Weather Discussion

March - April - May spring season was 5.2°F above average – the largest temperature departure from average of any season on record

Figure 2. Three of the top ten warmest 12-month periods in the contiguous U.S. since 1895 have occurred since April 2011. Image credit: NOAA/NCDC.

Figure 3. The average temperature during January - May 2012 was the warmest on record: 5°F above the 20th century average for the period, and 1.3°F above the previous record set in 2000. January - May temperatures have been rising at about 1.8°F per century since 1895. Image credit: NOAA/NCDC.

Fewest May Torandoes since 1979

there is a 50% chance that El Nino conditions will develop during the second half of 2012

Radar-estimated rainfall for the Florida Panhandle from this weekend's rain storm.

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mimic-tpw/natl/main.html

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Report of 27.63 inches of rain in Florida..