Snow Flurries For FL: Reports of Flurries/sleet in South FL

[jpigott]

UP (likely PL) reported at Punta Gorda at 2 PM:

KPGD 091918Z AUTO 35009KT 10SM UP BKN012 OVC025 03/02 A3020 RMK AO2 RAE12UPB12 P0001

[jpigott]

UP (likely PL) reported at Punta Gorda at 2 PM:

KPGD 091918Z AUTO 35009KT 10SM UP BKN012 OVC025 03/02 A3020 RMK AO2 RAE12UPB12 P0001

Also, Unknown precip in Vero Beach, 37 there with a WC of 28.


based upon these reports, looks like we got some scattered frozen precip on a line from Punta Gorda to Vero Beach

[jpigott]

take a picture folks, probably going to be a long time before you see something like this again -

Stuart:

Tonight: A chance of rain and sleet before 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Wind chill values as low as 23. Northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

[Cane Scared]

Sleet and snow in SE Marion County near Electra, about 45 mies west of Daytona.

[jpigott]

Sleet and snow in SE Marion County near Electra, about 45 mies west of Daytona.

when was that? earlier in the day?

all the radar returns are south of that locale atm

[CrazyC83]

What are the chances of snow reaching the S Florida metro area? Now that would truly be a historic event...

[CrazyC83]

NWS Miami seems to be really in a fun mood today, did they manage to get Lixion Avila to do a shift?

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FXUS62 KMFL 091859
AFDMFL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
159 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2010

...FREEZE WARNING AND WIND CHILL WARNING ALL AREAS TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

.DISCUSSION...IS THIS FLORIDA?! IT`S A RAW, MISERABLE DAY WITH
TEMPS CONTINUING STEADY THIS AFTERNOON...RANGING FROM THE UPPER
30S LAKE REGION TO THE L/M 40S ELSEWHERE. OBSERVATIONS ARE RUNNING
BELOW GFS MODEL GUIDANCE...AND MORE IN LINE WITH THE NAM...SO HAVE
LEANED IN THE NAM`S COLDER DIRECTION. AREAS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE
ARE ONLY ABOUT 7-8F FROM FREEZING ALREADY...WITH THE METROPOLITAN
AREAS 9-13F FROM FREEZING AT THIS WRITING. SO WITH SUCH A COLD
START...IT`S NOT GOING TO TAKE A HUGE DROP IN TEMPS TO HIT
FREEZING. AM EXPECTING LOWS TONIGHT TO FALL INTO THE 25-30F RANGE
OVER THE INTERIOR TO THE L/M 30S ALONG THE COASTS. FOR THIS
REASON...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MAINLAND
SOUTH FL.

RECORD LOWS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HERE ARE THE RECORD LOWS FOR
SUNDAY 1/10:

WEST PALM BEACH...29 IN 1970
FT. LAUDERDALE...32 IN 1970
MIAMI...35 IN 1970
NAPLES...32 IN 1970

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...A RARITY FOR SOUTH FL...WILL OCCUR
TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE 20S ALL THE WAY TO THE
COASTS. EVEN UPPER TEEN-DEGREE WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED
OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
LAKE REGION. DUE TO THESE EXTREMELY LOW WIND CHILLS FOR SOUTH
FL...A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL AREAS
TONIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING.

THE CLOUDS/LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL DECREASE FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH THIS EVENING. NEED TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME
SLEET ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF TAMPA TO ORLANDO. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWS WET BULB ZERO
HEIGHTS CRASHING TO BELOW 1 K FT ACROSS THE LAKE REGION BY 00Z
THIS EVENING. IT IS GOING TO END UP BEING A RACE BETWEEN THE COLD
AIR AND ENDING PRECIP. THE PRECIP LIKELY WILL END BEFORE IT GETS
COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ANYTHING MORE THAN RAIN ACROSS THE SERVICE
AREA. HOWEVER...AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THE PREVIOUS FEW
DAYS...THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE SLEET MIXING IN
WITH THE LIGHT RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE
PRECIP SHIELD...MAINLY NORTH OF AN EVERGLADES CITY TO WEST PALM
BEACH LINE. THE PROBABILITY OF THIS OCCURRING IS LOW ENOUGH TO
CONTINUE TO EXCLUDE THIS MENTION IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST...AND IF
IT OCCURRED IT WOULD HAVE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS. IT`S CRAZY TO EVEN
HAVE TO DISCUSS THIS IN SOUTH FLORIDA!

