Florida Weather

[JonathanBelles]

Yes...and I want the 80's back! lol

[jinftl]

With ridge of high pressure building this upcoming week, temps will look more like mid-summer than early autumn....lower to mid 90's for the week ahead in south florida!

Per NWS Miami:

NOW FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, I HOPE YOU
LIKE JULY WEATHER IN OCTOBER BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT WILL FEEL LIKE.
AS THE ABOVE MENTIONED MID LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OUT WEST
AND DEVELOPS A CUT OFF LOW IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, DEEP LAYER RIDGE
WILL SET UP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN THE LOWER
TO POSSIBLY MID 90S FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. THE CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL
ALSO REMAIN BELOW CLIMATOLOGY WITH CONTINUED LACK OF ANY DEEP LAYER
MOISTURE INFLUX.

[psyclone]

90's in October...sign me up. I would take hot, humid weather year 'round. For those that don't like it, it is October so Summer lovers will be cut off soon enough. I wonder if el nino will be strong enough to bring us some spicy dry season severe wx episodes instead of our usual sterile, cool and dry air masses. I'm hoping this winter is wetter and warmer than last year's.

[jinftl]

Record highs in Miami range from 91 to 93 deg each day this week.....even though the average high is still 87 deg right now. Not unusual in south florida for 4 to 6 deg to be the difference between the average high and the daily record high.

The night time lows this week will be the biggest departure from normal.....average low is 73 deg.....the forecast is 5-9 deg above normal.

NWS Zone Forecast for: Coastal Miami Dade & Broward County, FL
Issued by: National Weather Service Miami - South Florida
Last Update: 655 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2009

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Rest Of Tonight...Partly cloudy in the evening then clearing. Lows 74 to 78.
Sunday...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 90.
Sunday Night...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Monday...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s.
Monday Night...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s.
Tuesday thru Saturday...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 90s, lows 78 to 82.

[tropicana]

No records were set today that I know of, but here are selected Florida locations that made it up into the 90s today:-

Ft Lauderdale Ex. Airport 90F
Pembroke Pines 90F
West Kendall 90F
St Petersburg 90F
Clearwater 90F
Tampa 90F
Sarasota 91F
Punta Gorda 92F
Naples 92F
Ft Myers 92F
Winter Haven 92F

Key West FL never dropped below 80F (but that wasn't a record either (record high min for Oct 4 is 82F in 1995)

The coolest part of the state today: where it rained and rained a lot, Pensacola received 3.32inches of rain (record rain for Oct 4 is 10.45 inches in 1995 in association with Hurricane OPAL) . The high in Pensacola today was 79F which was recorded after nightfall between 7pm and 8pm.

Crestview, with 0.81 inches, also stayed in the 70s today, at 77F for a top temperature.

-justin-

[DanKellFla]

BLECH BLECH BLECH BLECH!!!! Enought already with the heat!

[tropicana]

Selected locations that reached at least 90F today, Mon Oct 5, 2009 in Florida:-

Cape Canaveral 90F
Naples 90F (GULF water temps 87F-88F)
Ft Lauderdale Beach 90F
West Palm Beach 90F
Pompano Beach 90F
Sarasota 90F
Tampa 90F
Clearwater 90F

Orlando Ex. Airport 91F
Melbourne 91F
Hollywood 91F
Perrine 91F
Miami 91F
Key West 91F
Marathon 91F (Long Key sea temp 86F)

Dry Tortugas 92F
Opa Locka 92F
Homestead 92F (Fowey Rocks sea temp 85F)
Sweetwater FIU 92F
North Miami Beach 92F
Stuart 92F
Punta Gorda 92F
Winter Haven 92F

Pembroke Pines 93F
Ft Pierce 93F
St Lucie Int'l Arpt 93F
West Kendall 93F
Vero Beach 93F **RECORD HIGH*

Venice 94F (Gulf waters 85F)

Additionally, Miami's low of 81F tied a 1971 record high minimum

Marathon in the Keys never dropped below 82F
The most impressive was Key West with a low of 84F.
This is a new record High minumum as well (previous record was 82F set multiple times, in 2003, 1991 and 1971)
More dramatically... it is a new October record and is the warmest overnight temperature so late in the season ( record previously was 84F on September 26, 1995)


-justin-

[Scorpion]

Supposed to be 94 tomorrow here.. pretty warm

[HURAKAN]

Yesterday I got 0.36 inches of rain with a 20% chance of rain. Am I lucky or what!!!!!

