For some, Florida drought is getting very "extreme"

[JLM]

I doubt that cloud seeding in other states is making Florida drier. Its an activity that began in the 1950s and has been happening since then. Florida has not been dry since the 1950s.

You mentioned an uptick in activity recently, which is likely true, but preceded by a decrease in activity. Are they doing it as frequent as they did before slowing down?

I think the droughts the state has experienced in recent years are more attributed to macro scale factors like ENSO among other things. Moreso, the unfortunate timing of these ENSO phases. 

I'm not completely closed off to the idea that cloud seeding can be a positive in one place and a negative in another, I just can't see how we would be doing it enough to create an artificial imbalance like that especially over large portions of the globe.

[Silas_Sancona]

1 hour ago, JLM said:

I think the droughts the state has experienced in recent years are more attributed to macro scale factors like ENSO among other things. Moreso, the unfortunate timing of these ENSO phases. 

^^ THIS    ..Not the " cloud seeding creates drought con "  🤦🏽‍♂️ ..That is about as bad as those who pulled that same card during the floods in TX last summer..   Which is it?   " cloud seeding creates mega droughts "  "  ..or mega floods..     ..or......  " 

If droughts,  then this part of the world has been screwed since  ..several thousands of years ago,  lol..    Don't think anyone was flying around dropping Silver Iodide into clouds back then..   

Ofcourse, ..it would be nice to have that time machine to prove that,  lol..


Someone well versed in their climatology  ..and how climate directly effects the ecology of a particular region probably already knows why FL,  < Cen and southern portion of the state esp >  ..and the rest of the Caribbean region..  can experience long dry periods  ..while also experiencing really wet bursts.. 

 Long dry periods in that region is one reason Cacti and other plants that can store water in their trunks / stems   grow in these areas  ..areas that aren't growing within riparian corridors sited directly next to streams where water is more available.

When the Peninsula of FL was wider after rising ( again ) above sea level, interior of the state was considered   ....Desert ... or very close to desert...

Aside from direct  ENSO - influenced effects,   i do wonder if recent drier trend there ..in in other areas recently might be connected to any expansion of the Hadley Cell circulation during the summer..  


Most are well aware the overall subtropical belt is expanding pole-ward in both hemispheres,  it makes sense that the circulation that defines the northern boundary of the subtropics would get pushed toward the poles too.  

More intermittent / less sustained summer rainfall pattern  ....that might have been laid out across areas south of FL. in decades past   might have shifted / is continuing to expand into   areas further north   ...say the northern boundary of that belt now sits say across the Panhandle  ..or Say in a line from Tampa to Melbourne.. 

 Makes much more sense than these constantly de-bunked  " cloud seeding "  " theories "..

[SeanK]

A Red Flag Warning is in effect today until 8 PM EDT due to
dangerous Fire Weather Conditions. Minimum relative humidity
values will fall into the teens with wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Any fires that start could quickly grow out of control.

No expectation for rain this week. Hopefully there is an active hurricane season.

 

[Looking Glass]

Man, it’s brutal out there.   Clear blazing skies and dry as a bone.  Some stuff is OK, while others are just hanging in there, waiting for rain.  Some rain is forecast for tomorrow though.