 PM CDT on September 16, 2010
Just a trace of rainfall has been recorded at the Mobile regional
Airport this month. This Marks the latest date during September that
Mobile has gone without measurable rainfall.
Top 5 driest septembers in Mobile (since 1871)
0.47-1923
0.58-1963
0.74-1984
0.83-1903
0.95-1934
Top 5 driest septembers in Pensacola (since 1850)
0.29-1904
0.32-1883
0.39-1984
0.47-1903
0.51-1933
Got our first rain of the month, an isolated thundershower with about 20 minutes of rain and one rumble of thunder. It was so small though, that the local wunderground personal weather station reported no precipitation. This week's forecast is a carbon copy of the last couple of weeks, hot, dry, with 20% chance of rain thrown in twice.
A few rumbles of thunder this morning, but most rain was confined to the immediate coast. Had a few sprinkles within the last hour, but still vastly dry out. A 50% chance of rain today and 70% tomorrow. Thus far this month, only the 20 minute thundershower the one night here.
There have been a few isolated thunderstorms around the last few days otherwise, including one I saw over Bagdad from Pensacola yesterday afternoon.
Getting caught up here after almost a week road trip to Ohio and back... Received three days of off again on again rain the last weekend of September in northwest Florida. Hurlburt netted 1.84 inches of rain from that, which doubled as the only precipitation to fall in the otherwise extraordinary month. Pensacola received a few other days of rain outside the last weekend, but scored much less with the frontal passage and finished with only 1.38 inches of rain. The storms that moved through were mainly heavy showers with just a few rumbles of thunder. Since then, it has been clear, cool, dry, and occasionally windy. This week's forecast starts with mid-70s for highs but returns temps to the mid-80s by the weekend. Lows generally are in the 50s or low 60s.
Record Report
Statement as of 01:45 am CDT on October 05, 2010
... Record low temperature set at Pensacola...
a record low temperature of 49 degrees was set at Pensacola
yesterday. This ties the old record of 49 set in 1961.
Unbelievably sunny and dry weather continues, no rain thus far in October, virtually none in the forecast:
Today
Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Tonight
Clear. Lows 53 to 58. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. North winds around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Clear. Lows 55 to 60. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Clear. Lows 58 to 63.
Columbus Day
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 59 to 64.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows 58 to 63.
Am delighted to report that we had about four solid hours of rain this morning with a batch of showers that formed on the coast and progressed eastward. Temperatures tomorrow are still forecast to be in the mid-80s, so I would not call what passed through a cold front. However slightly cooler air is in the forecast for this weekend, with lows dropping maybe to 50. The rain we netted this morning was the first for this month.
Was driving down Florida 87 today and noticed that all of the grass is completely brown. The rain we had earlier this month was confined to the coast and areas to the north have likely not seen a drop the entire month. Been bone dry throughout this week with virtually cloudless skies. Rain chances are in the forecast starting tomorrow, but they range from 20-50%
Tornado Watch until 1 pm, but they might as well discontinue it for the coastal areas as the only activity is 40 miles inland and moving northeast. Same thing occurred yesterday with one storm moving from south Baldwin over north Escambia and into Escambia, Alabama prompting tornado warning after tornado warning. We netted three one minute or so showers around midnight for a whopping 0.04 inches of rain...
Tornado Watch
Statement as of 9:03 AM CDT on October 25, 2010
Tornado Watch 713 remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for the
following locations
FL
. Florida counties included are
Bay Calhoun Escambia
Franklin Gadsden Gulf
Holmes Jackson Liberty
Okaloosa Santa Rosa Walton
Washington
Cannot get any of the severe thunderstorm action that the north has gotten, let alone even a shower. Very warm and humid today and yesterday too...
Record Report
Statement as of 5:37 PM CDT on October 27, 2010
... New record high temperature at Pensacola...
a record high temperature of 87 degrees was set at Pensacola today.
This breaks the old record of 85 set in 1963.
Big cold front gives severe weather, tornadoes, heavy thunderstorms. Here on the Gulf Coast, a trace of rain. Back to Fire Weather Warnings and Watches to go along with the cooler dry air...
