LAST SHOT: Jacksonville radar was still down Monday after a severe storm plowed into Jacksonville International Airport Saturday night. The airport was hit with a 51 mph as lightning strikes flashed around it in about a 10-mile radius. The yellow plus and minus signs indicate more than 400 lightning strikes between 7-8 p.m. (Image credit: NWS-Jacksonville)
MORE HURRICANE HISTORY: The August 18-19 weekend prompted look-backs at Tropical Storm Fay, which inundated East-Central Florida with heavy rainfall. But late August is hurricane prime time, and there were other storms of note as well on these days. Two are the catastrophic Hurricane Camille, one of three category five storms to hit the United States in 1969; and Hurricane Bob, which plowed into Newport Rhode Island in 1991. (Image credit: NWS-TampaBay)
As we move into the last 10 days of August and near peak of the season, the National Hurricane Center is forecasting no development in the Atlantic through at least Friday. Satellite images show a huge tropical wave coming off the coast of Africa, but much of the Atlantic is dry and cloud-free.
The remnants of Invest 99L are south and east of Hispaniola and moderate convection has been firing up off and on over the last couple of days. Wind shear was high Monday in the Central and Western Caribbean, and in much of the Gulf of Mexico.
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RAINFALL WATCH: Sunday’s heaviest rains were just west of Orlando. An observer for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network reported 4.48 inches, while two other observers to the north and west reported 3.31 inches and 2.92 inches, respectively.
The National Weather Service in Miami notes in Monday’s forecast discussion that frontal systems should begin pushing farther south as the month draws to a close next weekend.
“It`s still way too far out in the forecast period to discern more than general trends with this trough but it does remind us that soon the transition of seasons will begin to our
north which could lead to mid-latitude features pushing further south that allow tropical moisture to focus over the region.
“At this point however, the forecast has no such features or any tropical concerns for the next 7 days for South Florida.”
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