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#61 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:10 am

Remind me to go outside with shoes from now on! OUCH! The ground hurts my feet, and no precip here at all right now. Just very very cold.
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#62 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:22 am

Brooksville, Hernando County Airport
Lat: 28.47 Lon: -82.45 Elev: 75
Last Update on Jan 9, 3:53 am EST

Unknown Precip

37 °F
(3 °C)
Humidity: 50 %
Wind Speed: N 6 MPH
Barometer: 30.18" (1021.9 mb)
Dewpoint: 20 °F (-7 °C)
Wind Chill: 32 °F (0 °C)
Visibility: 10.00 mi.

Maybe a mix of some sort?
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#63 Postby JonathanBelles » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:24 am

Sleet being reported at Disney in Orlando via Tweets
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#64 Postby JonathanBelles » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:58 am

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
547 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2010

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-091300-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN
547 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2010

...SOME LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW MIXING WITH THE RAIN ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL FLORIDA...

AT 545 AM...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO
INDICATE THAT SOME LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW IS MIXING WITH THE RAIN AT
TIMES ACROSS THE AREA GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SAINT
PETERSBURG TO FROSTPROOF. AN OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN...SLEET...AND
SNOW MIX IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA THROUGH
MID-MORNING.

THOUGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST
LOCATIONS...PATCHY ICE MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
BRIDGES... OVERPASSES AND LOW SPOTS USUALLY WILL DEVELOP ICE
FIRST. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION IF DRIVING ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS
MORNING.

$$

PRC
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#65 Postby JonathanBelles » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:03 am

Bay Area bridges may become icy...be careful!!!
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Re: Snow Flurries for Even South Florida This Weekend?

#66 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:33 am

Nothing reaching ground over where I live, near Altamonte Springs. :x
Temp 35 degs
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#67 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:34 am

It is snow/sleeting where I am now, most of it did not reach the ground, you could hear the sleet/rain hit the trees high up, but only a few ice crystals fell onto cars. It is REAL cold outside though.
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Re: Snow Flurries for Even South Florida This Weekend?

#68 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:39 am

Officialy at Orlando Int'l Airport:

Conditions at: KMCO (ORLANDO, FL, US) observed 1127 UTC 09 January 2010
Temperature: 0.0°C (32°F)
Dewpoint: -4.4°C (24°F) [RH = 72%]
Pressure (altimeter): 30.19 inches Hg (1022.4 mb)
Winds: from the NNW (330 degrees) at 8 MPH (7 knots; 3.6 m/s)
Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km)
Ceiling: 8000 feet AGL
Clouds: broken clouds at 8000 feet AGL
overcast cloud deck at 10000 feet AGL
Weather: -RA PL (light rain, ice pellets)
SOME DATA ABOVE MAY BE INACCURATE!!!
"$" is an indication the sensor requires maintenance
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#69 Postby JonathanBelles » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:40 am

Bgator wrote:It is snow/sleeting where I am now, most of it did not reach the ground, you could hear the sleet/rain hit the trees high up, but only a few ice crystals fell onto cars. It is REAL cold outside though.


Snow in Miami??
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#70 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:41 am

Conditions at: KOBE (OKEECHOBEE CTY, FL, US) observed 1129 UTC 09 January 2010
Temperature: 5.0°C (41°F)
Dewpoint: 3.0°C (37°F) [RH = 87%]
Pressure (altimeter): 30.14 inches Hg (1020.7 mb)
Winds: from the N (350 degrees) at 10 MPH (9 knots; 4.7 m/s)
Visibility: 10 or more miles (16+ km)
Ceiling: 9500 feet AGL
Clouds: scattered clouds at 6000 feet AGL
overcast cloud deck at 9500 feet AGL
Weather: SN (snow)
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#71 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:43 am

fact789 wrote:
Bgator wrote:It is snow/sleeting where I am now, most of it did not reach the ground, you could hear the sleet/rain hit the trees high up, but only a few ice crystals fell onto cars. It is REAL cold outside though.


Snow in Miami??



Haha no, I'm at school up in Orlando, UCF.
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#72 Postby StormingB81 » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:51 am

So much for global warming..lol
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#73 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:51 am

I am afraid I will have to head south if I want to see sleet or snow, the dry air at the surface is winning the battle, absolutely nothing is reaching the ground.
This Arctic blast means business when is in the low to mid 30s even with cloudy skies.
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#74 Postby otowntiger » Sat Jan 09, 2010 6:53 am

At 6:30, its sleeting at my house, south of DT Orlando. I heard it hitting the skylight and I knew it didn't sound like rain. Went out to get the paper and still couldn't see it (still dark here) but could hear it hitting the trees and shrubs, and when I came back in I felt a few pellets in my hair. :lol:
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#75 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:04 am

otowntiger wrote:At 6:30, its sleeting at my house, south of DT Orlando. I heard it hitting the skylight and I knew it didn't sound like rain. Went out to get the paper and still couldn't see it (still dark here) but could hear it hitting the trees and shrubs, and when I came back in I felt a few pellets in my hair. :lol:


EXACT same thing for me, in the Oviedo are. I heard it hitting the trees but it didn't sound le ike rain, it was small ice pellets! I went to my car and when i used thw windshield wipers, it left ice on the side.

BTW. You should see some of the photos coming in from Ocala, its leaving a layer of white. Go to http://www.wesh.com
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#76 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:07 am

RUC forecast sounding for the Orlando area shows a very dry surface up to 1,500' into the atmosphere with a subfreezing layer around that height, then a saturated and above freezing layer between H95 and H85, thus why reports of mostly sleet reports and not snow just yet.
H85 has to get below freezing for an all snow event across central FL.
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#77 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:09 am

OK, I guess I had to complain, sleet now falling at my house!
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#78 Postby Bgator » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:10 am

NDG wrote:RUC forecast sounding for the Orlando area shows a very dry surface up to 1,500' into the atmosphere with a subfreezing layer around that height, then a saturated and above freezing layer between H95 and H85, thus why reports of mostly sleet reports and not snow just yet.
H85 has to get below freezing for an all snow event across central FL.


You think its possible for it to get that low? Sun is about to come up.
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#79 Postby otowntiger » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:11 am

NDG wrote:RUC forecast sounding for the Orlando area shows a very dry surface up to 1,500' into the atmosphere with a subfreezing layer around that height, then a saturated and above freezing layer between H95 and H85, thus why reports of mostly sleet reports and not snow just yet.
H85 has to get below freezing for an all snow event across central FL.
Come on snow. That'd be pretty cool, but hey even sleet here is pretty amazing, if that's all we get. It's still coming down, light but steady. :)
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#80 Postby NDG » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:15 am

Bgator wrote:
NDG wrote:RUC forecast sounding for the Orlando area shows a very dry surface up to 1,500' into the atmosphere with a subfreezing layer around that height, then a saturated and above freezing layer between H95 and H85, thus why reports of mostly sleet reports and not snow just yet.
H85 has to get below freezing for an all snow event across central FL.


You think its possible for it to get that low? Sun is about to come up.


Arctic is in place and heights continue to fall, I am more afraid of the precip moving away before H85 gets subfreezing than anything else, maybe a few flakes before precip moves away from the Orlando area in a few hours, better chance of snow looks to be south of Orlando where precip seems to hold on longer.
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