Florida Weather

[gatorcane]

At 7:52pmEST the thermometer outside of my house indicates:

55F
24% humidity

Looks like a WNW to NW wind at 10 mph.

[DESTRUCTION5]

At 7:52pmEST the thermometer outside of my house indicates:

55F
24% humidity

Looks like a WNW to NW wind at 10 mph.

46.5 here in Stuart..4 degree Drop in last Hr...

[jinftl]

With no freeze warning for metro Broward (east of Sawgrass) and metro-Miami-Dade....urban hubs of Fort Lauderdale and Miami not expected to drop below freezing. NWS Miami forecast mid to high 30's in these areas. Comparable to (or a degree or 2 colder) than the 1/3/08 cold snap which brought high 30's to official reporting stations in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.

Per NWS Miami
A FREEZE WARNING (IS) IN EFFECT FOR
THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, EXCEPT FOR COASTAL BROWARD
COUNTY...COASTAL MIAMI-DADE COUNTY...AND METRO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

FOR BROWARD COUNTY, FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE CONFINED TO WEST OF THE
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

update: 9pm temp at Fort Lauderdale (airport) down 2 deg from 8pm to 54F and Miami Intern'l Airport down 4 deg from 8pm to 54F. Wind chill in Fort Lauderdale of 49 deg!!!

relative warmth in SE Florida hanging on still this evening with latest temps checking in in the lower 60s. It's nearly 20 degrees colder on the other coast at this hour.....a couple of hundred miles WNW.

Let's see if SE Florida finds a way to escape a widespread freeze yet again.

W PALM BEACH CLEAR 58 21 24 NW13 30.28R
FT LAUDER-EXEC CLEAR 60 26 27 NW12 30.29R
FT LAUDERDALE CLEAR 63 29 27 NW17 30.28R
POMPANO BEACH CLEAR 59 27 29 NW17G23 30.29R
PEMBROKE PINES CLEAR 62 25 24 NW15G23 30.30R
OPA LOCKA CLEAR 62 32 32 W13 30.29R
MIAMI CLEAR 62 33 33 W10 30.29R
VIRGINIA KEY NOT AVBL
WEST KENDALL CLEAR 60 33 36 NW10 30.30R
HOMESTEAD CLEAR 62 32 32 NW16 30.29R
EVERGLADES CIT N/A 57 34 41 NW13G21 30.35R

[Scorpion]

38 here with a windchill of 31. Pretty chilly out.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Saint Petersburg has levelled off at 44*F...for the past 2 hours
or so...Low might get down to about 37*F...

[jinftl]

Temp at Miami (airport) down to 52 deg at 10pm. Interestingly enough, dewpt is up 5 deg from previous hour (33 deg at 10pm, up form 28 deg at 9pm).

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KMIA.html


Of note, dewpts across metro Broward and Miami-Dade jumped up from 9pm to 10pm....unexpected???

Pompano Beach....dewpt at 9pm=21 deg, dewpt at 10pm=27deg
Fort Lauderdale Exec Airport...dewpt at 9pm=18 deg, dewpt at 10pm = 21 deg
Opa Locka...dewpt at 9pm=21 deg, dewpt at 10pm=27deg
Miami International....dewpt at 9pm = 28 deg, dewpt at 10pm = 33 deg

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/observations.php

[HURAKAN]

In my house the termometer is reporting 48.1ºF, wind chill 44.9ºF. The DP is 35.3ºF.

[jinftl]

Wow...you take the prize for highest dewpt compared to major reporting stations at 10pm.....has this been increasing in the last hour or 2 like most other locations in the area? Be interesting to see if this is a blip or a trend....but not going to see below freezing anywhere that has a dewpt above 32 deg!!!

In my house the termometer is reporting 48.1ºF, wind chill 44.9ºF. The DP is 35.3ºF.

[Dave]

Here at Bonita Beach I've got 41 F; Wind chill 37 F; Dewpt 32 F at 10:45 pm.

[HURAKAN]

Temp is 47.8ºF, DP now 33.7ºF. Going down.

