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Rainy Summer Days
By
Peter Glen
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The summer weather in florida assumes an very distinctive pattern.
Sunny mornings, rainy afternoons. It rains every afternoon. And it
rains almost the same time every day. And it never rains twice. Why
does it rain in florida every afternoon? Why does
it rain only once per day? Please read on for some answers.
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On the global scale, the weather system yields ranges of
climates. Ranges that are covered permanently with ice, ranges
that have four seasons, and ranges that have dry season and rainy
season.
Florida, being in a semi tropical setting, is on the
borderline between the four season range and the rainy season
range. In the summertime however, Florida temperatures are
reaching a magnitude where
enough water evaporates daily, to saturate the air, hence achiveing a
rainy
season for a period of time.
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This vapor returns to the surface in form of rain.
Once
it rains, the cooling effect from it disallows further evaporation. It
can
not saturate the air a second time. The rain's cooling effect lasts
long
enough, that the cycle can only start the next day. As the cycle is
getting
a fresh start every day, and the daily temperature is relatively even,
the
cycle assumes a predictable pattern. We can observe, that every day it
rains
almost the same time.
The picture to the right is taken in South
Florida, looking towards the mexican gulf. Notice, how the lining of
the
clouds are parallel to the ocean.
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E-White Paper (C) 2002, by Peter Glen.
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