Florida Weather

[Cyclone1]

My AC's on right now.

[feederband]

My AC's on right now.

Mine is today........

[JonathanBelles]

Ice Cream man just went by Its 79° right now.

[JonathanBelles]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
243 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

FLZ050-055-060-292300-
PINELLAS-MANATEE-SARASOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRADENTON...SARASOTA...VENICE
243 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

...DENSE SEA FOG WILL AFFECT COASTAL LOCATIONS THIS EVENING...

DENSE SEA FOG WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL SECTION OF PINELLAS...
MANATEE...AND NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. IN
PINELLAS COUNTY...FOG WILL AFFECT AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 19 SOUTH
OF CLEARWATER. FOR MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES...THE FOG WILL
MAINLY AFFECT ANNA MARIA ISLAND AND LONGBOAT KEY FROM SIESTA KEY
NORTHWARD. THE FOG WILL ALSO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST BRADENTON.
VISIBILITIES IN THESE AREAS WILL DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN! ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE
VEHICLES IN FRONT OF YOU...AND ALSO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION. THIS FOG WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE
EVENING...AND MAY PUSH FARTHER INLAND WITH TIME.

$$

[srainhoutx]

FREEZE OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
312 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

FLZ063-066-067-070-301000-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON...
LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE...
SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...IMMOKALEE
312 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

...TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH FREEZING THURSDAY MORNING NORTHWEST
SECTIONS...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY AND
COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
TEMPERATURES ON LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MAY APPROACH
THE FREEZING MARK OVER GLADES, HENDRY, INLAND COLLIER AND WESTERN
PALM BEACH COUNTIES. PEOPLE SHOULD ANTICIPATE THE POSSIBILITY OF AT
LEAST NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE STEPS
NECESSARY TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION.

THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THIS SCENARIO SO STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES.

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwat ... 0statement

[JonathanBelles]

I've expected this since after 5pm, and expect it to be extended.

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
748 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

...DENSE FOG HAS ADVECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

.DENSE FOG WILL EFFECT MAINLY COASTAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA THIS EVENING. AREAS OF FOG WILL DEVELOP OVER INTERIOR
AREAS LATER TONIGHT.

FLZ050-051-055-060-300400-
/O.NEW.KTBW.FG.Y.0016.071230T0048Z-071230T0400Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...BRANDON...
TAMPA...BRADENTON...SARASOTA...VENICE
748 PM EST SAT DEC 29 2007

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST
THIS EVENING.

AN AREA OF DENSE FOG EXTENDS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA FROM
JUST SOUTH OF SARASOTA TO NEAR CLEARWATER BEACH...INCLUDING TAMPA
BAY AND PORTIONS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NEAR THE BAY. VISIBILITY
WILL BE RESTRICTED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN MANY AREAS...
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND
MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES. DRIVE WITH EXTRA
CAUTION ACROSS THE SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE THIS EVENING AS
VISIBILITY MAY BE RESTRICTED TO 50 YARDS OR LESS AT TIMES.

$$

[dizzyfish]

Started pouring here about 6am - and it's still pouring!!!

Update: Rained for about 45 mins total. The downpour only lasted for about 25 mins.

Drum roll please......1.25"

Crossing my fingers for some more rain when the front comes through later today.

[JonathanBelles]

I didnt even realize I had rain coming last night, nor did I see it. .04" per the NWS.

[Cyclone1]

Yeah, I was sitting at my computer at about 1 this morning, just logged off the s2k chat and I thought I heard rain. I was kinda surprised, and I walked outside, and sure enough it was raining. Pretty hard too... Just a freak shower.

[JonathanBelles]

Winds are a blowing! S 20 G 29

update: S 23 G 30 MPH

[HURAKAN]

FINALLY WINTER IS COMING!!!

[JonathanBelles]

yay!! for a few days anyway.

[jinftl]

FINALLY WINTER IS COMING!!!

For about 48 hours...in other words, the typical cold (cool to the rest of the world) snap in south fla!

[jinftl]

It doesn't appear any record lows will be challenged this week...amazing how cold it has 'really' gotten this time of year:

Record Lows (in deg Fahrenheit):
Jan 1
Miami - 36
Fort Lauderdale - 34
West Palm Beach - 35

Jan 2
Miami - 38
Fort Lauderdale - 32
West Palm Beach - 29

Jan 3
Miami - 35
Fort Lauderdale - 31
West Palm Beach - 31

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here are the current coldest numbers expected during this event (according to the 12/30 afternoon NWS updates)...

Tallahassee - 22F
Jacksonville - 27F
Pensacola - 27F
Ocala - 23F
Tampa - 33F
Orlando - 34F
Leesburg - 31F
Fort Myers - 34F
Naples - 38F
Fort Pierce - 41F
Boca Raton - 44F
Miami - 46F
Key West - 53F

[Cyclone1]

oh... for a second I thought those were all NEGATIVE numbers because of those hyphens. I was thinking you may have lost your mind for a moment.

[Opal storm]

I wouldn't bet against some of the inland areas of the Panhandle reaching the upper teens, they get much colder than the coast.

[dizzyfish]

Yikes - check this out.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 49. North northwest wind between 21 and 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. North northeast wind between 13 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... &map.y=109

With wind chills in the teens Thursday morning.

49 is a high?

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here is an updated list of the current coldest numbers expected during this event (according to the 12/31 afternoon NWS updates)...

Tallahassee - 22F
Jacksonville - 24F
Pensacola - 22F
Ocala - 20F
Tampa - 25F
Orlando - 26F
Leesburg - 25F
Fort Myers - 28F
Naples - 34F
Fort Pierce - 33F
Boca Raton - 38F
Miami - 40F
Key West - 50F

Teens and lower 20s for north Florida, mid 20s in central Florida and upper 20s and 30s into south Florida (with the keys even flirting with the 40s). Wow! This looks to be one impressive cold shot for the sunshine state.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

25 in TAMPA that would be the coldest in 20 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!