Monday Morning Mish-Mosh on Tuesday Morning Post Memorial Day Look at the Tropics.... Caribbean Tropical Rains on the Menu Today in the South

This week the Special is ...
Caribbean Tropical Rain!

Gotta love Grok... it really nails the concept.

Always messes up the map tho.

But it made me laugh.

Laughter is good.

I'm in a go with the flow mood today.

So is Mother Nature!

Made this late last night to show the flow...
...Mimic shows it below as well!

Many of us love the MIMIC which is a loop that basically shows moisture or in this case rain as seen in the orange cells on the move in the South. Blue means dry, blue purple means very dry! That's the simple explanation. This above is a frozen moment in time on the Mimic Loop. Yellow, orange, red and oh my gosh pinks show varying degrees of heavy moisture aka rain in that order. If you see pink you can officially go "OMG" and if you remember the Mimic image of Melissa that looked like Barbie Melissa you will know what I mean. Actually after hot pink it gets this almost fuschia color you definitely don't want to see.  It's a conveyor belt of tropical humidity, moisture and rains from the tropics and currently it's propelling tropical rains and humidity up into the Deep South. 

But here today it means RAIN maybe on your wedding day or graduation day or "no way I am driving to work in this rain today"  and please remember we have been in a bad drought so we can definitely use the rain. The farms definitely could use the rain as the corn is planted and needs the rain to survive on many small farms especially. 

Think of it as a Moisture Highway or maybe kind of like a Food Truck serving Caribbean Tropical Rains while it's parked there until it decides to go somewhere else. Today it may be parked over Alabama and Northern Florida moving around the South bringing y'all the feel of the Caribbean complete with humidity rain and helping our farm plants to grow. We desperately need the rains up here in the Carolinas. As for Florida ...especially the South Florida area the complaints have already been registered online.

Splish Splash Miami Rains return.... 

..began on time.

Hurricane Season might begin on time too!

But time will tell....

But first let's look at why it's raining ...

...in Raleigh as well as Miami.

In this case blue doesn't mean snow...

...just so you know.

80-90% Humidity Muggy in Raleigh today.

I ain't going out.

Freezer filled with Ice Cream.

Seriously tho....

What you need to know today is that the RAINS have shown up on time and the Miami Monsoons that hit at 3 PM every day have arrived on time in full force. Even in Raleigh where the ground was dry, cracked and depressing the rain is back, the humidity is back and the heat is on!

After the Rainy Season begins in the South we move on into the Hurricane Season in 6 days. The Bermuda High is parked in place and it's funneling heavy tropical moisture into the South. From New Orleans to Alabama to Tallahassee and on up into Georgia and the Carolinas we are in it!

Some models have been having fun spinning up weak, possible areas of interest in the Gulf, in the Florida Straits and some show something trying to develop once it gets into the area off the East Coast of Florida where early season wannabees often try and form into a quasi low pressure area. We are at IFFY still on the "do you believe this will happen scale" but we are all watching.

I like Mr. Weatherman on YouTube.

He gives a fast, in depth look at the tropics.

As well as local weather for those looking to cruise.

He gets to the point (unlike me) and he's good.

Sometimes he stays under 15 minutes!

Whoah! Check him out!

So this area that may form starts near the Yucatan.

Which is a typical breeding ground for June storms.

And as it's May it may or may not form.

But June is coming real soon!

I'm not saying anything will form, but I can't say nothing will form or more somethng may try and form. Much depends on a weak cold front that could lift a "tropical disturbance" some and then leave it off the SE Coast as happens often in late May. This is a whole lotta rain and sometimes pressures will drop and it's good to watch and pay attention as sometimes early season systems... Invests... even Depressions form close in and drop obscene amounts of rain on South Florida or flirt with the Carolinas.

This is the 7 day Rain Forecast.

Purple means build an Ark.

And up in the mountains of the Carolinas...

...rain and terrain cause flooding.

Flash Flooding sometimes.

As Gerald a good meteorologists knows!

Good post by Gerald Mengel!

@GMengel follow him!

There's a flood threat there....

...vs an annoyance during rush hour in Miami.

Follow the flow up from ...

Central America...

into the Gulf
Up into The South

Rains have arrived.

And they ain't going away...

...anytime soon!

You get the idea!

I'll be mentioning ppl to follow this week.

Sites that are good to have on hand.

And info you may need to know.

Curious what TWC was selling today during the Tropical Update time of day and they had a good segment with an insurance agent explaining what "comprehensive coverage for automobiles" is and why your cute new van that was parked outside near the house may not be covered if it is crushed by a heavy brance in a hurricane.  Many do not realize this.. it happens and it's always a surprise to newbies who had no idea that their main form of transportation was going to be a casualty to Category 1 Hurricane that welcomed them their tropical neigborhood. Seriously talk to your insurance agent about this and never assume as you will be out of luck if you are not properly covered.

This can happen to you.

We were safely in the house during a mild Cat 1 Hurricane that is still capable of cracking huge branches off of certain trees in the Miami area. Suddenly we heard a huge CRACK! and we ran outside in the protected area where the wind wasn't really impacting us ... but allowed us to see the 2nd CRACK break a huge branch off across the street and watched in real time as it slammed down onto a neighbor's new red shiny sportscar! And, I mean the branch smashed the front of the car, caved in the top of the car and the back of the car while my son's all went "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh damn" at the same time. We shut the door fast. Can happen to you so make sure you are properly covered as many people are not and they are out of luck and a car.

Sweet Tropical Dreams

BobbiStorm

Ps there's a lot you don't know....

...about preparing for Hurricane Season.

Tomorrow more info you may not know...

What's on the menu for dessert??