Sleet falling in the Florida panhandle (some pics posted)

[Opal storm]

Just went outside a few minutes ago and there are ice pellets bouncing everywhere.Pretty cool stuff to see in FLOIRDA DURING APRIL!!!

Happy Easter everybody.

I just went outside and snapped a few random pics.


Sleet falling on the windsheild of the car


Accumulating on the roof.

[HarlequinBoy]

I have to say that's pretty amazing!!

[Opal storm]

It's starting to fall again,this is crazy.

[MiamiensisWx]

Those are nice images. Thanks for posting the snapshots!

[donsutherland1]

Fantastic--actually, historic--photos, Opal Storm!

[baygirl_1]

Great pictures, Opal storm! Oh... I wish I'd snapped some pictures of the sleet/snow in the corners of the houses in our area. We loved spotting the snow as we drove home from Easter Mass yesterday morning. We had no idea it had even happened until we noticed that. It was amazing! Thanks for sharing your pictures.

[Category 5]

Didn't it snow in Mobile?

[Opal storm]

Didn't it snow in Mobile?

I don't know if it was reported officially but I've heard a lot of people from Mobile say it did snow.

[baygirl_1]

Well, it certainly looked like snow on the rooftops. We didn't actually see it falling. We only saw the aftermath. My sister did see sleet falling in the south part of the county. I think it was snow here, but the TV mets all reported it as sleet. The archived report from the Mobile NWS office for that day:

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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
134 AM CDT MON APR 9 2007
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...THE MOBILE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 8 2007...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1842 TO 2007


WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
..................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 57 432 PM 90 1967 76 -19 82
MINIMUM 38R 519 AM 39 1990 53 -15 57
AVERAGE 48 64 -16 70

PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.02 2.19 1991 0.17 -0.15 0.36
MONTH TO DATE 4.38 1.47 2.91 0.36
SINCE MAR 1 5.37 8.67 -3.30 0.60
SINCE JAN 1 10.53 19.52 -8.99 7.69

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 17 3 14 0
MONTH TO DATE 56 24 32 0
SINCE MAR 1 177 206 -29 145
SINCE JUL 1 1631 1644 -13 1467

COOLING
YESTERDAY 0 3 -3 5
MONTH TO DATE 31 17 14 49
SINCE MAR 1 93 62 31 119
SINCE JAN 1 102 82 20 140
..................................................................
WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 12 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (350)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (50)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.2

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6

WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
LIGHT RAIN
LIGHT SNOW
SLEET


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 65 1100 PM
LOWEST 26 200 PM
AVERAGE 46

..........................................................

THE MOBILE CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 76 89 1965
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 53 35 2000

SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 9 2007.........SUNRISE 633 AM CDT SUNSET 717 PM CDT
APRIL 10 2007.........SUNRISE 632 AM CDT SUNSET 718 PM CDT

- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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The U.S. Naval Observatory takes observations and generates sunrise and sunset data. The NWS is not the custodian of records for such records and therefore, cannot certify to such facts, or authenticate such data. For information regarding sunrise and sunset tables and to obtain certified records, contact: U.S. Naval Observatory, ATTN: Code AA, 3450 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20392-5420; http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/.