Florida Weather

[jdray]

Probably not much anytime soon for south Florida.

North Florida, we do get part of those arctic air masses at least.
Even this one though barely blessed us with cold air. A few days of freezing @ night with 60F highs, then quickly back to 55F/75F days.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Very Cold today: 55*F with light rain at the official station...but the wind
makes it feel like the 40s...

[JonathanBelles]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/tbw/pdf/ ... riteup.pdf <---NWS event summary confirms 40mph WINDS and 45kt velocities close to the ground in Pinellas County.

[gatorcane]

This cool weather snap is going to last about 36 hours and then is going bye-bye as a REX block-like setup in the GOM and Florida are going to keep Florida (especially S. Florida) without any cool snaps for the next 10 days at least.

Excerpt from NWS Miami:

.EXTENDED PERIOD...TUE THROUGH THU...HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE BRIEF
TEMPORARY COOLER TEMPS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THU AND
THE SECONDARY FRONT FRI. FOR THROUGH THIS EXTENDED PERIOD...AND
POSSIBLY BEYOND...HIGH PRES ALOFT BECOMES ANCHORED OVER S GULF OF
MEX AND ACROSS THE S FLA PENINSULA. SURFACE PRES BECOMES ANCHORED
OVER CENTRAL FLA ENSURING A PERPETUAL EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE THE ATLC
WITH MINIMAL...IF AT ALL...E COAST SHOWERS. THE TANDEM HIGH PRES
SYSTEMS BLOCK ANY WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM THE NW FROM EVEN THINKING
ABOUT APPROACHING S FLA. THUS...ESSENTIALLY DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH MAX/MIN TEMPS CLIMBING TO SEASONAL OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL
VALUES.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Still quite cold...highs only in the upper 50s... It feels colder with the
wind, tonight will be a cold night.

[JonathanBelles]

Yea, I just went out to the store with shorts/t-shirt. I was fine when the wind wasn't blowing, but it felt 10 degrees cooler when the wind blew.

[HURAKAN]

69 degrees outside but it feels quite cool when the wind blows.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Some areas may see frost tonight if the winds come down.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Temperature Map:


Link: http://216.139.215.104/weather/forecast ... verlay.png

[jdray]

Temperature Map:


Link: http://216.139.215.104/weather/forecast ... verlay.png

Not sure where their station is for Jacksonville. but @ 7:30AM, it shows 43 for Jacksonville, yet JIA (NWS JAX) shows 33F.
It is 29F at my house, NWS JAX said it would remain above freezing, but that did not happen.

[HURAKAN]

It got down to 54ºF in my house.

[jinftl]

Winds beginning to veer to the ne...areas where the flow has become onshore are seeing scattered clouds from the atlantic.

Image shows exactly how far the onshore flow has penetrated inland on the east coast of the state..





Overall, about 10 deg warmer across the state tonight than last night...up to 20 deg warmer in some spots north closer to the coast that develop an onshore flow today. Below normal temps will be an increasingly distant memory this week (and beyond the time frame of the forecast below)....normal to above normal temps expected....esp with the nighttime lows.


STATE FORECAST FOR FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
SAT DEC 13 2008

.TODAY......PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S
NORTH...MID TO UPPER 60S CENTRAL...LOWER 70S SOUTH AND KEYS.
.TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG NORTHEAST. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 30S AND 40S NORTH...40S AND 50S CENTRAL AND SOUTH...EXCEPT
60S SOUTHEAST AND KEYS.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO
LOWER 70S NORTH...70S ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT AROUND 80 SOUTH. LOWS
IN THE 50S NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL TO THE 60S ELSEWHERE...EXCEPT NEAR
70 SOUTHEAST COAST AND KEYS.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH. HIGHS IN THE
70S...EXCEPT AROUND 80 MAINLAND SOUTH.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTH EXCEPT SCATTERED
WESTERN PANHANDLE. LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S...EXCEPT MID TO
UPPER 60S SOUTHEAST AND NEAR 70 IN THE KEYS. HIGHS IN THE
70S...EXCEPT LOWER 80S MAINLAND SOUTH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS NORTHEAST. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WESTERN PANHANDLE. LOWS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S...EXCEPT MID
TO UPPER 60S SOUTHEAST AND NEAR 70 IN THE KEYS. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80.

