Florida Weather

[gatorcane]

Those lower dewpoints are hovering just to the north of Florida on the long-range GFS. Definitely a taste of fall for much of the Eastern United States over the coming 7 to 10 days. A reminder fall is right around the corner and the end of heat as well as the rainy season (~ Oct 15th in South Florida).

[jlauderdal]

Those lower dewpoints are hovering just to the north of Florida on the long-range GFS. Definitely a taste of fall for much of the Eastern United States over the coming 7 to 10 days. A reminder fall is right around the corner and the end of heat as well as the rainy season (~ Oct 15th in South Florida).

We are stuck in very wet setup.in sofla, steady flow off the atlantic.

[canes92]

When is the next cold front? Bout ready for that.

[toad strangler]

Courtesy of Weather Tiger ... great visual on how deep into the tropical season FL has to tip toe around.

[gatorcane]

NWS Miami upgraded the heat advisory to an excessive heat warning. Pretty hot considering we are in mid-September, a month away to hopefully the rainy season ending and the humidity decreasing some.

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.ph ... glossary=0

[chaser1]

As mentioned by a poster in the future Hermine (PTC 9) thread, this wouldn't be a bad idea for us local Floridians to have a more expansive space to discuss potential impacts and storm threat as it approaches our Florida West Coast

[caneman]

Great idea. Announce your location Florida peeps. Indian Rocks beach area here.

[sweetpea]

Sopchoppy, FL

[chaser1]

I'm way inland compared to you guys. Longwood (suburb north of Orlando)

[GeejiaSoFlo]

Weston and Miami Beach

[bythetrack]

Sebring, moved here from crystal river after 2004 season. No more flooding for me. Also lived on pine island before it got hit. Everyone stay safe and ready, Roger

[dizzyfish]

New Port Richey here. 3 miles as the crow flies from the gulf.

[LCfromFL]

Callahan, FL here (Nassau County - NE FL). The hubs and nephew are down in the Lower Keys this week. We had 18" of water inside of our house with TS Fay in 2008 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. We've had a LOT of rain this month so I'm more worried about trees coming down/power outage at this time. Y'all stay safe!

[islandgirl45]

New Smyrna Beach, born and raised. Wondering what wind strength we'll get from this storm.

[chaser1]

New Smyrna Beach, born and raised. Wondering what wind strength we'll get from this storm.

Well, on one hand it appears that the entire Florida east coastline (and much of the state as well) are now officially under a Tropical Storm Warning. That means you should expect squalls with occasional gusts to at least 40mph tomorrow (Thursday) and into the evening and possible early Friday hours. I personally think that the NWS way over does all Warnings but nonetheless, do expect it to be quite breezy with off and on winds of 20-30 mph. Basically, no window boarding but probably a good idea to take in any patio umbrellas, glass tables, and decorative stuff that you wouldn't want knocked over or broken.

[jlauderdal]

New Smyrna Beach, born and raised. Wondering what wind strength we'll get from this storm.

Well, on one hand it appears that the entire Florida east coastline (and much of the state as well) are now officially under a Tropical Storm Warning. That means you should expect squalls with occasional gusts to at least 40mph tomorrow (Thursday) and into the evening and possible early Friday hours. I personally think that the NWS way over does all Warnings but nonetheless, do expect it to be quite breezy with off and on winds of 20-30 mph. Basically, no window boarding but probably a good idea to take in any patio umbrellas, glass tables, and decorative stuff that you wouldn't want knocked over or broken.

NE Fort Lauderdale, 1.13 from the band this morning.

[HurricaneBelle]

Clearwater as it says over on the right, NW Clearwater to be specific, almost in Dunedin.

First real storm (wind-wise) in the house I moved to last November after a decade+ in Safety Harbor. I was looking at the FEMA maps which show the flood zone bisecting my front yard which tracks since the portion between the sidewalk and the road was briefly underwater when we got 4-5" of rain in an hour from Debby last month. Not worried about surge though since it would take a catastrophic one to reach as far inland as I am and the rainfall forecast is actually less than Debby due to Helene's faster forward speed. Underground power lines in this neighborhood and we didn't lose it during Debby but I'm less sanguine about Helene given the forecast 40-60G70 winds tomorrow as I'm sure something will interrupt the power downstream.

[chaser1]

New Smyrna Beach, born and raised. Wondering what wind strength we'll get from this storm.

Well, on one hand it appears that the entire Florida east coastline (and much of the state as well) are now officially under a Tropical Storm Warning. That means you should expect squalls with occasional gusts to at least 40mph tomorrow (Thursday) and into the evening and possible early Friday hours. I personally think that the NWS way over does all Warnings but nonetheless, do expect it to be quite breezy with off and on winds of 20-30 mph. Basically, no window boarding but probably a good idea to take in any patio umbrellas, glass tables, and decorative stuff that you wouldn't want knocked over or broken.

NE Fort Lauderdale, 1.13 from the band this morning.

Yep, seems like you guys from Miami all the way up the coastline seems to get more of that low elevation new forming band squalls than we here far inland. Often a lot of that stuff seems to fall apart by the time it reaches me.

[jlauderdal]

Well, on one hand it appears that the entire Florida east coastline (and much of the state as well) are now officially under a Tropical Storm Warning. That means you should expect squalls with occasional gusts to at least 40mph tomorrow (Thursday) and into the evening and possible early Friday hours. I personally think that the NWS way over does all Warnings but nonetheless, do expect it to be quite breezy with off and on winds of 20-30 mph. Basically, no window boarding but probably a good idea to take in any patio umbrellas, glass tables, and decorative stuff that you wouldn't want knocked over or broken.

NE Fort Lauderdale, 1.13 from the band this morning.

Yep, seems like you guys from Miami all the way up the coastline seems to get more of that low elevation new forming band squalls than we here far inland. Often a lot of that stuff seems to fall apart by the time it reaches me.

At 8:09 PM EDT, 1 NW Dania Beach [Broward Co, FL] ASOS reports Tropical Cyclone. ASOS station KFLL Fort Lauderdale/hollywood Intl Airport recorded a gust of 55 mph at 8:09 pm as a strong outer band of Hurricane Helene moved through the area.

[canes92]

Any news of a cold front yet?