AquariusRadar	Radar Rain Shadow
Home	January thru August 2011/20 rainfall for Jackson and surrounding counties.
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Snowpack Enhancement	January through August average rainfall 2011/2020
Ideal Candidate Radar	January thru August 10 year average 2011/20 rainfall for Jackson County and the surrounding area has returned to near normal. The strong summer monsoons of 2013/14 and ample rain in 2016/17 continues to aid the drought recovery. Rainfall was near average or slightly below for most areas; rainfall has slowed in the recent months But the area under the radar rain shadow, Ponce De Leon, Bonifay, Euchee Valley and Graceville continues to show a huge deficit. The rain gage readings ranged from a high of 56"at Argyle and a low of 35" at the Bonifay forestry station. The abundant rainfall at Fort Walton Beach, Eglin AFB, and Niceville Valpariso was the impact of the positive mode of AquariusRadar as explained on the Radar Rainshadow page. The high black bear population North of the Eglin and Valpariso area is partially accounted for by the abundant supplies of figs, berries, grapes, gopher apples, and similar fruits brought on by the heavy rain in that area. The total just North of the Eglin AFB headquarters area is estimated at 62"+ for the 9 month period. Because summer monsoon storms are highly variable in track direction, the storms of summer partially blur the rain shadow line. However, the long term data makes the radar rain shadow readily identifiable on the map, as illustrated by the remarkable 21" differential between Argyle and Bonifay reporting stations. The regional drought conditions are destined to return and are the result of the reoccurring domes of high pressure which frequently dominate the region. A quick glance at the globe shows Jackson County in the area near 30º, the "horse latitudes", and the same latitude as most major desert regions. Historically, the Southeast US maintained a strong agriculture base with abundant rainfall because Gulf moisture collided with the unstable air of Temperate cyclones that were forced in a Southern arc by strong Polar high pressure systems. Global warming has weakened the Polar highs and strengthened "horse latitude" highs, forcing cyclones on a distant Northern track. Ambitious politicians who fight every attempt to restrain global warming have doomed Southern agriculture to a hardscrabble and unprofitable future. Data sources can be seen here.CoCoRAHS, NW Florida Water Conservation District, and at Florida Department of Forestry.
Hail Suppression		Learn more about downwind rainfall patterns of powerful radars by veiwng the RadarRainShadow pages at the left.
Radar Rain Shadow	Jackson Still and Prosperity, two important Department of Forestry rainfall reporting locations, have been closed due to state budget cuts. This is unfortunate as these two reporting stations previously demonstrated the extremes of the Radar Rain Shadow effect. Prosperity still reports occasionally. Other area stations continue to document the long term rainfall disparity between upwind and downwind counties. The 21" disparity between Argyle and Bonifay is an example of the rain shadow effect. Only 24 miles separates these reporting stations and they show the impact of microwave heating operating in a negative mode. Conventional weather science can not explain this long term differential. The regional drought will mute the disparity between upwind and downwind locations but drought will not eliminate the disparity. The documentation attempts to show that microwave energy can impact local weather. While the Radar Rainshadow is a negative for downwind counties, the impact can be readily mitigated by operating the powerful NW Florida radar as described in the Georgia Test Proposal page.

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