Confession is good for the soul

A couple of confessions regarding this Santa Rosa Beach weather blog:

     (1) I have been lax in posting here for a while because we were at Casablanca on 30A for a week and half this month soaking in the sun and overall ambiance!  It was awesome, even more so given the recent upgrades made to the property.
   
     (2) It does rain at the beach now and then...now being one of those times.

The overall culprit for the current rain event at Santa Rosa Beach is a stationary (read "stuck") front that has been hanging around for a few days:

This boundary between dryer and cooler air to the north and warm moist air to the south represents a battleground between the two disparate air masses. The lighter warm moist air is forced upward as it meets the denser cool air, causing the water vapor to condense into clouds and showers along the front itself.  The result is heavy rain and a definite lack of sunshine for the beach areas.

The good news is that the rainfall chances dwindle to nil by Thursday this week as the front is finally pushed southward out over the Gulf of Mexico by a strong East Coast high pressure system that will dominate the weather for a while.  Thus the upcoming weekend will feature plentiful sunshine with highs in the low to mid-80's.  The combination of this expected wonderful weather with an abnormally quiet Atlantic hurricane season means that this weekend and next week would be a perfect time to be at Santa Rosa Beach!