Are We Under a Dome?
 

I guess I'm still used to Midwest storms where if you see a line of rain or storms coming in from the west, you know you're going to get wet. I cannot get used to the way rain is down here. I am in Silver Lake...a friend of mine lives 2.3 miles away in Weirsdale. We watched the radar tonight and thought "Yay! Finally! Some rain for the grass and flowers! (not to mention Paradise Lake)" Nope...not a drop but my friend 2.3 miles away got 3.8 inches!!

I've never seen a line of rain or storms literally split in half and go north or south around an area...or it horseshoes and rains all around us but not here. I'm sure the day will come and it will be our turn over here but for now, we wait and do a rain dance in the front yard!

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It will rain when Gary Morse says so. Hang in there!

Today was a classic case of Florida summer storms formed, fueled and driven by the line(s) of converging sea breezes. They are ephemeral in nature and as you have seen are VERY hit-or-miss.

here is a pretty good explanation. Weather Spectrum : Sea-Breeze Fronts | Weather Underground

Tsk-tsk...:a20:

Oh shoot. In South Florida I've seen it rain on one side of the house and not the other side.

It did rain in Caroline, at least at my house. I watched the web cams in all three squares and LSL was the only square where it rained.

It does seem like there is a dome at times...lol.

Dome = bubble?

It is very weird. It was as black as coal all around us..you could hear the thunder and see the fork lightning, yet we were in this sunny "hole". Nothing ever happened. Agree.. where I come from it would have doused us within minutes..but not here. Strange.

Correct!:wave:

This will happen "up north" as well. Black skies over there, with sun over here--- That's just how it works sometimes.

I guess I'm in my Stephen King frame of mind with the dome thing! :smiley:

It's because of some golf ears prayer....no rain till I am done

Doug you are a hoot.
 

Of course right. Did I tell you about my house?

This is not a dome it is a certified bubble.

And this is the third day of hurricane season, you will soon see rain here, a lot of it, every afternoon.

Ha! That reminds me of when we were on vacation in Miami back in the 90s, having lunch at Wolfie's Rascal House deli (great Jewish deli, now closed I think) & we looked out the north windows & it was pouring down rain, but looking out the east windows the sun was shining....no rain. Granted, Wolfie's was a pretty big restaurant, but still that was weird!

Hey, the rain has to start and stop somewhere.

We missed it again tonight..rained like a faucet 3 miles to the east. Time to go water the plants again!!

We got about 10 drops where I am in Hadley, but I'm not giving up hope for tonight. Please, please rain so I don't have to water the new plants tomorrow!!!!

Hi GoBravesgo,

Oh um, I mean't Cubs. Sorry.

Back "home" in the Midwest, did you ever hear the term "isolated thundershowers" on the national weather forecast and wonder what it meant? :shrug:

Now you know.

I live in Woodbury and about a month ago, it rained on one side of my house and not the other....

Lets hope we ARE under a dome this hurricane season which has now started.

This afternoon, it rained on me 4 separate times traveling from the St. Charles area to the wilds of the Northern Territory.

FINALLY had a good rain! 1.74! YAY!

Speaking of Cane season ..... we got a lil something coming off the Yucatan right now .... NWS is calling for around a 40% chance of further development ... but even then it would only reach tropical storm strength. BUT, should it wonder toward The Sunshine State .... could see some fairly heavy H2O by the weekend.

Invest 91l : Computer Model Hurricane Forecasts | Weather Underground

Remember just about a year ago when we got 12 inches of rain in one day, and the next day 13 sinkholes appeared. That was when the Ashland pond imploded. Be careful what you wish for.

That's when the sinkhole on El Diablo occurred I think...Hole #8.

remember except for a few inches of top soil we are living on a compacted sand dune!!!

btk

looks like we will feel the effects of the system a few days earlier than I thought .... as in later today thru Friday.

5 Day Weather Forecast for 32162 - weather.com

There is a secret to a SUCCESSFUL RAIN DANCE . . . . . . Timing!

it never rains our house but just down the street