Florida Weather

[cycloneye]

 https://twitter.com/NWSJacksonville/status/848121889071476736

[northjaxpro]

I can definitely attest to this. We are seriously in drought here in Northeast Florida. We may finally get some relief in getting some rain this upcoming week.

[NDG]

-Orlando received 0.10 inches of rain for the month, which was 3.67
inches below normal. This ranked as the 2nd driest March on record
for this site, with records going back to 1892. The lowest rainfall
amount in March for this site occurred in 2006, when only 0.02
inches fell during the month.

http://www.weather.gov/mlb/mlbdata?file ... ar2017.txt

[HURRICANELONNY]

90's are coming down here next week. Even though I think hit 90 already. Just not official. Hoping for a cool down or should I say normal by the end of next week.

[NDG]

I'm not holding my breath for much cooler weather by the end of next week, perhaps just a couple of days back down to near average.
GFS has started backing away with its forecast of highs only in the low 70s by Friday-Saturday for central FL.
Euro is warmer than the GFS. Hopefully we could get some rain by at least Thursday with the fropa.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Breezy Monday and chance of showers on Tuesday, otherwise calm and warm with temperatures in the 90s inland until Thursday. NWS Tampa Bay Discussion mentions the possibility for the stronger storms Thursday we will see what happens. Also GFS seemed to show some 20-30 mph winds ahead of the front Thursday. We will see.
http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=TBW&issuedby=TBW&product=AFD&format=CI&version=3&glossary=1

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
346 PM EDT Sat Apr 1 2017

...As this upper trough amplifies deepening
surface low pressure over the upper Midwest and Great Lakes
region will help to pull a strong and fast moving cold front
across the northern Gulf Coast region Wednesday night, and
then south through the Florida peninsula during Thursday
with a line of showers and storms expected along and ahead
of it, some of which could be strong as strengthening wind
fields (850mb winds increasing to 40 to 50 knots) contribute
to increasing effective shear within the atmosphere.

[psyclone]

NWS Tampa Bay is buying into the cooldown too...my forecast shows low 70's next Fri/Sat and that's now close to 10 degrees below normal. I hope it holds as it will feel great plus we're about to go into the slow cooker for the long haul.

[AdamFirst]

NWS Melbourne is also showing a cooldown by Thursday night into Friday...it's more like a cooldown to normal temperatures. Gonna be shooting into the 90s here midweek.

[boca]

We can't get a drop of rain down here in the southern part of Florida. Everything is brown and I smelled smoke in the air. I hope that pattern changes but something tells me it won't.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Looks like a cool down from the 90s inland for highs to the 70s area wide by Friday.

[NDG]

I may luck out this afternoon, east & west coast seabreezes are setting off some inland storms this afternoon with inland temps into the low 90s.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Temperatures are hot today! 91 at KPIE St.Pete/Clearwater Airport. Much cooler by Friday though when we will only hit the low 70s for highs.

[gatorcane]

Fri starts a string of beautiful days for Florida with below normal temps thus removing the high heat and humidity we have been dealing with. Enjoy it because it could be the last big cold front before we all go into the pressure cooker

[psyclone]

ridiculous heat by early April standards...that's a very early first 90 degree day for coastal locations. If this cooler air isn't preceded by some decent storms we are going to have several days of dangerous fire weather. on the plus side the cool breezy and dry conditions will feel terrific.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Fox 13 Meteorologist tweeted a reported high Temp of 95 degrees in Brandon just south of Tampa. Wow! The much cooler temps this weekend will feel fantastic compared to this lol

[tropicwatch]

Getting plenty of rain in north Florida. Been training since last night.

[psyclone]

Crazy amounts of rain in parts of north florida and the panhandle over the past day. Florida ranges from severe drought to swamped. we are a state of extremes and the evolution of the Keetch Byram drought map (linked on page 574) should be telling over the next couple of days.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Significant Training occurring over the N FL Peninsula over Gainesville/Ocala. Multiple Severe T Storm and Tornado Warnings since this morning. Hot over Central and South Florida. Low to mid 90s yesterday- up to 95 at Tampa Vandenberg and Plant City Stations, and I walked to Tampa Bay just north of the pier and got some nice video of the strong gusty winds in the 30 mph gust range along with some choppy waves in the Bay. Breezy and warm again today and much cooler later this week. Thursday looks like a great beach day for those that love big surf-obviously there will be a rip current threat so be careful.

345 PM Update: Lots of thunderstorms developing over interior Central and North FL Peninsula with 2 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. Going to be a very active afternoon interior and northeast of Tampa. Dry on the West Coast- all the rain is well NE of me. Oh well only 2 more months of very dry weather until the rainy season.

530 PM Update: Lots of storms firing up in a line along the west coast seabreeze north of Tampa. Still very dry over Tampa/St Pete and most of W Central Florida from Tampa Bay South. There is a distinct outflow boundary moving into NE Hillsborough county but no storms developing along it at this time, because the most favorable dynamics for storm development seem to be north of Tampa.

For Thursday- SPC has placed Central FL in a Marginal Risk w/ Slight to Mod Risk over N FL. I think Wednesday Night and early Thursday Morning we will see a line of thunderstorms a few of which may go severe mainly North of Tampa. Meanwhile, N FL and AL look like they are going to get a significant severe weather outbreak.

[AdamFirst]

Definite summertime-like pattern with thunderstorms developing inland and pushing toward the coast. Severe warned storms currently over Osceola/Brevard and Indian River County, with discreet cells and pop up showers stretching all the way down into inland Palm Beach and Hendry Counties.

[NDG]

Got back to Orlando from S FL this afternoon, happy to see the rain in my area in Seminole County, we needed it badly.