Escaping the heat at Santa Rosa Beach

With high temperatures soaring into the middle and upper 90's over much of the nation the thoughts of cooling seabreezes and a dip in the Gulf of Mexico sounds very appealing.  That, along with a dose of rainfall over the coming weekend, is exactly what Santa Rosa Beach and Casablanca on 30A bring to the table. 

A southerly wind flow at the surface and upper air levels will pump plenty of tropical moisture over the Florida panhandle the next couple of days.  This will enhance the normal afternoon showers and thunderstorms that occur this time of year.  Then, early next week, the air flow swaps around to the west and southwest helping things dry out a bit and provide more sunshine for the beaches.  Temperatures each day over the next week will top out in the upper 80's after morning lows in the upper 70's.

There will be some rainfall most days but nothing like the moisture totals the Panhandle saw last week.  This is a total rainfall forecast graphic from the Weather Prediction Center from this morning through Tuesday morning July 23rd:

The blue shading over most of the Panhandle represents a total of between 0.75 and 1.0 inch of rain spread over this five day period, which is pretty typical for the summer months.

Sound better than the 90's?  C'mon down!