Slots win in Broward

Today's election yielded Broward county slot machines by a 57% to 43% vote. This means that "traditional" slot machines will appear in a few select places later this year. The proceeds from these machines will go towards education, though it has not been determined how much.

The same measure in Miami-Dade county did not pass.

Wind Advisory until 4PM for South Florida

Wind Advisory until 4PM EST for South Florida. Winds of 25mph with higher gusts will be expected today. This is due to a pressure gradient that will be increasing today.

And it rained

Yes, the rain did occur tonight. So far we have had almost a third of an inch in Pompano Beach. This is well needed rain. Current radar indicates that we should continue with the rain over night and I think we may see a little over a half-inch by the time the rain clears out of the area by noon tomorrow.

I'm going to be now to enjoy the rain. Good night.

Howard

Cool March so far

It seems really cool here in South Florida. Today's high was only 69F, which I know is warm by many standards but does not seem normal around here. After a quick check I found that our record low (for Pompano Beach) is 34F set in 1968. Our normal high for today is 79F, so that is a 10F deviation from the average.

Look like rain tomorrow afternoon into the evening which is very welcomed. For the year we have only 2.22" in Ft. Lauderdale which is less than half the usual of 5.82". With a low pressure system that is forming in the Gulf as we speak there should be a fair amount of rain with it as the system moves over us. Though if the low tracks further north, over central Florida we will see much less rain. We will see tomorrow what materializes.

Update tomorrow...