Re: What drives precipitation on Florida?

On 6 Oct 2005 09:23:03 -0700,
tiggerlars <lars@xxxxxxxxx>, in
<1128615783.226762.170670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>+ The project is on an area in Florida (Lake Toho), looking at the water
>+ balance in the area in relation to a nature restoration project.

Osceola County. Kissimmee, or there abouts.

>+ I suspect this to be frontal systems, but where (what direction) do
>+ they generally come from? Are there other factors that play a major
>+ role e.g. El Niño and Hurricanes?

Large-scale frontal influences would be in the January-March
range. The vast majority of the rainfall in any given year would be
driven by local effects - specifically the sea breeze, generating late
afternoon to early evening thunderstorms.

In some years, the sea breeze can be supressed by the semi-permanent
high pressure zones along 30N called the Bermuda High. On your side of
the pond, it would be called the Azores High. This is dependent on
location and strength of said high. Those are the years that Florida
burns.

James
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