Parts of Florida just saw half a year’s worth of rain in 36 hours

 According to a report from The Washington Post, portions of Florida’s Space Coast were inundated by up to 28 inches of rain—roughly half an average year’s total—in just 36 hours from Sunday afternoon into Monday evening. Radar estimates showed the most extreme totals concentrated in the stretch from Palm Bay to Valkaria in Brevard County, turning streets into rivers and prompting widespread flash flood emergencies.

Tampa-based meteorologist Jeff Berardelli captured the rarity of the deluge, writing, “I’ve NEVER seen anything like this.” The Washington Post noted that the event carried a recurrence interval of more than 1-in-1,000 years in some locations, with slow-moving storm bands repeatedly training over the same areas.

Contributing factors included a deep plume of moisture drawn from record-warm waters in the southwestern Atlantic, weak mid-level winds that allowed storms to stall, and elevated background humidity linked to a record-strength El Niño on top of a warming climate....<<<Read More>>>....