[gatorcane]

It's interesting to note that temps along the SE counties of Florida are not falling quite as fast as I would think.

I'm only seeing 4-6 degree drops since sundown. Dewpoints remain quite low though with 18F at PBI and 21F at FLL (exec).

For example, here is PBI:

04 21:53 NW 13 10.00 Fair CLR 47 18 30.39 1029.0
04 20:53 NW 10 10.00 Fair CLR 48 22 30.36 1028.1
04 19:53 NW 8 10.00 Fair CLR 49 21 30.33 1027.0
04 18:53 NW 10 10.00 Fair CLR 53 22 66 53 30.31 1026.2

If you extrapolate this rate out, it would not hit freezing at PBI or FLL. Unless the temps really start diving here, I would not expect freezing in most of Palm Beach, Broward, or Miami-Dade.

I believe the fact the winds are staying up in Southern Florida is allowing the atmosphere to "mix" out some of the most severe cold.

[HURAKAN]

DP values going down.

[jinftl]

Dewpt up 5 deg in last 90 minutes (9:30pm to 11pm) by me in east Broward..temp approaching 50F....i would estimate a low in the 37-41 deg range at the current rate of temp drop in fort lauderdale (actually being a bit generous with rate of drop).

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KFLFORTL34

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Still 44*F in Saint Petersburg...I don't expect a freeze here in Saint
Petersburg...should get down to around 38*F by morning...wind is
certainly keeping the temperature up a little bit...

[HURAKAN]

Last Night at 11:10 PM: 51.8ºF

Today at 11:10 PM: 46.6ºF

5.2 degrees of difference.

[Dave]

At 11:17 pm, same location, home at bonita beach, 40 F; wc 36 F; dp 31 F.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Wind chill was 29*F this morning...but it felt like the 10s...to me...

[Sanibel]

High-Low Radio Shack wire thermoster thermometer low temperature Sanibel : 37.6*

Current Sun side of house in shade 50*

Shade side of house 43*


Coldest I've seen for day temperature. Not coldest I've seen for low however.

Strange dry crisp northern air reminds me of up north. As always, warm semi-tropical sun. 33% humidity.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Dew Point Lowest I have ever seen: 13*F
at the Saint Petersburg Clearwater airport- dry as a
desert:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 4&site=tbw

12*F Dew Point in Tampa...


Also, the temperature dropped to 37*F in Saint Petersburg with
a 20 mph wind and wind chill of 27*F.

[jinftl]

Lows last night ended up a bit warmer than forecast....1-2 deg that is...so all in all, NWS Miami got it right. Beat 1/3/08 cold snap by 1 degree in Miami and 2 degrees in Fort Lauderdale (1/3/08 - both cities officially hit 39F).

Lows last night (from NWS Miami):
West Palm 33 (forecast was 32)
Fort Lauderdale 37 (forecast was 35)
Miami 38 (forecast was 37)
Naples 35 (forecast was 33)

No more 30's tonight...forecast lows will bottom out in the 45-50 range in metro Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Warm-weather enthusiasts take heart in the latest NWS Miami Discussion:

FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM
AS THE DEEP TROUGH PULLS AWAY FROM THE AREA AND THE SFC HIGH MOVES
INTO THE ATLANTIC. DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE. NEXT WEEK WILL LEAD
TO A BUILDING RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WITH WARMTH AND HUMIDITY ON
THE INCREASE...QUITE A CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW. GFS SHOWS A
COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA LATE THU...BUT ECMWF STALLS IT
NORTH OF THE LAKE WITH MORE RIDGING DOMINATING. EITHER WAY...THE
FRONT LATE NEXT WEEK LOOKS INSIGNIFICANT. THERE COULD BE A FEW
SHOWERS EAST COAST BY NEXT WEEK...BUT DECIDED TO AVOID SLIGHT CHC
OF SHOWER MENTION EVERY PERIOD IN THE EXTENDED AS THE MAIN THEME
IS DRY WEATHER. SHOWER MENTION CAN BE ADDED IN LATER AS TIME GETS
CLOSER AND THERE IS BETTER CONFIDENCE ON TIMING OF ANY RAINFALL.