The southern half of the Florida Peninsula will get hit hard with heavy rainfall on Mother’s Day, with some areas likely to pick up a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours.
Drought conditions have been expanding across Florida since the beginning of the year, with 78% of the state currently experiencing abnormal dryness to severe drought, compared to just 24% on Jan. 1, according to the United States Drought Monitor.The dry ground, combined with gusty winds on Wednesday, caused several fires to flare up across the Florida Panhandle, prompting thousands to evacuate. As a cold front swings through on Friday night, some rain should help with firefighting efforts in this area.This cold front, or dividing line between warm and cool air, will be the focal point for an area of low pressure to develop in the Gulf of Mexico which will eventually spread heavy rain into the southern part of the Florida Peninsula late in the weekend.
The storm will first bring needed rain to South Texas, where severe to extreme drought is ongoing, from Friday night to Saturday.
meteorologists will be closely monitoring the storm as it travels across the southern Gulf of Mexico this weekend, as some early-season tropical systems have formed along fronts draped over the warm Gulf waters in the past.”This storm will more than likely be subtropical in nature as it moves across the Florida Peninsula Sunday into Monday,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said. A subtropical storm exhibits both tropical and non-tropical features.
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