The rainy season is officially underway in South Florida (east coast and Collier County) as declared by the National Weather Service in Miami. One measure they use is when the dewpoint climbs above 70 degrees and remains there for the foreseeable future coupled with the return of daily showers and storms that form along the afternoon sea breeze. This has happened over the past few days on the east coast. On our side of the state, our rainy season really has not started yet as our showers and storms of the past few days have been driven less by sea breeze circulations and more by upper level disturbances moving through. This is, however, debatable. Also, while dewpoints will remain high, the chance of rain will drop dramatically over the next few days as a ridge of high pressure builds in aloft. In fact, from Friday through at least Sunday, the weather should remain dry across SWFL.
You can read the announcement from the NWS in Miami here.
Brian
