About 0.9 at our airport.  Rain started in the morning, on and off until around 10 pm.  The usual street flooding spots were wet at 9 pm.  

Now for a cool, dry week.

Cycad, Encephalartos hildebrandtii from coastal Kenya/Tanzania finishing its flush.  

Edited: 05/04/2016 at 09:17 PM by ww

Nice cycad.

Start of the Wet Season* Average dates
Orlando May 27
Daytona Beach May 29
Melbourne May 28
Vero Beach May 26
Stuart May 23

Can't wait, I'm sick of the watering everyday.

I've only had to water my jaboticaba. Everything else hasn't shown any drought stress....yet... Of course, I'm under shade and have a ton of oak-leaf mulch which helps. That rain we had last week was pretty good. I suspect I will need some more rain soon though! (hello rain gawds...you listening?!?)

Its all my potted stuff that requires the daily watering, especially with the lower humidity and wind. I've done so much repotting lately with the nice weather we had last week. Too bad summer is a coming....

Yup, my pool water has been evaporating pretty quickly this past week when in previous weeks it hasn't. Dry air and potted plants...that is why I try to avoid anything in containers. Watering is a chore I try to avoid! Especially since I don't have a sprinkler system other than a hose in one hand and a beer in another!

408 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016

.DISCUSSION...

...Increasing rain chances through the week...

A few things like containers.  Bromeliads.  My place is drying out.

Everything I need to water is in a small walk through garden of about 30 plants some in pots others in the ground. The garden has a bird bath I have to keep happy too! Definitely a one beer job. Everything else, except for severe drought, can get by on it's own. No grass. But I still look forward to rain and starting tomorrow is lookin good!

Day High/Low Description Precip
Today
May 16
Partly Cloudy
20%

Tue
May 17
83° 71°
Heavy Thunderstorms
80%

Wed
May 18
86° 70°
Thunderstorms
90%


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Edited: 05/16/2016 at 11:14 AM by daner

Bring it...I just used the last of my captured rain water yesterday. Time for a refill!

Rain in May is rare, so hopefully we get some the next few days!

from this morning NWS Melb Wx discussion:

What will be the kicker today
is a sharp N-S mid lvl isentropic bndry over the spine of the
peninsula that is embedded within SWrly flow that will generate
stout mid lvl vertical motion...this in the face of deep moisture
advection.

Set up is a classic categorical rain event for central FL.
Indeed...the 00Z GFS MOS rang the bell for PoPs almost uniformly
acrs the CWA. Add in the east coast sea breeze to the mix...and
precip today will be a case of "not if but when". Painted the area
with categorical PoPs today...decreasing aft sunset to 40-50pct from
Brevard/Osceola northward...60pct Treasure Coast/Lake-O region thru
midnight. Storm motion will be to the E/NE which will focus
convection acrs the ern peninsula late in the day. A few stronger
storms will be possible as they interact with the sea breeze late in
the day with local hvy rain and gusty winds. Mid lvl temps a bit
warm for hail...but frequent CG lightning a good bet. Temps will be
held down somewhat by prevalent cloud cover with highs in the M/U80s
expected. Min temps tonight arnd the 70F mark.

Dry season over?

Wednesday...Deep moisture remaining over the central FL peninsula
combined with low level southwest flow and mid level westerly flow
will allow again for a high coverage of mainly afternoon showers and
lightning storms to develop over the central FL peninsula and move
twd the east coast late in the day with westerly steering flow.
Minor impulses aloft along with favorable upper divergence, though
not as strong as Tuesday, will favor shower/thunderstorm chances in
the likely range. Locally heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds will
be the main storm hazards. Considerable cloudiness is expected with
high temps in the mid to upper 80s.

Thursday...GFS indicates some drying in the mid levels with light
onshore flow developing in the wake of a frontal boundary that will
have moved offshore with sfc high pressure building twd the Mid-
Atlantic. This should allow more morning sun to destabilize the
atmosphere in the afternoon with the east coast sea breeze moving
inland. Have lowered pops slightly to the 40-50 percent range with
higher coverage expected for the inland portions of the coastal
counties and interior by mid to late afternoon.

Friday...Low level flow is forecast to veer to the southeast with
increasing moisture again ahead of a shortwave trough that will move
north of the area Saturday. Expect a higher coverage of storms with
the inland moving east coast sea breeze across the interior in the
50-60 pct range. Coastal pops 30-40 pct Treasure Coast to 40-50 pct
nrn Brevard and Volusia counties.

Sat-Sun...500 mb shortwave trough will move from the TN valley
toward the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. Increasing prefrontal moisture
and southerly flow Saturday will support shower/thunderstorm chances
in the 50-60 pct range mainly in the late morning through the
afternoon. The front will move into N FL Sunday afternoon with some
mid level drying beginning to move down across the northern FL
peninsula late in the day. Scattered showers and storms are forecast
Sunday with lower coverage as pops drop to 40-50 pct range. Highs
both days mainly in the upper 80s.

SWAMPED!  Total will be over 8" over 10" at the airport.

Edited: 05/17/2016 at 04:17 PM by ww

After the first wave this afternoon in Palm Bay at 4:00, I had 1" in the backyard rain gauge. Radar still shows a mess heading this way for the evening.

DM

I got mega-rain tonight also. At least 4 inches! Yeah for Rain.

This may be under the saying "Be careful what you wish for!" We got around 11" of rain yesterday according to NWS.

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And, May is typically the driest month in Central Florida...

Yeah, South of Brevard got more than their share yesterday and overnight.
I ended up with about 4.5 inches total as of this morning.

DM