Our active weather pattern of numerous showers & thunderstorms will continue each day this week. It would appear that any break in the pattern will hold off until late in the weekend or early next week when an upper level ridge of high pressure might get close enough to make storms more scattered. Until then, we're off to the races when it comes to rainfall with all areas getting significant rain between now & Sat. with some areas seeing excessive rainfall. If one spot misses the rain one day, they'll almost certainly get the rain the next day. The pattern will continue to feature west/southwest surface winds & westerly flow aloft which
will mean the east coast sea breeze will have a hard time penetrating very far inland while the first thunderstorms initiate in the morning over the Big Bend & Northeast Gulf then spread east/northeastward with a tendency for intensification upon nearing &/or meeting the sea breeze. Storms will also have a tendency to be a little stronger across South Ga. closer to the better upper level support (trough of low pressure). In fact, this trough will dig a little farther south Thu., Fri. & Sat. which will translate into even more widespread thunderstorms & the potential for stronger, relatively fast-moving storms. It is the wet season, but this is
actually unseasonably wet. Still....a nice change from the last 2 dry summers.
In a follow-up to postings about Randy Pausch, "Last Lecture".....Randy died Fri. at just 47 from pancreatic cancer. Click here to get to his home page where you can listen to his inspirational lecture &/or order his book.
From SeaWorld (including photo):
BABY MANATEE GETS HER BOTTLE … (July 25, 2008) … Orlando, Fla. -- SeaWorld animal care specialist Devi Wise bottle-feeds a days-old orphan manatee today at the parks' Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The female calf -- just two-feet long and barely tipping the scale at 21 pounds -- was rescued from Ormond Beach Wednesday July 23. She is the third orphan manatee in two months to come under the watchful care of SeaWorld "moms" and "dads."
