Back in the saddle of a nice week of family time vacation. From caves to Lincoln's boyhood home to professional baseball & golf -- not bad, huh?!
So how 'bout some weather "talk". This week will be very warm & humid with daily afternoon showers & storms that will produce heavy downpours & gusty winds. While not everyone will get rain each day this week, all areas should get at least some rain between Mon. & Fri. The photo below is from Andrew Oldham & shows lightning in Atlantic Beach last week.
The Jags' first preseason game will be Fri. night. It'll be a very warm & muggy night, but it looks like most of the storms should be gone by kickoff - 7:30pm.
The tropics sort of came alive during the last 5 days or so. I "sort of" because the named storms have been struggling against dry mid & upper level air & quite a bit of shear. "Florence" moving into the Central Atlantic has already dissipated, little more than a low cloud swirl surviving a mere 48 hours. So reaching our 6th named storm by early Aug. made it the third fastest to 6 storms (1936 & 2005). Next storm's name is "Helene", & we may very well see "Helene" in the Atlantic next week. Click here for "Talking the Tropics With Mike".
Our July #'s:
The month was slightly warmer than avg. - 82.7 degrees was 0.4 degrees above avg. Rainfall of 3.35" was just about half the avg. of 6.65". So after 2 wet months, July was well below avg. Here are some of the other July rainfall totals courtesy our Jax N.W.S.:
JACKSONVILLE VICINITY... NORTHEAST FLORIDA...
JACKSONVILLE BEACH..... 1.70 LIVE OAK ............ 4.58
GAINESVILLE ......... 2.74
FORT CAROLINE.......... 1.62 LAKE CITY 2E......... 6.29
BIG TALBOT ISLAND...... 3.02 FEDERAL POINT........ 2.65
LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND... 3.89 ST. AUGUSTINE LITEHS. 2.3
ST. AUGUSTINE ARPT... 0.56
CRAIG FIELD............ 1.64 HASTINGS 4NE......... 3.15
MAYPORT NS............. 2.72 HIGH SPRINGS......... 2.88
SOUTH PONTE VEDRA...... 1.86 JASPER............... 3.07
GUANA RIVER ST PARK.... 2.15 BELL 4NW............. 7.58
BEAUCLERC.............. 4.47 JUNIPER SPRINGS...... 5.96
PALM COAST NE........ 0.58
OCALA................ 5.90
STARKE............... 4.20
ORANGE SPRINGS....... 3.58
CRESCENT CITY........ 3.31
GLEN ST MARY......... 4.13
BUNNELL.............. 2.36
FLAGLER BEACH........ 1.25
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
BRUNSWICK.............. 0.71 ST SIMONS ISLAND..... 1.21
HOMERVILLE 5N.......... 1.35 ALMA................. 3.92
PRIDGEN................ 4.40 BAXLEY 5NNW.......... 2.95
WOODBINE............... 1.72 HAZLEHURST........... 3.76
FARGO 17NE............. 1.86 PATTERSON............ 2.24
WAYCROSS 4NE........... 3.85 MANOR................ 4.15
NAHUNTA 6NE............ 2.58 JESUP 8S............. 4.96
Our Aug. averages:
1st 31st
Low / High 73 / 92 72 / 89
SR/SS 6:45am / 8:20pm 7:03am / 7:50pm (lose 53 min. of daylight)
Rainfall: 6.55"
