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Originally Posted by mulligan
A question for all you students of weather out there: I am sure I am not the only one who has noticed that frequently a massive rainstorm will seem to either split and move around TV, or dissipate just before it gets here. Is it possible that a "heat island" has been created here, and how much could that really affect our local weather.
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Couldn't agree more. When we moved to the Villages about 8 years ago our Real Estate agent told us that there was an "umbrella" over the Villages and that rainfall was hard to come by. Boy has she been right. Over the past few days (Sun. & Mon.) there have been some really ominous cells moving from north to south out of Ocala and directly heading towards the Villages. Looked like my lawn might get watered real well from the sky after 2 months of near drought. Unfortunately on Sun. the cell stopped at the Sumter County line and went around the Villages to the east and caused some serious damage to homes south of us. On Mon. (yesterday) the serious cell moved directly south again directly towards the Villages and flattened out entirely as it approached the Marion/Sumter line. Don't know what causes this but it's pretty freaky!!! By the way, I'm close to Spanish Springs Town Square.
Thanks for your post.