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Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#61 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:34 pm

Time to start scoring my predictions that I had made last week for today. The high temperature has already been reached today, so I can now see if I was right...

My prediction for today was: 7˚ or more below normal (meaning 68˚ or colder)
Actual High at IAH today: 65˚ (10˚ below normal)

Looks like I was right on this one and will not have to eat crow! :)

Now though it is time to wait and see how my low-temperature prediction goes tonight. In the update I made last weekend, I called for 5˚ or more below normal on Wednesday night (meaning 47˚ or colder). The current forecast calls for upper 40s to near 50˚ (due to the expected remaining cloud cover)...so it will be a very close call.

Update (made at 3pm 11/8/07): My prediction for lows completely busted. Had the clouds cleared, I would have been correct, but since they stuck around we were only about 2˚ cooler than normal last night and not 5˚+ like I had originally predicted.
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#62 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:04 pm

60° at 6:00. I think I might get into the upper 40's tonight.
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Re: Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#63 Postby jasons2k » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:11 pm

Opal storm wrote:NWS now has a light freeze for the rural parts of NW Florida Wednesday night. Let's see if it stands.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 8&map.y=74


OK, this HAS to be a typo for Thursday night:

NWS Mobile, AL
Point Forecast: 3 Miles WNW Laurel Hill FL

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 31. North wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 21. Calm wind.
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#64 Postby Opal storm » Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:17 pm

jasons wrote:
Opal storm wrote:NWS now has a light freeze for the rural parts of NW Florida Wednesday night. Let's see if it stands.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 8&map.y=74


OK, this HAS to be a typo for Thursday night:

NWS Mobile, AL
Point Forecast: 3 Miles WNW Laurel Hill FL

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 31. North wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 21. Calm wind.

Yeah that must have been a typo, it's back at 29 degrees now.
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Re: Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#65 Postby jdray » Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:33 pm

This cold front it stronger than most predicted.

Currently @ 9:30PM EST on Nov 7,2007, the NWS is predicting a low of 42F.
Current Temp @ 9:30PM EST Nov 7, 2007 is 39F at Cecil Field.

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Heh, I think they blew tonights forecast a little.....

for the record, my Lacrosse WS 2310 shows a current temp of 40.1F @ 9:30PM EST.


Away from the beach/lake/rivers the temp is dropping in NE Florida.
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Re: Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#66 Postby Opal storm » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:29 pm

It's 48 here, probably going to get down to 39/40 by morning. But just NE of here in Crestview it's already 36 and expected to dip into the upper 20's overnight. :eek:

...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND A PORTION OF THE INTERIOR NORTHWEST FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...

.CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BRING FREEZING
TEMPERATURES TO MOST OF THE WARNING AREA BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY. A
FEW SPOTS SEEN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...MAINLY WAYNE
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND PARTS OF CRENSHAW AND BUTLER COUNTY ALABAMA.
THURSDAY MORNINGS FREEZE IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND
MORNING LOWS AS LOW AS THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER
SPOTS.
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Re: Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#67 Postby JonathanBelles » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:31 pm

Opal storm wrote:It's 48 here, probably going to get down to 39/40 by morning. But just NE of here in Crestview it's already 36 and expected to dip into the upper 20's overnight. :eek:


WOW!! In florida!!
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#68 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:00 am

ZERO icy degrees in TLH, as global cooling batters the Florida Panhandle!

No wind, low dewpoint, and six more hours of darkness...
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Re: Major COLD to invade gulf coast states

#69 Postby Jagno » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:53 am

I guess Louisiana was left out of this front altogether. It's been mild but humid.

Today...Decreasing clouds. Highs in the lower 70s. Light and variable winds.
Tonight...Partly cloudy. Warmer. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds.
Friday...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph.
Saturday...Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers. Highs around 80. Light and variable winds becoming south around 10 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night...Decreasing clouds. A 20 percent chance of showers. Lows in the upper 50s.
Veterans Day...Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs around 80.
Sunday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers. Lows around 60.
Monday...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Tuesday...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Lows in the lower 60s.
Tuesday Night...Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s.
Wednesday...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s.
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#70 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:11 am

wow... it is 28˚ in Tallahassee this morning. That is cold!
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#71 Postby Scorpion » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:12 pm

Yeah, Tallahassee is one of the coldest spots in Florida for some reason. Its essentially a totally different climate than the rest of Florida.
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#72 Postby jasons2k » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:20 pm

You've got to be kidding me!! 28 this early in the season, possibly mid 20's tonight --WOW!! Well, I was hoping the Gulf @ Clearwater would still be warm enough next weekend to get in the water, but it's looking like "NO beach for you! "
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#73 Postby jdray » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:17 pm

The area of North Florida and South Georgia from about Tallahassee to Macclenny & Gainesville to Valdosta is a weird weather area.

We have our own microclimate. I am sw of Jacksonville and average 5-7 degrees warmer during the summer/days and 5-7F colder during the winter/nights than the official JAX weather.

This area rarely gets the seabreezes that moderate the rest of Florida, and the only rivers are the Suwanee and the Santa Fe to help moderate the temps.

I have seen 20F differences between my work in Jacksonville and 30 miles away at my house.
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#74 Postby Below N.O. » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:12 pm

jdray wrote:The area of North Florida and South Georgia from about Tallahassee to Macclenny & Gainesville to Valdosta is a weird weather area.

We have our own microclimate. I am sw of Jacksonville and average 5-7 degrees warmer during the summer/days and 5-7F colder during the winter/nights than the official JAX weather.

This area rarely gets the seabreezes that moderate the rest of Florida, and the only rivers are the Suwanee and the Santa Fe to help moderate the temps.

I have seen 20F differences between my work in Jacksonville and 30 miles away at my house.



It's the same way in the city of New Orleans south of the lake vs. Slidell and other cities north of the lake. Night time temps run between 10 an 15 degrees different at night because of the wind which blows the warm lake waters towards New Orleans.
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#75 Postby JonathanBelles » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:17 pm

I have the same phenomena here. I live in inland Pinellas County, Fl NW of St. Pete in a village called Kenneth City. Kenneth City temps aren't as affected by the Bay and Gulf as the rest of the county. My winter temps can be as much as 15° cooler than St. Pete. I don't even look at the St. Pete reading for the NWS, I go outside now. In the summer, that difference isn't as extreme.
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#76 Postby Opal storm » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:39 pm

Crestview,Fl (just east of Pensacola) is considered the "icebox" of Florida, it gets way colder than surrounding areas for some reason.
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#77 Postby vbhoutex » Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:53 pm

Scorpion wrote:Yeah, Tallahassee is one of the coldest spots in Florida for some reason. Its essentially a totally different climate than the rest of Florida.


I remember in the early 1960's when I lived there that the temp got down into the teens several times and I think I remember it getting down to 7º once(unless I am remembering the coldest ever there(but I think that is 2º)). Temps in the low to mid 20's several times a winter were not uncommon, unlike here in Houston.

Crestview is one of the highest areas in FL in elevation, but I think their reporting station sits in a lower area and the cold air settles in there. It is always colder than anywhere else nearby(my Mom lives 20 miles away in Niceville).
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