HIGHS TOMORROW WILL LIKELY STRUGGLE...AND HAVE FOLLOWED ALONG WITH
THE NAM12 DEPICTION OF HIGH TEMPS TOMORROW. EXPECT HIGHS AROUND 50
EXCEPT LOWER 50S SE COAST.

ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW NIGHT AS THE ARCTIC HIGH
SETTLES CLOSER TO THE AREA OVER THE SE STATES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER FREEZE. A FREEZE WATCH CONTINUES IN
EFFECT FOR ALL BUT PORTIONS OF THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS.

A WARMING TREND WILL FINALLY TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPS
RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL BY LATE IN THE WEEK.

&&

[HURAKAN]

Link : http://wdbo.com/slideshow/inpage/snowfa ... 01092010/5



Snow in Central Florida

[gatorcane]

What are the chances of snow reaching the S Florida metro area? Now that would truly be a historic event...

I think the chances are very low, at least in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. Temps are running from about 40F in PBI to 43F in MIA as of this posting. They would need to drop at least another 6F- 10F degrees. Cold dry air is pushing in quickly from the NNW down the peninsula and the precipitation is starting to lessen in coverage and push SE. I don't think the temps are going to drop far enough before the rain clears out. Even if the rain doesn't clear out, the clouds will keep temps from getting cold enough.

[CrazyC83]

I know in Marion County it accumulated enough that someone actually made a snowman...

[CrazyC83]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
606 PM EST SAT JAN 09 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0545 PM SLEET PALM BEACH 26.70N 80.04W
01/09/2010 U0.00 INCH PALM BEACH FL TRAINED SPOTTER

SMALL ICE PELLETS OBSERVED BOUNCING OFF THE TOP OF
SPOTTERS CAR.

[CrazyC83]

Is that the first time since 1977 there was frozen precip anywhere in the S FL metro?

[JonathanBelles]

Ive seen a couple snowmen/sleet men on the news today mostly from Hernando Co. points north and east.

[jlauderdal]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
730 PM EST SAT JAN 09 2010

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0720 PM SNOW 5 SW BOYNTON BEACH 26.48N 80.15W
01/09/2010 U0.0 INCH PALM BEACH FL TRAINED SPOTTER

RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTER
IN WESTERN BOYTON BEACH AT KNUTH AND WOOLBRIGHT ROAD.

[Burn1]

Boynton? ......No way....way?

[CrazyC83]

Wow, this is 1977 all over again...

[jlauderdal]

would be good to have more reports since these two are so far from each other

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
851 PM EST SAT JAN 09 2010

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0700 PM SNOW OAKLAND PARK 26.17N 80.14W
01/09/2010 E0.0 INCH BROWARD FL TRAINED SPOTTER

TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED SNOW FLURRIES MIXED WITH RAIN
NEAR OAKLAND PARK.


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
914 PM EST SAT JAN 09 2010

.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON

.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.

..REMARKS..

0720 PM SNOW KENDALL 25.68N 80.32W
01/09/2010 U0.0 INCH MIAMI-DADE FL TRAINED SPOTTER

TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FEW ICE PELLETS AND FLURRIES
NEAR TOWN AND COUNTRY MALL IN KENDALL.

[gatorcane]

NWS Miami snippet. It actually happened in S. FL. Unbelievable

THE LIGHT SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST AREAS OF THE CWA FROM ABOUT
FLL SOUTHWEST TO MAINLAND MONROE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND BE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS OF MIAMI-
DADE COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SO WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS OVER METRO BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE...AND
MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BY THE
WAY...COUPLE TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FEW SNOW FLURRIES
IN THE WEST BOYTON BEACH... AND A FEW SMALL ICE PELLETS IN PALM
BEACH THIS EVENING WITH THE RAIN SHOWERS. ANOTHER TRAINED STORM SPOTTER
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY REPORTED A FEW FLURRIES IN OAKLAND PART WITH
THE LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING.
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php ... glossary=1

[Extremeweatherguy]

Wow snow flurries and sleet pellets down near Miami?! That's crazy! This makes only the 2nd time in recent history (the other being 1977) that such an event has happened.

[srainhoutx]

Goodness. In Kendall. WOW! It's going to be mighty cold in the Keys tonight as well. Talked to a couple of old neighbors today in the Lower Keys. They're freezing (not literally) and said the wind chills were brutal.