DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
905 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...SOUTH FLORIDA IS NOW OUT OF DROUGHT CONDITION THANKS TO TROPICAL
STORM FAY'S RAINFALL...

SYNOPSIS...

TROPICAL STORM FAY BROUGHT GOOD RAINFALL TO SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS
WEEK. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM RANGED BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES
OVER MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...EXCEPT SOUTHERN GLADES AND NORTHERN
HENDRY COUNTIES WERE THEY SAW BETWEEN 13 TO 15 INCHES.

HERE ARE SOME YEARLY RAINFALL TOTALS...NORMALS...AND DEPARTURES FROM
NORMAL ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE 20 MONTH PERIOD COVERING FROM
JANUARY 1, 2007 TO AUGUST 22, 2008...AND THE WET SEASON OF 2008.

AIRPORTS                      20 MONTH :    20 MONTH  :   WET     :  WET     
                               TOTALS      DEPARTURES    SEASON     SEASON
                                                       2008 TOTAL   2008 DEP.

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL           : 104.94  :    +13.56    :  27.36   :  +7.13
FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL :  89.23  :    -13.33    :  17.21   :  -4.33
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL      : 106.98  :    +10.80    :  24.08   :  +6.08
NAPLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT      :  69.73  :    -15.23    :  26.71   :  +4.97

SECONDARY OBSERVATION SITES

IMMOKALEE                     :  77.72  :     +3.13    :  31.53   : +10.41
DEVILS GARDEN                 :  84.79  :     +6.86    :  36.69   : +15.84
CLEWISTON                     :  75.38  :     -2.89    :  28.40   :  +7.28
BELLE GLADE                   :  87.04  :     -1.17    :  25.74   :  +6.58
MOORE HAVEN LOCK              :  88.39  :     +7.88    :  46.01   : +24.89
FLAMINGO RANGER STATION       :  82.23  :     -0.16    :  26.28   :  +6.76
MIAMI BEACH                   : 106.92  :    +23.82    :  19.30   :  +4.09

AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MONITOR PEOPLE HAVE REMOVED THE
LAKE OKEECHOBEE OUT OF THE DROUGHT STATUS...AND KEPT REST OF SOUTH
FLORIDA OUT OF THE DROUGHT STATUS.

HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS...

ALL OF THE WELLS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA REMAIN NEAR NORMAL LEVELS FOR
THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST.

THE UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA WERE STILL AT
NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. THE LEVEL OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE ROSE TO AROUND
12.52 FEET. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 1.6 FEET BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF
THE YEAR.

OUTLOOK...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW SOUTHEAST WINDS TO SET UP OVER THE
AREA...AND FOCUS MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY OVER
THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST.

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER'S PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT
14 DAYS IS FOR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE LONGER TERM OUTLOOK FOR
SEPTEMBER IS FOR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST DROUGHT STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MIAMI FLORIDA UNLESS DROUGHT CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE AREA.

BAXTER