Some rain today and tomorrow but then...beautiful!!

Yet another advantage of the southern latitude of Santa Rosa Beach (SRB) is the ability to dodge most of the wild weather swings during the fall and spring transition seasons. That has certainly been true this April as winter temperatures have warred with spring warmth over much of the nation while SRB's weather has remained pretty consistent. That doesn't mean it's always clear and beautiful here because rain is necessary to keep the subtropical vegetation flowering and greened up.

That's the situation for today and Friday as a surface low pressure center forms along an old frontal boundary draped across the northern Gulf of Mexico. Here is the forecast surface map for Friday morning:

The low center - red "L" circled - is just south of the Florida panhandle here with the green shading indicating steady rain for Friday. Between Thursday and Friday night over an inch of rain is probable for SRB and vicinity, with temperatures Friday topping out in the mid-60s under the clouds.

But come Saturday the sun pops back out and temperatures rise back into the mid-70s...and the weather stays that way through at least the end of next week! How's that for consistency? So plan a trip to Santa Rosa Beach and check out Casablanca on 30A as a potential vacation stop to enjoy our very predictable weather!!