[tropicana]

Selected Florida locations that attained 90F or greater Tue Oct 6 2009:-

Key West 90F (Minimum 84F..new record high min and latest in season so warm)
Miami 90F
Hialeah 90F
Perrine 90F
Ft Lauderdale Beach 90F
Pompano Beach 90F
St Petersburg 90F
Tampa 90F
Melbourne 90F
Cape Canaveral 90F
Jacksonville Beach 90F
Tallahassee 90F
Crestview 90F

Marathon 91F
Opa Locka 91F
Homestead 91F
Sweetwater FIU 91F
Hollywood 91F
Ft Lauderdale Ex. Airport 91F
Juno Beach 91F
Clearwater 91F
Gainesville 91F

Dry Tortugas 92F
North Miami Beach 92F
Palm Beach Gardens 92F
Naples 92F (Gulf water 90F)
Ft Myers 92F
Ocala 92F
Ft Pierce 92F
St Lucie 92F
Daytona Beach 92F
Vero Beach 92F
Deland 92F
Orlando 92F

West Kendall 93F
Pembroke Pines 93F
Stuart 93F
Punta Gorda 93F
Lakeland 93F
Winter Haven 93F

Venice 94F

Many locations in other states nearby also reached 90F, including:-

Baton Rouge LA 90F Pascagoula MS 90F Vicksburg MS 90F Hattiesburg 90F
New Orleans LA 91F (tied a 1954 record) Slidell LA 91F
Audubon Park LA 92F ALexandria LA 92F New Orleans Lakefront 93F

-justin-

[tropicana]

Virtually ever weather reporting station in Florida reported high temperatures that reached 90F or greater today, Wed Oct 7 2009.
The hottest location appears to be Winter Haven at 95F.

In second spot: 94F at Opa Locka, West Kendall, Orlando Executive Airport, Tallahassee (record high), St Lucie County Airport, and Ft Pierce.

Numerous stations reported record highs (see record high section)

The locations that failed to reached 90F:

Destin at 88F and Panama City at 89F

*** Key West failed to fall below 84F for a 3rd straight night Wednesday, another record high minimum foir the date (Oct 7), and it was another October record, previously set on the 2 preceding nights of Oct 5 and Oct 6)
Additionally, it became the warmest temperature so late in the season, breaking the previous record set just the night before.

Several other locations set record high mins across Florida, inclduing Tampa 78F and Naples 78F (tied 2007)
Locations across Texas and Louisiana also set record high mins.
-justin-

[HURAKAN]

My thermometer registered a high of 93.6ºF.

[HURAKAN]

My thermometer got up to 94.3ºF.

[HURAKAN]

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
300 PM EDT THU OCT 08 2009

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

AT 205 PM THIS AFTERNOON A TEMPERATURE 93 DEGREES WAS REPORTED AT
THE MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD HIGH FOR
THIS DATE OF 92 DEGREES SET IN 1989.

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI, FL
310 PM EDT THU OCT 8 2009

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT NAPLES...

AT 1158 AM THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO 93 DEGREES AT
THE NAPLES REGIONAL AIRPORT. THIS TIES THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE
LAST SET IN 1949.

[HURAKAN]

Very tranquil

[tropicana]

More widespread 90s across all of Florida Thur Oct 8, 2009.
Several locations reported record high temperatures with temperatures soaring into the mid-90s. In fact, Orlando with a high of 95F tied an October record, but in addition, was the hottest temperature so late in the season.

Miami International saw its 3rd hottest temperature so late in season:

1) October 10 1941 94F
2) October 13 1990 93F
3) October 8 2009 93F **record high

Key West FL also had a record high temperature ...and another record high min, this time of 83F. It was the 4th record high minimum in the last 4 days.

Several locations failed to hit 90F but just barely:-
Destin 87F Pensacola 88F Daytona Beach 88F
and 89F at Cape Canaveral, St Lucie, Ft Pierce, Apalachicola, Panama City, and Ft Lauderdale.

-justin-

[HURAKAN]

Very clear!

[tropicana]

what a large upper ridge! wowowow

[DanKellFla]

I fell like the Wicked Witch of the West. "I'm melting......" Of course, I am a fat man, not a skinny old lady. But, I do live in South Florida and there is probably a drag queen around here that could help me.

[jinftl]

How common is the heat that Miami has seen so far this month? Well as of 10/9/09, Miami (airport) has had 6 days this month at or above 90 degrees. The forecast is for 90+ deg each day between Saturday, 10/10 and Wednesday, 10/14. If that verifies, that would mean there will be 11 days of 90+ deg in October 2009.....and only 14 days into the month!

How unusual is that?

For each full month of October since the year 1948 at MIA (airport),
# of days at or above 90 deg have been:
(in order from most to least)
9 days - 1 year (1986)
8 days - no year
7 days - 1 year (2002)
6 days - 1 year (2006)
5 days - 2 years (1989 & 1990)
4 days - 4 years (1981, 1998, 2003, 2005)
3 days - 4 years (1980, 1988, 1992, 1993)
2 days - 4 years (1978, 1991, 1995, 2007)
1 day - 12 years
0 days - 32 years

Only 9 days into the month, October 2009 is already tied for the 3rd most 90+ deg days in Miami in 60+ years of data with 6 days. By this time next week, October 2009 will likely have set a new record for the most # of 90+ deg days in October in Miami!!!