Florida Weather

[jinftl]

Snippet from NWS Tampa Bay forecast for Tampa on Friday....talk about nice rebound in the works (and even warmer by the weekend...esp at night)...about 36 hours left to the coldwave of January 2009...

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Wind chill values as low as 29 early. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.016226126405623&lon=-82.40982055664062&site=tbw&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Currently: 38*F, and stable since 700 pm at 38*F. Dewpoint
is 34*F.

[JonathanBelles]

Currently: 38*F, and stable since 700 pm at 38*F. Dewpoint
is 34*F.

You must be in a cold bubble or something. Its 43 here now.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

It's wierd...usually the bay keeps it warmer...but there is no wind...
wunderground stations nearby mostly around 40-41 degrees...but meadowlawn...the station
"closest" to where I am is showing 39*F

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/fin ... pe=WEATHER

Update: 7:55 PM: still 38*F...Very close to the dew point, so it should be close to bottoming out..
downtown's dew point is about 34.

Update: 8:00 PM: Tampa International Airport is at 39*F
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... &map.y=140

[gatorcane]

Look at these temps in West Central Florida at 8:00EST It's been "years" since I have seen them this low. Tampa Bay Hurricane -- maybe all of Pinellas is going to see a freeze except the barrier islands this time?

CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
CLEARWATER FAIR 43 33 68 N8 30.25S WCI 38
TAMPA FAIR 39 29 67 N6 30.25F WCI 35
VANDENBERG FAIR 36 28 75 CALM 30.26S
MACDILL AFB CLEAR 40 33 76 N5 30.25F WCI 36
PETER O KNIGHT FAIR 39 32 75 N6 30.25S WCI 35
ST PETERSBURG FAIR 43 35 73 N7 30.24S WCI 39
SARASOTA FAIR 42 34 73 N3 30.23S

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Possibly gatorcane...yes this is the coldest since December 31, 2000...when at
this time it was around 32*F...

Right now it is holding steady at 38*F at my house as of 8:53 PM

[dizzyfish]

31 here now. Not looking forward to the temps in the morning. Took Winnie out and she wasn't happy to go out and peeps in the cold!

[captain east]

31 here now. Not looking forward to the temps in the morning. Took Winnie out and she wasn't happy to go out and peeps in the cold!

Haha! Might have to go winter shopping for your dog. My golden does just fine in cold or hot, but still likes to get a tan in the sun.

[gatorcane]

Notice the thick layer of cold air stratocumulus in the Northern Bahamas and roughly 75 miles east of SE Florida (Palm Beach, FL) -- seems to be slowly creeping back west tonight as the NW windflow has come to a halt with the big arctic high center drifting slowly east now over Northern Florida.

[Scorpion]

If we keep dropping at this rate then getting close to 20 might not be out of the question.. already down to 31 now.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Still 38*F as of 9:53 PM...it has held steady for 3 hours now....in the backyard

Edit: Make that 37*F...right at the border of the tick marks on the thermometer,
looks like 37.4 or so...

[HURAKAN]

46.2ºF already. Dew point, 29.1ºF.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

I went back through my records...I found a few notable freezes that I had well,
forgotten about until now:

February 2006: Low of 28*F one morning with widespread thick frost
January 2003: This one was really intense because it was windy, 29*F but wind chill
of 18*F
January 1, 2001: 27*F
Early 1997: 27*F
Winter of 1995/1996: 27*F

Update at 10:25 PM EST: 35*F Outside

[HURAKAN]

Currently: 44.8ºF. Dew point, 29.6ºF.

[gatorcane]

Well not a sight you usually see across Florida --- SE Counties of Florida of Palm Beach County, through Miami-Dade the "warm" areas so far tonight with temps in the mid 40s instead of 20s and 30s elsewhere across the state

[HURAKAN]

Currently: 44.3ºF. Goin' down fast.

[Scorpion]

Down in the 20's now... wow

[HURAKAN]

Currently: 43.3ºF

Down 1 degree in 20 minutes.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Down in the 20's now... wow

Where in Orlando are you? Most of the other Orange County recording stations are still above freezing.

[gatorcane]

Strangely enough, Tampa International airport is seeing its temperature RISE a bit over the past several hours from 39F working up to 41F. Notice the East winds at 3 mph:

21 22:53 E 3 10.00 Fair CLR 41 29 30.28 1025.3
21 21:53 NE 3 10.00 Fair CLR 41 29 30.26 1024.8
21 20:53 N 3 10.00 Fair CLR 40 29 30.25 1024.4
21 19:53 N 6 10.00 Fair CLR 39 29 30.25 1024.4

http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KTPA.html

St. Pete-Clearwater airport south of the bay with a north wind of 6mph is seeing its temperature level off at 44F over the past 2-3 hours...

21 22:53 N 6 10.00 Fair CLR 44 35 30.28 1025.2
21 21:53 N 5 10.00 Fair CLR 44 34 30.27 1024.8
21 20:53 N 8 10.00 Fair CLR 44 33 30.25 1024.2


http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KPIE.html