Received our first decent rainfall since September with the stationary front and ULL combo. 1.84 inches reported at the local wunderground site, 2.00 inches at Hurlburt Field, and 3.47 inches at Pensacola Regional Airport. A few showers still around now, but those are drying out as they approach the coast from the south. Low 60s slated for the next few days, 20 degrees lower than what we had over the weekend.
Local Storm Report
11/03/2010 0830 am
2 miles WSW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Flash flood, reported by law enforcement.
Pensacola police reported that water covers several
streets in downtown Pensacola including south Coyle and
garden streets
11/03/2010 0830 am
5 miles W of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Flash flood, reported by law enforcement.
Water covers the Road on Mobile Hwy and West Fairfield
drive
11/03/2010 0830 am
5 miles WNW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Flash flood, reported by law enforcement.
Water covers the Road on Webster drive at Northview drive
11/03/2010 0830 am
3 miles WNW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Flash flood, reported by law enforcement.
Water covers the Road on West Fairfield drive and north
pace Blvd
11/03/2010 0830 am
2 miles W of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Flash flood, reported by law enforcement.
Water covers the Road on North Spring street
11/02/2010 0545 PM
1 miles NW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Hail e1.75 inch, reported by public.
Near intersection of Michigan and Fairview
11/02/2010 0545 PM
1 miles NW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Hail e1.75 inch, reported by public.
Near intersection of Michigan and Fairview
11/02/2010 0558 PM
1 miles NW of Pensacola, Escambia County.
Hail e1.75 inch, reported by public.
Near intersection of Michigan and Fairview
Last edited by Alex; 11-04-2010 at 09:06 AM.
Received our second rainfall of the month with the passage of a frontal boundary. The local wunderground site recorded 1.70 inches of rain. Hurlburt netted 1.29 inches and Pensacola reported 1.69 inches. Mainly a showery event, but a few rumbles of thunder thrown in for good measure late last night. Temperatures knocked down about 12 degrees, but will rebound a bit by the weekend.
Really nothing much to report this past week. The storm system that lowered temps from near 80 to near 60 only dropped 0.04 inches of rain (11-26), despite cloudy weather and the forecast for more intermittent showers. The rain disintegrated along the coast and remained well inland. No thunderstorms anywhere either...
Ironically on a day with a slight chance of rain (11-22), one small cluster of showers formed on the coast and hovered just inland, regenerating for about an hour or so from south to north. This gave us 0.50 inches of rain but areas just ten miles away netted zilch.
Cannot remember the last time we were under a Severe Thunderstorm or Tornado Watch, but we have one in effect until 2 pm today...
Tornado Watch 758 in effect until 2 PM CST this afternoon...
Rest of Today
Rain showers late in the morning. Thunderstorms through the day. Chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may be severe late in the morning. Highs in the mid 70s. Temperatures falling in the afternoon. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Chance of rain in the evening...then slight chance of rain showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph becoming 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
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Tornado Watch
Statement as of 11:43 AM CST on November 30, 2010
Tornado Watch 758 remains valid until 2 PM CST this afternoon for
the following areas
In Alabama this watch includes 3 counties
In south central Alabama
Covington Crenshaw
In southwest Alabama
Baldwin
In Florida this watch includes 3 counties
In northwest Florida
Escambia Okaloosa Santa Rosa
This includes the cities of... Andalusia... Bay Minette...
Bellview... Brantley... Brent... Crestview... Daphne... Destin...
Eglin AFB... Ensley... Ferry Pass... Fort Walton Beach...
Gulf Breeze... Gulf Shores... Luverne... Milton... Myrtle Grove...
Niceville... Opp... pace... Pensacola... Seminole...
West Pensacola and Wright.
The front has passed us and temps dropped from 76 to 50 thus far. 1.49 inches of rain recorded here in a series of squalls. The first line brought a good amount of wind but no reports of damage. The only rumble of thunder I heard was two hours after the main squall reached us in an embedded cell within a broader area of rain. Otherwise rain was light to moderate. Hurlburt Field netted 0.91 inches; Pensacola recorded 0.99 inches.
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