Florida Weather

[NDG]

82 again at Miami today, though I was out in the sun all day and trust me, it felt toastier than that. This is really a textbook late winter La Nina pattern. What happens if this southwest Atlantic ridge persists through hurricane season? lol

If it does, our drought might be so severe we'll *need * a hurricane to put a dent in it. Anyone have any idea/educated guess when we might get our next meaningful rainfall? Does not seem likely in the near future.....

Wednesday you may see some showers as the ridge temporarily weakens with a weak boundary settling south. Latest GFS shows that the you may get some convergence coastal showers coming in from the Bahamas to stick around through the end of the week with a persistent easterly wind. 12z GFS shows total rainfall to maybe get close to 1" in some areas. Keep your fingers crossed.

[psyclone]

this weather is so awesome! i feel this is mother nature's version of restitution for that horrendous weather back in december. much of interior florida is in the mid 80's and it's even 80 here thanks to a muted sea breeze and rapidly warming shelf waters. if you're visiting florida soon, you've hit a weather jackpot.

[tropicana]

Mon Feb 28 2011

FLORIDA ROUND-UP


Continuing warm pretty much state-wide, with temperatures as warm as 88F at Orlando (new record) ..
and 87F at Melbourne.
Other close runner-ups were Jacksonville, Gainesville and Winter Haven all reaching 86F

One of the cooler spots for daytime highs today was at Pensacola, with 78F registered, but that too tied a record high set in 1961. Apalachicola peaked at 76F.

It did drop into the 50s overnight at the following sites:0

Tallahassee 54F
Jacksonville 55F
Ft Pierce 57F
Punta Gorda 58F
Vero Beach 58F

But temperatures remained balmy overnight at many South Florida sites, including 70F at Miami International, 72F at Ft Lauderdale and in West Palm Beach, 73F at Pompano Beach.
The warmest overnight lows were in the Keys, with 74F at both Marathon and at Key West.

-justin-

[Frank2]

Not good - fire season is underway in a big way and Florida could use a good wet system at this point...

[HURAKAN]

89ºF

[northjaxpro]

Not good - fire season is underway in a big way and Florida could use a good wet system at this point...

Yeah, we can sure use some rain that's for sure. Wildfires have already occured in St. John's county within the past couple of days. We did not get much rainfall with that decayed frontal passage warlier today, as I only measured about a tenth of an inch at my location. Rain is in the forecast for late Saturday into Sunday, so hopefully we can get some signifciant amounts. It is needed badly as we head into spring.

[jinftl]

Winter season (Dec-Jan-Feb) wrap-up for south florida.....after a very cold december, the remainder of the winter featured progressively moderating in temps, with Feb. 2011 averaging 2.9 deg above normal in Miami.

Overall, the winter season ranked as follows (avg. temp Dec-Feb, departure from normal, rank):

Miami 66.8/-3.2 deg/29th coldest
Fort Lauderdale 66.3/-2.1 deg/15th coldest
West Palm Beach 65.0/-2.3 deg/19th coldest


Overall, the winter was much drier than normal....doesn't bode well as we move into a forecast la nina spring,
here's the numbers (total rainfall Dec-Feb, departure from normal, rank):

Miami 3.99"/-2.14"/32nd driest
Fort Lauderdale 2.26"/-6.03"/9th driest
West Palm Beach 3.95"/-5.49"/23rd driest

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/mfl/news ... ummary.pdf

[tropicana]

FLORIDA ROUND UP
Tue Mar 1 2011

Some much needed scattered showers finally across portions of the Florida Peninsula. Some of the most noteworthy falls were at:

Ft Pierce 0.59 inches
Tampa 0.49 inches
Daytona Beach 0.37 inches
Melbourne 0.29 inches

Temperatures reached as high as 88F at some of the major reporting sites, including
Miami 88F ( new record, only record 87F in 2003)
West Palm Beach 88F
Pompano Beach 88F
Pembroke Pines 88F
West Kendall 88F

Ft Lauderdale 87F ( record tied 1929)
Another noteworthy high was the 86F registered at Marathon Airport, in the Upper Keys.

