Snowing In St. Petersburg!

[wxman57]

Ok, don't believe me? Check out the latest obs (love those ASOS stations):

SPECI KPIE 261622Z 32039G54KT 3/4SM BR FEW007 OVC013 A2909 RMK AO2
PK WND 32056/1603 SNEMM P0016 PWINO FZRANO $
SPECI KPIE 261608Z 33042G56KT 1 1/4SM -SN OVC013 A2910 RMK AO2 PK
WND 32056/1603 P0005 FZRANO $
SPECI KPIE 261600Z 32043G56KT 1 1/2SM -SN BKN009 OVC015 A2910 RMK
AO2 PK WND 32052/1559 P0002 FZRANO $
METAR KPIE 261553Z 32042G56KT 1SM -SN FEW008 OVC015 A2911 RMK AO2 PK
WND 32056/1552 SNB22 SLP859 P0050 FZRANO $
KPIE 261545Z 33039G53KT 1 1/4SM -SN SCT008 OVC015 A2912 RMK AO2 PK
WND 32053/1536 SNB22 P0046 FZRANO $=
KPIE 261534Z 32034G51KT 1SM -SN FEW006 OVC013 A2911 RMK AO2 PK WND
32051/1529 SNB22 PRESFR P0040 FZRANO $=
KPIE 261528Z 32040G48KT 3/4SM -SN SCT006 OVC015 A2912 RMK AO2 PK
WND 33051/1514 SNB22 P0037 FZRANO $=

[PurdueWx80]

LOL! You would think these algorithms would know whether or not the temp is above freezing. That is hilarious though.

[SwampDawg]

ok...i love the post, but could you tell people like myself who doesn't want to try and decifer this info just exactly what it is saying. I'm a radio man, not a weather man...

[PurdueWx80]

This:
METAR KPIE 261553Z 32042G56KT 1SM -SN FEW008 OVC015 A2911 RMK AO2 PK
WND 32056/1552 SNB22 SLP859 P0050 FZRANO $

Means this:
The weather observed at ST PETERSBURG, FL (KPIE) at 11:53 AM EDT was:
The skies were cloudy.
The weather reported was light snow.
No temperature reported. No dewpoint reported. No relative humidity reported.
Winds from the NW (320 degs) at 48 mph.
Pressure: 985.9 millibars. Altimeter:29.11 inches of mercury.
The prevailing visibility was 1 miles.
There was 0.50 inches of precipitation in the past 6 hours.

[SwampDawg]

Appreciate that Purdue.

[David]

Lol... hail maybe?

[mf_dolphin]

The automated "local on teh Eights" broadcast on TV had the same thing. Talk about breaking news!!!

[HURAKAN]

I remember a few years ago TWC had forecasted for Miami in their webpage snow showers.

[greeng13]

yeah and next thing they'll tell us there's a dust storm complete with tumbleweeds directly under a heavy rain band

[CourierPR]

Hey, I will never forget that magical day in January 1977 when I woke up to hear that snow had been seen in the Everglades on Miami NWS radar. As I drove to my 8 am class at FL Atlantic University, I opened my car window and had flakes hit me in the face. Later, I stood in the parking lot in amazement as gale force winds blew snow all over the place.

[Josephine96]

LOL about the snow in St Pete

[anjou]

Sure sign of a weather geek!!!

[ColinD]

Hey, I will never forget that magical day in January 1977 when I woke up to hear that snow had been seen in the Everglades on Miami NWS radar. As I drove to my 8 am class at FL Atlantic University, I opened my car window and had flakes hit me in the face. Later, I stood in the parking lot in amazement as gale force winds blew snow all over the place.

Yup. I was in Orlando. My parents woke me to see snow in the middle of the night.

[st pete walt]

I have a digital of it. A must show for our northern friends.
Could not figure how to do attachment. But not only did they show it once but numerous times. Sure glad I put mittens in my hurricane box. LOL By the way all fine here, except a few trees on my street and the fact no one has power on my street except for me. Same thing with Fran. Strange.

[karenfromheaven]

Me too! I was commuting to USF in Tampa and cars were sliding into each other on the ice-covered elevated interstate roads dowtown. Wow! Karen

[amawea]

I know this isn't like snow in Florida, but in 1992 we had the local meteoroligist here in north Arkansas on the Christmas eve 10p.m forecast say there was absolutely no chance of snow. Well, we woke up to 4 inches on the ground when my Dad called at 8a.m. and it snowed till 2p.m. We got around 8 inches for a white Christmas.
Amawea

[RevDodd]

Long-time residents in the Myrtle Beach area probably remember the day in late May when it snowed a couple of inches just south of Windy Hill...
back in 82 or 83, IIRC.

[BUD]

Long-time residents in the Myrtle Beach area probably remember the day in late May when it snowed a couple of inches just south of Windy Hill...
back in 82 or 83, IIRC.

What about that white Christmas of 1989 in Myrtle beach 14inches and boy I had fun

[SouthernWx]

I have a digital of it. A must show for our northern friends.
Could not figure how to do attachment. But not only did they show it once but numerous times. Sure glad I put mittens in my hurricane box. LOL By the way all fine here, except a few trees on my street and the fact no one has power on my street except for me. Same thing with Fran. Strange.

Wait wait wait. Did you guys actually get snow????I need explanation! LOL. Or was it just small hail.

Kevin Cho - East Naples, FL

Yes, it snowed in the Tampa/ St Pete area in January 1977....accumilating snow. It was a record breaking arctic air mass in place....below zero here in metro Atlanta, and upper air disturbances passing through the bitterly cold air produced light snow across much of Florida....a dusting as far south as Fort Myers and Homestead.

In fact, some areas of northern Florida recieved more snow (3-6") in January 1977 than my location west of Atlanta, Georgia (2")....including Pensacola.

[HurricaneQueen]

Yes, Kevin, it did snow in Naples too. I was working for the Board of Education at the time and the entire building ran out into the parking lot -some to see their very first snow. Of course, it didn't accumulate because the ground was too warm but it was fun to try to catch snowflakes on your tongue in in Naples.