Goose Lake Weather Blog

Clouds bands from now tropical depression Fay are reaching as far north as the southern tip of Illinois this afternoon as seen in this visible satellite image.

Tropical storm Fay produced some amazing rainfall totals in Florida including:

MELBOURNE BEACH 3.9 SSE              25.28
COCOA BEACH                          24.38
CAPE CANAVERAL                       22.83
DELTONA                              22.69
SATELLITE BEACH                      22.40
PALM SHORES 1.4 W                    21.44
PALM BAY 1.0 NE                      21.00
DELTONA 2.9 SE                       20.94
PALM SHORES 4.3 NNW                  20.85
MELBOURNE 7.0 NW                     20.57
ORANGE CITY                          19.81
HILLIARD 5.4 NW                      19.70
PALM SHORES 2.9 NW                   19.64
TALLAHASSEE 5.7 SE                   19.17
MALABAR 2.9 NNW                      19.00
TALLAHASSEE 14.2 NE                  18.30
WACISSA 1.1 SW                       18.09
TALLAHASSEE 6.1 SE                   18.07
MELBOURNE 1.1 N                      18.05
SANFORD 0.4 ENE                      18.03

Although the radar looked promising early today, thunderstorms with brief heavy rain managed to miss the weather station here and only 0.04 inches was recorded. Some locations northeast of here such as Romeoville received 0.5 inch.

The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak on  August 12th.  Check out the skies before sunrise over the next few mornings. Good luck viewing. More info can be found at the space.com web page.