Florida Weather

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

OK Fact here it comes! Man this is gonna be
interesting- at the very least a strong outflow!!!

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I am Stormchasing this BEAST:

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

[JonathanBelles]

I see it!!

[JonathanBelles]

Pitch black cloud moving in.

edit: this cloud is amazing. It goes from with, to gray, to pitch black, and off in the distance it looks reddish. Kinda looks like a wave of nightness and water.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Very Windy- as seen in the palm trees

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

WIND: S at 34 MPH, GUSTS 50 MPH

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... ?ID=MC6730

[JonathanBelles]

Where is the rain in this thing? I havent gotten much wind either.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Only light to moderate rain- getting light now.
so some rain
but this was primarily a wind and cloud event!
Gusts to 55 mph easily right after I caught that last
photo. Now the wind has come down to
SE 14 mph.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

http://www.tampabays10.com/weather/radar/local/zoom/
latest radar shows a line of very strong storms just inland from the west
coast.

Yesterday: go to the link of april big shower on that site above:
AS OF YESTERDAY:
Here are some of the highest totals from across the Tampa Bay region.

Location County Rainfall (inches)
Trilby Hernando 1.52
North Port Sarasota 1.71
Balm Park Hillsborough 1.64
Sarasota Sarasota 1.86
East Dade City Pasco .90
Avon Park Highlands 1.44
Green Swamp Sumter 1.14
Providence Polk 2.23
Sulfur Springs Hillsborough 1.35
Hickory Hardee 1.78
Joshua Creek De Soto .94
Lake Gibson Polk 2.83
Myakka City Manatee .82

[JonathanBelles]

im getting moderate rain now.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

rain has dropped off, mostly pretty light. Conditions are calm. Little wind maybe
a slight SE wind of 5-10 mph

Maximum Conditions from todays storms:
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... ?ID=MERTF1
Tampa: Wind 35 mph, gusts 40 mph

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstat ... ?ID=MC6730
Tampa near Tampa Bay: Wind 34 mph, Gust 50 mph

http://www.wunderground.com/history/air ... atename=NA
Tampa Knight Airport: Wind 21 mph, Gust 34 mph

Well that does it for an interesting day.
These three links are stations positioned perfectly to capture the
power of strong storms or even tropical cyclones and I will
refer to them this upcoming season. Put them in your favorites.

[JonathanBelles]

Local Storm Report

000 NWUS52 KTBW 030026 LSRTBW PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 825 PM EDT WED APR 02 2008 .TIME: ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... .DATE: ....MAG.... .COUNTY LOCATION..ST..: SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0754 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 4 SSE TAMPA 27.90N 82.46W 04/02/2008 M40 MPH GMZ830 FL C-MAN STATION 35 KNOT WIND GUST AT BERTH 223 IN TAMPA BAY. && $$ JILLSON

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I am eager to get more storm chasing action on camera tomorrow as well.
Hopefully some more instability so I get to capture these wild cloud formations

[JonathanBelles]

This weekend looks like a better rain chance. That cloud that went over tonight was amazing.

[HURAKAN]

Very strong thunderstorm affecting my area. Electricity was even out for about a second. Strong winds and heavy rainfall.

[HURAKAN]

Just left. 0.31 inches in a few minutes.