July 4th lull?
The June rainfall numbers are in!
By my calculations, the Upper Kissimmee has raced off to its fasted start of the wet season in the past 50 years.
That's moving water down the river (3000 cfs as of yesterday) and into the Lake (now a few inches over 12 ft).
The July 4th holiday marks an informal milestone of Florida's summer wet season:
The upper atmosphere tends to become more stable, thus causing a momentary lull in rain intensity, before ramping back up into full gear in August and September with full flowering of the sea-breeze fed "convergence" storms and increased tropical activity.
It's been a soggy start to July, but don't worry about that:
It should be clear for the 4th!
(... At least in the morning for the Independence Day parades.)
Photo is from the Henri Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. It is located on top of a hill at a pivotal turning point in WWII fight to free Europe, called the "Battle of the Bulge."
2 comments:
Hi Bob, Are you going to start a new blog JUST to show us pictures from your trip???? I hope so!!!!
In the meantime, Florida may have a lull in July--but our lull each year seems to be August. AND--that is usually always our hottest month.
Hope you are enjoying yourself on this July 4th. Hopefully our rains will hold off until tomorrow so we can enjoy all of the parades, picnics, etc..
Have a good one!!!
Betsy
Interesting to see a flag from the Battle of the Bulge site.
I hope nothing floods that isn't supposed to from all the river water flow.
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