Hard Freeze Warning for Florida

[Rainband]

Freeze Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
322 PM EST MON DEC 20 2004

.OVERVIEW...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. WILL BRING
ARCTIC AIR TO MOST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TONIGHT.
THIS HIGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. THE RETURN FLOW
BEHIND IT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO MAKE A QUICK RETURN TO NORMAL
VALUES BY WEDNESDAY.

FLZ049-051-052-055>057-060>062-065-210900-
CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PASCO-
POLK-SARASOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARCADIA...BARTOW...BRADENTON...BRANDON...
CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS...LAKELAND...NEW PORT RICHEY...
PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...SARASOTA...SEBRING...TAMPA...VENICE...
WINTER HAVEN AND ZEPHYRHILLS.
322 PM EST MON DEC 20 2004

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY TO 8 AM EST TUESDAY
...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING
FOR PASCO...HILLSBOROUGH...SARASOTA...POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...DE
SOTO...LEE...CHARLOTTE AND MANATEE COUNTIES.

EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET TODAY...WITH
READINGS NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 AM IN PASCO...NORTHERN AND
EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...AND WESTERN POLK COUNTIES. FURTHER
SOUTH...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING BETWEEN 4 AND 5 AM.
AREAS WITHIN 10 MILES OF THE COAST SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.
READINGS WILL QUICKLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING A LITTLE AFTER SUNRISE.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS.
ALSO...BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
UPDATES.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

$$

RJS


BRRRRRRR

[Scorpion]

They have the low at an unrealistic 48 for tonight here. Its already 51 and the sun is setting. Should be upper 30's low 40's tonight! Bring in the firewood!

[sunny]

Okay guys - this may sound stupid, but here goes. What is the difference between an "Arctic front" and a "Siberian front"?

[Scorpion]

A Siberian front brought temps down to 29 here and snow to Daytona. An arctic front is like this.

[Rainband]

1989 was a siberian front. Snow flurries were falling here

[Brent]

1989 was a siberian front. Snow flurries were falling here

1989 had temperatures around Zero up here. I don't remember it as I was only a year and a half old.

[Scorpion]

Back in Jan 2003 the low got to a record 29 here, and I remember seeing flurries flying in the day that afternoon. Needless to say, a Siberian front is exactly what we in S Florida would want in order to get really cold.