Florida Weather

[JonathanBelles]

Dew Point flirting with 80 at MacDill AFB!

[jinftl]

Peter O Knight reporting a dewpt of 81 deg at 1pm!

Dew Point flirting with 80 at MacDill AFB!

[JonathanBelles]

Very wet right now. 1.5" -2" in the last hour. Scattered close lightning, but no wind. Ducks swimming down my street!

[vbhoutex]

Very wet right now. 1.5" -2" in the last hour. Scattered close lightning, but no wind. Ducks swimming down my street!

That is definitely wet!!! LOL!!

[Taffy]

serious question... I am gazing into the future 11 to 15 days out. On Accuweather they have a sudden 5 degree temperature drop for zip code 33909 -- Cape Coral, Florida. On Weather.com.. they don't go as far out.. but overlap by 2 days.. (as of today) and they show a 3 degree drop in temperatures. I am having a hard time wrapping my head around our temps drop to 85-87 high and upper 60's at night around the first week of October. I really want it to come true though. LOL Does anyone know what the weather models are suggesting for this time frame, or are both sites forecasting the average temps at the time because they can't know for sure what really will be?
Laurie

[HURAKAN]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2009

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-231000-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
100 PM EDT TUE SEP 22 2009

...CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY...
...HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 WEST COAST AND INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...
...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES OVER THE
INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS FROM THE
STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE
CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH.

FLOODING: MINOR STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITHIN A FEW HOURS OF HIGH TIDE ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS, DUE TO HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES.

TEMPERATURES: HIGHS TODAY OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S WITH DEW
POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE HEAT
INDICES TO BE AROUND 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTH
FLORIDA EACH DAY WITH THE PRIMARY IMPACTS BEING LIGHTNING
STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER
INDIVIDUAL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WIND AND
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT http://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

[artist]

hey Hurakan, I have been heraing we are gonna have a cooler winter here, when is it gonna get here?? Even up here in Palm Beach county it is just so still and HOT!!!!

[tropicana]

91F at Miami International, tying a record set a number of times for September 24, among them 1995, 1993, 1989 and 1957!
Today was the 17th day (out of 24) that temps hit 90F at least at Miami.

Just not far north, just 3 days thus far in the 90s at Ft Lauderdale.
At West Palm Beach, that figure is 6.

Tampa is day 13, Sarasota day 17., Tallahassee day 14, Orlando day 17.

Melbourne just 1 day, Vero Beach 4 days.
No days so far at Pensacola or Apalachicola

AT Key West, today was also day no. 17 (out of 24) in the 90s this month.
Marathon also is at 17 days

[jinftl]

Early autumn weather....south florida style....may 'drop' to highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the lows 70s for a few days this upcoming week....before warming again by the weekend (humidity returning more than anything)

from nws miami:

FOR TEMPERATURE IMPACTS OF THE FRONT...MAX TEMPS FORECAST TO BE MID
TO UPPER 80S BY WEDNESDAY AND BY FRIDAY SLOWLY START TO REBOUND FOR
THE WEEKEND. MIN TEMPS FORECAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT TO BE UPPER 60S BY
THE LAKE...LOWER 70S EAST AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS AND DECREASING
SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SLOWLY START TO CLIMB BY THE
WEEKEND. BY WEDNESDAY THE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE REGION WILL SLOWLY BEGIN
TO FALL AND START TO RECOVER A BIT BY NEXT WEEKEND.

Still early for low temps falling below 70 deg in miami....not forecast this week....and probably not for a while. Some recent dates of the first overnight reading below 70 deg in Miami:

2008 - October 28 (amazingly hit 57 deg!)
2007 - November 3 (67 deg)
2006 - October 24 (60 deg)
2005 - October 24 (66 deg following wilma)

[JonathanBelles]

Seems cool outside. Temps still got to almost 90, but an rH in the 50's and a DP in the 70's makes all the difference!

[O Town]

I agree . Its been wonderful the past few days and this morning we got our first taste of nip in the air. 64 was our low this a.m. Feels great! I just don't want it to get any cooler though. lol.

[JonathanBelles]

73 here right now, and very nice. I like it!

[Taffy]

It is beautiful in Cape Coral. ( over the river from Fort Myers )

it is 77 degrees and partly cloudy. Very comfortable. I got the house opened up and airing out. Really wish it would last longer than 2 days. We are looking forward to a cool wet fall and winter. So tired of sweating.

[DanKellFla]

It is supposed to get down to 68 tonight!!!!

[jdray]

Only going to be about 80 today.

Maybe upper 50s tonight.

I love this weather!

[JonathanBelles]

I got down to the low 60's last night (between 62-63, im not sure)!!

I love this weather, too bad its going away.

[tropicana]

Final count of 90 degree days across Florida and neighboring areas for September 2009:-

Punta Gorda 27
Ft Myers 25
Miami 22
Key West 21
Orlando 20
Sarasota 19
Tampa 18
Tallahassee 17
Gainesville 13
St Petersburg 12
West Palm Beach 9
Vero Beach 7
Ft Lauderdale 6
Ft Pierce 5
Pensacola 2
Apalachicola 1
Daytona Beach 0 ( but 8 days reached 89F)

IN GEORGIA

Augusta Regional 9
Savannah 4
Macon 3
Atlanta 0

IN ALABAMA

Mobile 4
Montgomery 4
Tuscaloosa 3
Muscle Shoals 2
Huntsville 1

-justin-

[HURAKAN]

September 2009

90 degree days: 27

Precipitation: 11.23 inches

[HURAKAN]

You know winter is around the corner

[tropicana]

bad news if you dont like the 90s in Florida:-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2009

...SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER EXPECTED TO RETURN...

DURING NEXT WEEK AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER
FLORIDA WHILE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES WESTWARD FROM THE
ATLANTIC ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE AREA WHICH WOULD USUALLY COMBINE WITH
DAYTIME HEATING AND THE SEA BREEZES TO CAUSE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, WITH THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OVER THE REGION THE CONVECTION WILL BE SUPPRESSED SOMEWHAT
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO SUMMER-LIKE LEVELS. THESE RATHER
HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN PLACE FOR MOST OF THE
WEEK WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 90S AWAY FROM
THE IMMEDIATE COAST...POSSIBLY MID 90S IN A FEW INLAND LOCATIONS.
THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 3 TO 7 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WHICH
COULD PUT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN JEOPARDY IN A FEW LOCATIONS.

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