Frost Returns To South Central Florida Once Again
March 3, 2009 by Jeff Gammons
Filed under Featured, Gammons Personal Blog, Top Stories
Frosty morning here in S-Cent Florida. Scraping frost off the car at sunrise, with temps around 34F, and a wind chill reading near 30F. The strong southern stream Winter storm that brought the heavy snow to the South and east, also blasted a strong cold front through Florida, and once again we’re seeing unseasonable cold weather. Now that were into March cold fronts begin to have a harder time digging into Florida, but this one had no problem at all with is being a southern tracking low pressure system. I didn’t think I’d be removing frost from the cars this morning, but the temps fell into the middle 30’s and the winds were nearly calm making it prime for frost development. Luckily this morning should be the coldest of mornings this week.
Warming Up But To Remain Very Dry -
As the week moves on the temperatures should slowly moderate, and by the weekend we should be in the lower 80’s for highs. One thing that is for sure, there is no precipitation in the forecast as mid and upper-level ridging will have a firm hold over much of Florida. The very dry conditions should continue through into this weekend with low moisture levels increasing fire weather concerns. Lake Okeechobee has now fallen below 13 feet once again with this mornings reading at 12.67 ft.
Fire Weather Concerns, Weather-Warrior Snow Coverage -
I will be monitoring the fire situation this week as fire weather will be the only concerns this week. I can’t wait for the thunderstorm season to kick in and for all this cold weather to halt it’s push into the Sunshine State. It could be worst like with all the snow in the Northeast. Also kudos to Jason Foster for his nearly 24 hours of WeatherWarrior TV web LIVE streaming coverage of the snow event in Maryland yesterday. I was tuned in for several hours. I was just happy to be on the warmer side of the stream.
After Hours Radar Watching, March Is Here Video Blog
March 1, 2009 by Jeff Gammons
Filed under Featured, Gammons Personal Blog
In the dark ringing in the first hour of March 2009. It’s a celebration to me as Winter is nearing it’s end, and Spring is in sight. As I sit in the after hours darkness of my office on this early first day of March, watching radar loop trends of storms moving in from the Gulf, while wishing for storms in the morning and a closure to cool weather here in Florida. I’m so happy we have closed out the two months I dread the most, January and February. March is here and Spring is not far behind. I’m ready for the return of the Florida hot and humid weather, and Spring showers and storms. I finally made it through the peak of Winter and lets bring on higher sun angles and longer days.