[jinftl]

NWS Miami still bidding farewell to even cold fronts approaching for at least the next week...if you factor in CPC Outlooks, that could possibly be extended quite a bit beyond that.....into Christmas week.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A RATHER LARGE AMPLITUDE AND
PERSISTENT M/U LVL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF OF MEX AND
EXTEND NEWD OVR WRN ATLC. THIS RIDGE WILL PRACTICALLY SHUT THE
DOOR TO ANY SYSTEM APPROACHING S. FL FROM THE NW BY PUSHING THE
POLAR JET WELL NORTH OF THE LOCAL AREA. AT THE SAME TIME WL KEEP
MOST OF THE PENINSULA UNDER MOD/STG SUBSIDENCE WITH DRY CONDITIONS
THROUGH THIS PERIOD.

This cool weather snap is going to last about 36 hours and then is going bye-bye as a REX block-like setup in the GOM and Florida are going to keep Florida (especially S. Florida) without any cool snaps for the next 10 days at least.

Excerpt from NWS Miami:

.EXTENDED PERIOD...TUE THROUGH THU...HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED THE BRIEF
TEMPORARY COOLER TEMPS WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THU AND
THE SECONDARY FRONT FRI. FOR THROUGH THIS EXTENDED PERIOD...AND
POSSIBLY BEYOND...HIGH PRES ALOFT BECOMES ANCHORED OVER S GULF OF
MEX AND ACROSS THE S FLA PENINSULA. SURFACE PRES BECOMES ANCHORED
OVER CENTRAL FLA ENSURING A PERPETUAL EASTERLY FLOW OFF THE THE ATLC
WITH MINIMAL...IF AT ALL...E COAST SHOWERS. THE TANDEM HIGH PRES
SYSTEMS BLOCK ANY WEATHER SYSTEMS FROM THE NW FROM EVEN THINKING
ABOUT APPROACHING S FLA. THUS...ESSENTIALLY DRY THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH MAX/MIN TEMPS CLIMBING TO SEASONAL OR JUST ABOVE SEASONAL
VALUES.

[MiamiensisWx]

Recent ASOS observations:

South Florida Hourly Weather Roundup 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
City Sky & Wx Tmp DP RH Wind Pres Remarks
NAPLES SUNNY 67 48 50 NE15 30.21F
W PALM BEACH PTSUNNY 67 51 56 N7 30.19F
FT LAUDER-EXEC PTSUNNY 68 53 58 N12 30.19F
FT LAUDERDALE PTSUNNY 70 52 52 N7 30.18F
POMPANO BEACH PTSUNNY 70 54 56 N10 30.19F
PEMBROKE PINES PTSUNNY 68 51 54 N12 30.21F
OPA LOCKA PTSUNNY 69 52 54 N9 30.19F
MIAMI PTSUNNY 69 52 54 NE8 30.19F
WEST KENDALL SUNNY 70 53 54 N13 30.19F
HOMESTEAD MOSUNNY 71 55 57 NE9 30.18F
FLAMINGO N/A 69 56 63 NE9G21 N/A

Marine Observations Across South Florida Waters as of 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
CMAN Site Water Temp Wind
Sand Key Missing NE 22G/23 kts
Sombrero Key Missing NE 20G/22 kts
Long Key 67 N 17G/19 kts
Molasses Reef 75 NE 16G/16 kts
Lake Worth Missing NE 10G/13 kts
Fowey Rocks 74 NE 21G/22 kts
Settlement Point Missing NE 20G/22 kts

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/observations.php

[jinftl]

What a difference an hour can make....check out the change in wind direction and speed (onshore flow means business in Palm Beach County & Broward County and even South Miami-Dade especially....not quite to MIA or Opa Locka in north and central M-D yet) at 1pm compared to 12pm obsv MiamiensisWx posted below....

