Monday late afternoon and evening turned into a rainfest; Brevard got some .4 inch but Vero airport is past 2", Fort Pierce .8. And around 11 pm, it's still raining. Not bad.

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Vero airport ended up with more than 4".

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I'm only happy when it rains! My rain buckets were getting empty and my Jaboticaba are loaded with developing fruit. Really needed that rain!

WEATHER
Rainfall 'clobbered' prior record for one Florida city. See how much rain fell Monday
USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

Vero Beach received 3.61 inches of rain from midnight to midnight.
Adding rainfall after midnight, totals increased to 4.6 inches.
Next up for Florida? A cold front is expected by the end of the week.
At least one Florida community "clobbered" a rainfall record Monday as a system of low pressure crossed the state.

For many Florida counties, especially along the peninsula, the rain helped existing drought conditions.

"We have to straddle that line between enough rain to get some relief from drought but without the flooding," said Ana Torres-Vazquez, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Miami in a phone interview Tuesday morning.

Next up? A cold front will send temperatures down a bit by the end of the week.

How much rain fell in Florida Monday, Feb. 24?
Rain totals unless otherwise designated were from midnight Monday, Feb. 24 to midnight Tuesday, Feb. 25.

Pensacola: trace (0.45 inches on Feb. 23)
Tallahassee:0.11 inches (0.21 inches on Feb. 23)
Jacksonville: 0.34 inches
Daytona Beach: 0.28 inches
Melbourne: 0.79 inches
Vero Beach: 3.61 inches, which set both a daily and monthly record. As of 7 a.m., Vero Beach had received 4.6 inches of rain over the past 24 hours, according to Robert Haley, meteorologist with National Weather Service in Melbourne, in a phone interview early Tuesday morning.
Prior records were 1.68 inches for the day in 1975 and 2.65 inches for February in 1966. "We clobbered both those records," Haley said.
Fort Pierce: 1.11 inches
This was less than half of the prior record of 2.57 inches for the day set in 1942.
Stuart: Unofficially, 0.47 at the airport. Wide range up to 2 inches in some areas.
West Palm Beach/Miami-Dade: 0.5 inches, maybe up to 1 inches, between 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Naples: 1 to 1.5 inches, between 6 a.m. to 6 a.m.
Key West: 3.45 inches

My rain gauge reported close to 1.5" in Cocoa.

Possible rain today, March 10th. If we don't rain this Monday, its gonna be a long dry spring. temps back in the 80s by the weekend.

Vero & Ft Pierce got rain yesterday, March 25. Nice to not have to water for a while.

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Lucky you! I'm dry as a bone. Just harvested a bunch of jaboticaba and they were all undersized due to drought. I tried to keep water on them. they taste great though.

april and May are both dry months as well.

Any Rain this time of year is great rain!


SUNDAY:

Numerous showers and scattered afternoon storms will develop Sunday, with some stronger storms potentially developing into the afternoon and evening. Main storm threats will be frequent lightning strikes, strong wind gusts up to 45-55 mph, small hail, and locally heavy rainfall leading to minor flooding of roadways and poor drainage areas. However, there will be a low chance for a severe storm or two, producing locally damaging wind gusts of 60+ mph and hail around an inch in diameter. Also, a brief tornado can't be completely ruled out, but potential remains very low.

Sun-Sun Night...Deeper moisture (PWATs 1.5-1.7") already by the
start of the day with potential ongoing convection lifting northward
across ECFL. An upper trough will combine with the deepening
moisture to enhance convection and produce PoPs up to 80pct across
the area during the day. Multiple rounds of showers and storms will
occur at some locations with heavy rainfall possible. Will need
to monitor the threat for a few strong storms (wind gusts/hail)
due to dry air and cold temps aloft (-10C to -12C). There will be
a low chance for a brief tornado. This activity is expected to
linger into the night, especially along the coast from Cape
Canaveral southward. Expect southeasterly winds 10-15 mph, breezy
at times along the coast. Cloud-cover and precip forecast to keep
high temperatures in the U70s to L80s. Overnight mins remain in
the 60s areawide.

May the rain gawds be forever in your favor:


Today A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
MondayA 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly clear, with a low around 72. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

I got a nice chunk of rain Sunday afternoon!

Once again, I screwed Mel Bch by spreading fertilizer on my palms and tropicals y'day morning. We got (maybe) a quarter of inch. It was a nice, steady drizzle, just not enough of it. I needed double that. Sorry.

Monday evening was an epic rain event for me. A ton of lightning and thunder. ALL THE WATER BUCKETS FILLED UP. Deep deep hard rain for about 1.5 hours. Really needed that one!

rain two days in a row for me. Luck of the Irish...and, I'm not irish.

And Spreading fert is a well known curse to rain. Sort of like a the new board curse is to surfing.

Last night was the other side of the coin for my fertilizing - 1-1/2 inches of downpour. What didn't run to another area was probably driven past the roots.

Looks to be dry for the next week with high temps into the upper 80s and windy. gonna dry out quickly. I got a lot of rain and most of my plants are heavily mulched with Oak debris. Next chance of rain next week.

April/May Central Florida's driest months.