Actually, it's historic fact...
Winter and Spring...6 months out of the year, Florida is dry. We ARE in drought conditions all over the state, usually 6 months out of every year.
In a nut shell...it's all a cycle, usually influenced by WX in other areas of the country and the World.
Summer and Fall are our wet seasons. Unfortunately, most of our rainfall detriment is made up in the form of Tropical Storms and Hurricaines.
Going into June and July, things start changing. The rainfall you had today is but a first "Glimpse" of the WX pattern to come.
Pretty soon, if you're not at the 19th hole by noon - 2pm...you'll be rained out of the rest of the day, due to convective thunderstorm activity. Enjoy it while you can, learn to play a dry FAST course before the 90+ deg temps and 90+ humidities take their toll.
The course's will recover, and so will the water table.
I can go into a long disertation of why this is but I wont on this board. If we meet one day I'll be happy to explain it.
I hold a B.S. from F.S.U. in Meterology and Climatology and have lived in Florida almost all my life.
(I'am just hoping I did'nt stick my nose into somewhere it did'nt belong)
Dave
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