South Florida’s wet season is tardy this year, leaving double-digit rain deficits, a drought-stricken river of grass and increasing angst over wildfires.
But an atmosphere constipated by high pressure is finally on the move, promising showers this weekend that water management district meteorologists believe may mark a shift to the reliable afternoon rains and miasmic humidity that define summer.
While the National Weather Service in Miami has a hard start date of May 15 for the onset of rainy season – a reminder that dangerous thunderstorms loom – the timeline can be fickle. The NWS office in Melbourne declares the beginning of rainy season in hindsight, after reviewing weather patterns, but does have median start dates of May 23 for Stuart, May 25 for Fort Pierce and May 26 for Vero Beach.
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There will be no Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River for the time being, said the Army Corps of Engineers May 28 during its weekly conference call with South Florida media.
Corps Jacksonville district commander Col. Andrew Kelly told media members he was happy with the recession rate of the lake. It s held true to form so the lake has come down and we re getting more comfortable every day, Kelly said. The dryness we ve been hoping for has come to fruition so as a result there is a significant amount of water going to the south.
There will soon be another tool to try to prevent pollutants from entering Lake Okeechobee, which in turn could make their way down the Caloosahatchee River. The South Florida Water Management District approved the Kissimmee Basin Stormwater Treatment Project to capture water from the Kissimmee River before runoff and nutrients float into the lake. It […]
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