South Florida’s wet season is tardy this year, leaving double-digit rain deficits, a drought-stricken river of grass and increasing angst over wildfires.
But an atmosphere constipated by high pressure is finally on the move, promising showers this weekend that water management district meteorologists believe may mark a shift to the reliable afternoon rains and miasmic humidity that define summer.
While the National Weather Service in Miami has a hard start date of May 15 for the onset of rainy season – a reminder that dangerous thunderstorms loom – the timeline can be fickle. The NWS office in Melbourne declares the beginning of rainy season in hindsight, after reviewing weather patterns, but does have median start dates of May 23 for Stuart, May 25 for Fort Pierce and May 26 for Vero Beach.
The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board
Three cheers for Jupiter’s plan to buy eight acres near the Southwest Fork Loxahatchee River, to spare it from development. In the face of Florida’s unrelenting growth, every forward-thinking municipality needs to preserve what natural beauty it can, while it can.
Jupiter had its eye on the wooded site at 500 N. Delaware Blvd., known as the Taylor Property, for years. Instead of knocking down trees to make room for 35 houses, the owners finally agreed to sell it to the town.
At $3.3 million, it’s a price the town can pay without borrowing, with the Jupiter Inlet District chipping in $660,000 of the total.