FLORIDA REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP
100 PM EST SAT DEC 13 2008

W PALM BEACH PTSUNNY 71 NE14G23
FT LAUDER-EXEC MOSUNNY 71 NE18
FT LAUDERDALE PTSUNNY 73 NE20G26
POMPANO BEACH CLOUDY 70 E15
PEMBROKE PINES PTSUNNY 71 NE16G22
OPA LOCKA PTSUNNY 70 N9
MIAMI PTSUNNY 71 N12
WEST KENDALL CLOUDY 70 NE12
HOMESTEAD CLOUDY 72 NE17G23

Recent ASOS observations:

South Florida Hourly Weather Roundup 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
City Sky & Wx Tmp DP RH Wind Pres Remarks
NAPLES SUNNY 67 48 50 NE15 30.21F
W PALM BEACH PTSUNNY 67 51 56 N7 30.19F
FT LAUDER-EXEC PTSUNNY 68 53 58 N12 30.19F
FT LAUDERDALE PTSUNNY 70 52 52 N7 30.18F
POMPANO BEACH PTSUNNY 70 54 56 N10 30.19F
PEMBROKE PINES PTSUNNY 68 51 54 N12 30.21F
OPA LOCKA PTSUNNY 69 52 54 N9 30.19F
MIAMI PTSUNNY 69 52 54 NE8 30.19F
WEST KENDALL SUNNY 70 53 54 N13 30.19F
HOMESTEAD MOSUNNY 71 55 57 NE9 30.18F
FLAMINGO N/A 69 56 63 NE9G21 N/A

Marine Observations Across South Florida Waters as of 1200 PM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
CMAN Site Water Temp Wind
Sand Key Missing NE 22G/23 kts
Sombrero Key Missing NE 20G/22 kts
Long Key 67 N 17G/19 kts
Molasses Reef 75 NE 16G/16 kts
Lake Worth Missing NE 10G/13 kts
Fowey Rocks 74 NE 21G/22 kts
Settlement Point Missing NE 20G/22 kts

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/observations.php

[HURRICANELONNY]

Hopefully we can get some cooler weather by the weekend.

GFS hints at a possible break on
these conditions by day 7 (sunday) as the polar jet dives south
across the central portion of the country shoveling the ridge out
of the area. The European model (ecmwf) however, keeps the ridge (although weaker)
across the area through the entire extended period. Given the fact
that this is so far in the future, will not be considered in this
forecast package, and so the chances for rain, or any significant
change through this period, will be low, if any at all.

[jinftl]

Latest temp readings


FLORIDA REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP
100 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

PENSACOLA NAS 69
CRESTVIEW 74
PANAMA CITY 72
TALLAHASSEE 71
GAINESVILLE 77
JACKSONVILLE 76
ORLANDO INTL 77
DAYTONA BEACH 78
VERO BEACH 78
FT PIERCE 78
TAMPA 74
SARASOTA 72
FT MYERS 77
KEY WEST NAS 80
W PALM BEACH 80
FT LAUDERDALE 80
MIAMI 81

[JonathanBelles]

So far I've been about 6-8 degrees short of the predicted high today of 76. A couple spritzes here and there, but mostly clouds.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Some rain scattered across the area today, helping to keep temperatures
within a very narrow range of low 70s all day. With all these clouds
the temperature won't drop much tonight. Maybe 65 coldest.

[Extremeweatherguy]

I will be in Florida this weekend. It is going to be a BIG change going back to the warmth. After a day only in the teens today in OKC, the 70s in Florida are going to feel like an oven!