Florida Weather

[JonathanBelles]

37° wind chill 25°

[dizzyfish]

I have a doozy of a cold. I shouldn't complain as I haven't had one in two years but going outside to smoke is not funny. Do I really want a cig that bad? The wind chill is at 31. They weren't lying about the wind. Limbs falling like leaves outside and my mother heard a large limb cracking but it hasn't fallen yet. Hope this wind keeps up for the farmers sake.

Been there - done that and I have the T-Shirt too! LOL geeeeeezeeee it is cold out there!

[dizzyfish]

If it makes you in Florida feel any better, it is currently -2 here.

Actually - no it doesn't. We don't have anything to compare that to. (and we don't want to either. )

But thanks anyway!

Stay warm!!!!

[JonathanBelles]

i'd take the -2 if all the fruit in the state didnt die because of it.

[Cyclone1]

I'm at 35 and falling here. o_O

[flwxwatcher]

Yep 35 here with a dewpoint of 11!!!

[Extremeweatherguy]

Looks like Orlando is guarenteed a freeze tonight. They are already down to 35! This will be the city's first freeze in 5 years.

[JonathanBelles]

down to 35° here WC of 22°. Im gonna lower my numbers for here....now 30-31 with a wc of 18-22.

[NDG]

Here comes the cloud deck towards the Space Coast of Fl, some precip underneath the couds:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/loop-ir2.html

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1010 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...VERY COLD TEMPS AND WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT WITH LONG DURATIONS
BELOW FREEZING AND A HARD FREEZE INTERIOR...

...A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST FOR A FEW HOURS
EITHER SIDE OF SUNRISE...

.DISCUSSION...

CURRENT...AS OF 02Z TEMPS HAD ALREADY FALLEN TO A DEG OR TWO ABOVE
FREZZING ACROSS MOST OF THE RURAL FAWN SITES NORTH OF I-4. OTRW...
TEMPS GENERALLY RANGE FROM M30S NORTH TO NEAR 40F SOUTH. TD`S VERY
LOW ATTM...SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS NORTH...MID/UPPER TEENS TO
THE SOUTH.

3.9UM IR IMAGERY SHOWS MARINE SC HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED RIGHT ALONG
THE EAST COAST FROM KX47-KDAB-KTTS AND IS INEXORABLY PROPAGATING
SHOREWARD SOUTH OF THERE AS WELL. KXMR 925 PROFILER DATA INDICATES
WINDS FROM ~340 @25-30KT FROM JUST OFF THE DECK TO ABOUT 2.5KFT...
AND AROUND 360 @25-30KT IN THE 3-6KFT LAYER...SO NO SURPRISE THAT
THE CLOUDS ARE ALREADY IMPINGING OVER THE NERN COAST.

ALSO OF NOTE IS THE LIGHT RADAR REFLECTIVITY RETURNS WHICH DEVELOPED
WELL OFFSHORE NE FL AND HAVE BEEN PROPAGATING SSW TO A POINT WHERE
THE WRN EDGE IS ABOUT 40 MILES OFFSHORE FLAGLER BEACH. PATTERN WHICH
CAN LEAD TO RARE OES (OCEAN EVENT SNOW) NEAR THE COAST IS SETTING UP
PRETTY MUCH AS ADVERTISED (GRANTED...AS AN EVENT IT`S REALLY MORE OF
A NOVELTY THAN HAVING SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON THE GENERAL POPULACE).

W/R/T FREEZING TEMPS AND LOW WCI`S...THE CURRENT FCST LOOKS PRETTY
DECENT FOR THE MOST PART. WE MAY HAVE SOME TROUBLE REACHING FREEZING
ALONG THE EAST COAST...ESPECIALLY IF THE CLOUDS HOLD TOGETHER AND
START TO COME ONSHORE EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED. TEMPS THERE SEEM MORE
LIKELY TO REACH THERE LOWS WITHIN THE NEXT 6HRS BEFORE TRENDING MORE
HOLDING STEADY A FEW HRS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. RURAL WESTERN SECTIONS OF
THE COASTAL COS STILL STAND A MUCH BETTER CHC OF REACHING THE
FREEZING MARK...SO NO REAL REASON TO TWEAK FREEZE WARNINGS. OBVIOUSLY
...WILL MONITOR TRENDS ON RADAR/3.9UM IR INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS
TO SEE IF CLOUDS/LIGHT PRECIP RETURNS CAN HOLD TOGETHER AS THEY
MOVE WITH INCRSG SHOREWARD COMPONENT. STRONGLY SUSEPCT THAT INITIALLY
THE WRN EDGE OF THE CLOUDS WILL ERODE AS IT BUTS UP AGAINST THE VERY
DRY/COOL AIR OVER THE PENINSULA...HOWEVER AS THE 0-2KM WINDS CONTINUE
TO VEER THROUGH EARLY THU MORNING...OCEAN MODIFICATION WILL BRING AN
END TO THAT TREND. NEVERTHELESS...MAY TWEAK TEMPS RANGE FOR VOLUSIA
COUNTY TO ADD A LITTLE WAMRER READINGS NEAR THE BARRIER ISLANDS.

[JonathanBelles]

000
FXUS62 KTBW 030146
AFDTBW

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
846 PM EST WED JAN 2 2008

...COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON IS UPON US...
TEMPERATURES RANGED IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. THE REAL STORY IS
THE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WHICH RANGED FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
INLAND OF CEDAR KEY TO THE MID 20S IN FORT MYERS. THE DRY AIR WILL
ALLOW OVERNIGHT LOWS OVER INLAND AREAS TO REACH THE TEENS NORTH TO
MID 20S SOUTH. WINDS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 HAD COME DOWN TO AROUND
10 MPH BUT GUSTS OVER 20 MPH COULD BE FOUND TO THE SOUTH. EXPECT
WIND CHILLS TO DROP TO LEVELS NOT SEEN IN YEARS...RANGING FROM THE
SINGLE DIGITS NORTH TO THE TEENS SOUTH. MINOR CHANGES IF ANY TO
FORECAST.

SOME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY MORNING JAN 3 2007. THE
TEMPERATURE TYPO FOR FORT MYERS IN THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WAS FIXED.

TAMPA 26 1928
SAINT PETERSBURG 32 1979
SARASOTA 30 1979
LAKELAND 27 1979
FORT MYERS 34 1979

&&

[Extremeweatherguy]

wow! It is 45 degrees is Key West this morning. That is only 4 degrees warmer than their ALL TIME record low! The wind chill on the island is also down to a chilly 36 degrees.

[dizzyfish]

26* with wind chill of about 17.

[JonathanBelles]

Conditions are right for snow on the EC, and for once they have moisture.

[dizzyfish]

Just had to go out and check the bird bath. yup, frozen solid!

And I am too now.

[feederband]

26* with wind chill of about 17.

Same here....

[JonathanBelles]

28° looks to be my low with a WC of 14°!!

[NDG]

If there is any good news for tropical plants owners & farmers here in the Orlando area is that temps are about 3 degrees higher than what the NWS forecasted to be at 7 PM EST, I still think that we should not see temps any lower than 30 deg.

My prediction was right, the Orlando Metro area did not see temperatures lower than 30 deg this morning. I took the risk of not covering my plants except my coconut tree by going by my forecast and most of my tropical plants survived.

[JonathanBelles]

temp still inching south. My thermometer now reads just below 28...id say about 27.5

[feederband]

33 now here....


Damn Global Warming....

[JonathanBelles]

sitting at freezing now. I'd guess I was freezing for about 7 hours.