Big Easy wrote:Jag95 wrote:Check this out. See the lake effect snows around the lakes? Looks like the same effect over the Gulf and off the east coast, with light precip paralleling the coast. Tampa maybe?
Mobile AFD:
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...NO CHANGES IN THE OFFING
FOR EXXTENDED FORECAST CONTENT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF TEMPERATURE MINIMA
WEDNESDAY TO APPROAC OR MAKE SINGLE DIGITS IN NORTH SANTA ROSA COUNTY
NEAR THE CRESTVIEW AIRPORT (CEW). EVERGREEN AIRPORT (GZH) SHOWS A
CHANCE OF REACHING 12. OTHER MINIMA IN MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S, FROM
THE INTERIOR TO THE COASTLINE RESPECTIVELY, LOOK AS IF THEY HAVE THE
APPEARANCE OF ATTAINABILITY IN THIS EVENT WEDNESDAY. WE ARE ASSUMING AT THE
MOMENT THAT CLEAR SKIES AND LOW RH WILL PREVAIL, SO ANOTHER 2 OR 3
HARD FREEZE NIGHTS ARE WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY. SPEAKING OF
WHICH, RECORD MINIMA FOR JANUARY IN MOBILE INCLUDE 9, 3, AND 16
DEGREES F ON 20-22 JANUARY 1985, AND 18, 8, AND 15 DEGREES F ON 23-25
JANUARY 1963. THIS EARLY IN THE MONTH IT GOT DOWN TO 14 DEGREES ON
THE 6TH. THE REAL RECORD WAS 12 TO 13 FEBRUARY 1899 WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED -1 ON THE 13TH. SOME HAVE ASSERTED THAT COLD LIKE
THIS EAST OF THE ROCKIES CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH LA NINA. 1000-850
THICKNESS ALONG INTERSTATE 10 WILL REACH 1280 M AND 1260 IN THE
NORTHERN REACHES OF THE CWA. INDEED, WE MAY BREAK SOME RECORDS.
Crestview, FL forecast:
Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 6. Calm wind
Looking at that model, it looks like many of the offshore rigs in the GOM will be seeing a bizarre winter storm on their platforms. Crazy!
I hope AntiFreeze is on the check list for the compressors. Can you imagine having to change all the normal tropical temp mechanical fluids for winter ones...WOW.