-justin-

[MGC]

Just back from a week in Florida. What a beautiful time. Watched Discovery launch on Thursday....spectacular! Then picked up my sister and headed to the Keys. Beautiful weekend in Key West. We did run into a few showers in the Panhandle on the drive home.....MGC

[dizzyfish]

Glad you enjoyed yourself! I LOVE the Keys - I need to work on getting down there again.

Wasn't expecting much in the way of rain yesterday but we got 3/4".

[JonathanBelles]

Fire season has begun here in FL. Here in Tallahassee, we've has ash falling on and off throughout the day. That mixed with high pollen levels has made breathing difficult for some, and it has made my eyeballs dry as well. I think this is from one of the prescribed burns in the area, but with the big fire on I-95 and the easterly winds from earlier it might be from that as well.

[Florida1118]

Fire season has begun here in FL. Here in Tallahassee, we've has ash falling on and off throughout the day. That mixed with high pollen levels has made breathing difficult for some, and it has made my eyeballs dry as well. I think this is from one of the prescribed burns in the area, but with the big fire on I-95 and the easterly winds from earlier it might be from that as well.

I believe there's a fire over by Orlando that's 16k acres...The season is here. By the way, NWS Miami Is going to be down from 8am-4pm. NWS Key West is going to be taking over for them while they are down.

"DUE TO FACILITY POWER RELIABILITY UPGRADES, THE OPERATIONS OF THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FORECAST OFFICE (WFO MIAMI) WILL BE
OFFLINE ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3 APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 AM
AND 4 PM."

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=PNSMFL

[dizzyfish]

Lovely.....more dry weather.

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-051830-

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
129 PM EST FRI MAR 4 2011

...SPRING FLOOD OUTLOOK FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...

DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA. AFTER A WET JANUARY...AN UPPER LEVEL PATTERN CHANGE
ALLOWED HIGH PRESSURE SURFACE AND ALOFT TO BUILD OVER THE REGION
DURING FEBRUARY WITH DRY WARM CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
STREAMFLOWS REMAIN PRIMARILY BELOW NORMAL TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL ON
RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE REGION. THE OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATIC
PREDICTION CENTER FOR THE NEXT ONE TO THREE MONTHS IS FOR MORE OF
THE SAME...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR
NORMAL TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WILL ALLOW DROUGHT
CONDITIONS TO PERSIST AND DETERIORATE WITH A LOW RISK OF SPRING
FLOODING.

[Florida1118]

Rain chances for Sunday and Thursday, but drought conditions are to stay.

[Patrick99]

Miami AFD backing down on rain today. Squall line over Gulf fell apart, air over mainland too stable for regeneration. Crummy....I was hoping for a little storminess today....

[Florida1118]

Rain Tomorrow Night through Thursday, Winds Strong Tomorrow through Thursday-

[HURAKAN]

Frontal system affecting Florida

[JonathanBelles]

MUCH needed drought relief today. The lowest rain total I could find across Tampa Bay was 2/3rds of an inch, with some totals ranging over 2". Similar conditions across the state. A few record daily rainfall totals were set as well.

[northjaxpro]

It got down to 31.6 degrees at my home here in north Jax earlier this morning.

This is the 31st freeze of the 2010-2011 winter season to occur for this area.

NWS office in Jacksonville set a record low temperature for this date also of 32 degrees earlier this morning, breaking the old mark of 33 degrees set in 1998.

Looks like we will have one more cool noight tonight with some scattered frost expected by morning. Expecting low-mid 30s inland areas early Sunday. Otherwise, we are just having beautiful weather, although we still could use more rain for sure!

I think this brief cool snap we have currently in North FL will likely be the final significant one of this season.

[Patrick99]

Was upper 50s this morning....very pleasant. This will help hold summer at bay for just a little while longer.