Florida Weather

[flwxwatcher]

Yes.. the forecast for Melbourne Florida mentions a chance for snow Flurries Thursday Morning.. A rare thing to see snow mentioned in a Melbourne weather forecast

http://www.storm2k.org/weather/hw3.php? ... &Submit=GO

[HURAKAN]

My House:
Low: 47ºF
Wind Chill: 41ºF
Wind Gust: N 30 mph

MIA:
Low: 49ºF
Wind Gust: NW 30 mph

Kendall:
Low: 47ºF
Wind Gust: N 31 mph

Tonight is going to be great!!!

[JonathanBelles]

47° low because the clouds rolled in. Wind chill of 39°. Should be MUCH colder tonight. I'm lovin it!

[flwxwatcher]

If it gets as cold as predicted here in Central Florida ( MID 20,S) the veggie and Strawberry crops will be in serious trouble.

[JonathanBelles]

im saying 33 for the cold parts of St. Pete and 35 on the coast, but that isnt the important number. Wind Chills will be in the very low 20's, but because the variant in winds im gonna say 19-24° WC's in all of St. Pete.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

This could be devastating for the farmers. And there is a chance of
snow flurries along the east coast/space coast with 850 mb temps
of -5 C and low 30s at the surface.

[dizzyfish]

I just checked the afternoon update from NWS and they are saying wind chill of 12* for me in the morning. Don't think I have ever felt it that cold before. I remember 20* temps but the wind wasn't blowing like this.

[JonathanBelles]

my thermo temp: 43°
winds of 25
WC of 33!

NWS says: 46°
N 15 G 26 MPH
WC: 40

[flwxwatcher]

The NWS out of Tampa has expanded the area under a hard freeze warning for tonight.

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

...COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED...

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - FRIDAY)...STRONG COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING
INTO THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SUPPORT SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES SO
FAR THIS SEASON ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. NORTHERLY FLOW DOWN THE SPINE OF THE PENINSULA COMBINED WITH
CLEAR SKIES AND VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL SUPPORT SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...EXCEPTION BEING
RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

AFTER LOOKING OVER CURRENT TEMP/DEW POINT TRENDS AND MODEL GUIDANCE
WILL BE UPGRADING AND EXPANDING THE HARD FREEZE WATCH TO A HARD FREEZE
WARNING FOR THE NATURE COAST EXTENDING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. BASED ON CURRENT MODEL DATA TEMPERATURES
ARE FORECAST TO DIP INTO THE TEENS OVER THE NATURE COAST AND 25 TO 28
DEGREE RANGE OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA
MAINLY EAST OF I-75 CORRIDOR...WITH 6 TO 8 HOUR DURATIONS OF LESS THAN
32 DEGREES EXPECTED. THE EXCEPTION TO THE HARD FREEZE WILL BE OVER PINELLAS
AND LEE COUNTIES WHERE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BOTTOM OUT ~30 AND A FREEZE
WARNING WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THESE TWO COUNTIES WITH 2 TO 4 HOURS DURATIONS
BELOW 32 DEGREES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES NORTHERLY
WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND 10-15
MPH INLAND WILL MAKE FOR VERY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS OVERNIGHT...AND
A WIND CHILL WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.

AFTER A VERY COLD START ON THURSDAY MORNING THE VERY COLD DRY AIR MASS
OVER THE REGION WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY MODIFY AS THE COLD SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE AREA SHIFTS EASTWARD WITH AN EASTERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING
OVER THE REGION. THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER COLD NIGHT BUT NOT
AS COLD AS TONIGHT...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST...SO WILL HOISTING ANOTHER
FREEZE WATCH FROM HERNANDO COUNTY NORTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

[RL3AO]

Good luck to those in Florida!

[dizzyfish]

Thanks! I just hope my pipes and well pump don't freeze. *crosses fingers and toes*

I covered the pipes - gonna try to rig up something for the pump when hubby gets home. I know you have to leave it ventilated somewhat.

[JonathanBelles]

can somebody explain these maps to me:

http://spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s3/fzlv.gif
What is the Purple?

http://spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s3/thck.gif
I've heard of thickness, but what is it?

http://spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/s3/les1.gif
This is lake effect snow, but what are the orange lines and their importance?

thanks in advance

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here is a fun forecast you don't see often in Florida...

http://www.wftv.com/weather/14961890/detail.html

Play the video on the upper right side of the page to view the forecast.

[TampaFl]

Follow Florida's temperatures tonight with th "FAWN" (Florida Agriculture Weather Network). The site updates every 10 minutes with real time temp, wind speed & direction, soil temps & dewpoints. Thoughts & comments welcomed.

http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/

Stay Warm!
Robert

[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.

[tbstorm]

They're breaking out the furs on South Beach tonight!

[flwxwatcher]

Follow Florida's temperatures tonight with th "FAWN" (Florida Agriculture Weather Network). The site updates every 10 minutes with real time temp, wind speed & direction, soil temps & dewpoints. Thoughts & comments welcomed.

http://fawn.ifas.ufl.edu/

Stay Warm!
Robert

Wow.. thanks alot for that link. I had now idea this site exsisted

[Cookiely]

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.

[feederband]

34 WIND CHILL 27

[RL3AO]

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