“We were under cover a bit late (4:50?), but the front and a wall of rain hit at 5:03 pm!”
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I’ve never experienced S.FL weather and its timekeeping. I have been in the mountains of NM during monsoon season (typically Aug/Sept) where you can very nearly set your watch to a storm rolling in right around 4pm every day!
I worked at the Morenci mine in eastern AZ one summer, and rode my bicycle up to the core shed each day. The workday ended at 4:00. If I was 5 minutes late leaving, I’d be there for 45 minutes waiting for the afternoon thunderstorm to finish. Many’s the time I’d get down the hill to the bar and under the awning exactly as the rain began.
It was the same at 7,500 feet in the White Mountains in Arizona. I was astonished at the regularity of the afternoon storms that blew through. Fortunately, my cabin was properly strapped down and I knew all my pronouns, so I never had an incident.
The ocean sea change occurs about at 4 pm each day as the wind changes direction.