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Ocala weather Update August 2008 |
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I've been really busy and I'm only getting around to doing my monthly weather report now on August 23rd. It's been a very wet rainy summer. For the past couple of years we have been in drought condition. We we've returned to normal with a vengeance. It seems like it rained every afternoon for the entire month!
You've probably been watching tropical storm Fay flooding the space coast of Florida. Here in Ocala we've had a lot of rain, 2 to 4 inches depending on where you live but nothing like you see on TV. Here where I live in the SW I had to drain my swimming pool and I guess I got more towards the 4 inch area.
Tropical storms and hurricanes feed off the warm ocean water and rapidly lose strength over land. Ocala's big advantage is being located mid way between either coast.
The rainy season lasts from Memorial day unitl mid October. In some ways the seasons are backwards here with winter being the better time of year.
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