Chris Collura Captures Wedge Tornado Near Bowdle, SD

May 22, 2010 – Once again Storm Chaser Chris Collura captures a stunning large tornado. This wedge tornado was near Bowdle, SD. I got a call yesterday evening from Chris as he was chasing this violent tornadic Supercell in South Dakota. He described the tornado as a monster, and when I received the email with the above picture, he wasn’t kidding. A impressive close up picture of this very dangerous tornado as he and several other chasers that made the call to head way north to chase. You can read Chris’s full chase season reports on his site: Sky-Chaser.com

Oklahoma Tornado Outbreak Pictures Wakita – Rentrow

May 11, 2010 – Fellow Storm Chaser and good friend Chris Collura captured these images of several tornadoes in extreme north-central Oklahoma during the May 10, 2010 outbreak. The large developing wedge tornado in the first two pictures is the storm that first produced tornadoes southwest of Wakita, OK. Then, Chris captured these wedge images of the tornado as it was just southwest of Rentrow, OK. The smaller “whilte cone” tornado picture was later and further east Ponca City, OK. You can read the rest of his chase reports for 2010 on his website: Sky-Chaser.com | Chase 2010 - Thanks to Chris for sharing these images.

More tornadic Supercells went on further south into central Oklahoma, where significant tornado damage took place in the eastern greater Oklahoma City region.

Okeechobee County Florida Funnel Cloud Pictures

April 17, 2010 – A funnel cloud developed today along a line of low-topped showers in eastern Okeechobee County. These showers developed along a sea and lake breeze convergence boundary on the northeast side of Lake Okeechobee. The funnel cloud lasted about 7 minutes, and was located around 3 miles east-northeast of the city of Okeechobee, Florida.

Severe Lightning Storm In Florida – Broward Co Tornado

March 29, 2010 – Severe storms, including tornadoes, moved through Central and South Florida on overnight Sunday into Monday. Vivid lightning as seen in this picture taken overnight on Lake Okeechobee, FL. This thunderstorm at one point was tornado warned for signs of strong rotation. Several other storms earlier in the afternoon in Osceola and Brevard Counties were tornado warned, with a brief touchdown in Melbourne, FL.

This morning tornado damage reports are coming in from Broward County, FL, in the Oakland Park region. The National Weather Service in Miami, noted storm spotters reported debris in the air and several funnel clouds. They have also confirmed the tornado, with reports of mobile homes flipped over, debris and powerlines covering roads, and helicopter scenes from local South Florida news stations. New cell phone pictures of the tornado are now circulating on the web and TV as well.

Elkridge-Baltimore Maryland Blizzard Snow Pictures 2010

February 7, 2010 – Baltimore Maryland received record snowfall over the last 24 hours from the latest snow storm to hit the east coast. My sister who lives not too far south of metro Baltimore in Elkridge, sent me some very impressive snow pictures from her house. Deep snow covering her house front to back making everything deep in the white stuff. She told me on the phone they spent the morning digging out as snow continued to fall. The total for her area was 38.3 inches on the ground, with surrounding area’s just as impressive or even a little higher. Truly a winter storm to remember. Enjoy the pictures, and thanks to Courtney for sharing the images.

Subfreezing Florida Nights Turn Sprinklers Into Icicle Makers

January 10, 2010 – The Florida insanely cold freezing weather continues. Overnight, temperatures again fell below the freezing mark for 4-6 hours in many locations, and turning lawn sprinklers into icicle makers as seen in this series of icicles pictures. Wind chill values fell into the teens making it dangerously cold for Central and South Florida, and crops and tropical vegetation once again were under the gun from the freeze threat.

Believe it or not, another round of subfreezing weather forecast tonight for all of Florida. Hard Freeze Warnings extend all the way south into southern peninsular interior counties, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Temperatures could fall into the mid 20’s setting up more long durations freezing conditions.

On Saturday, sleet and snow flurries were reports over many locations of north-central and central Florida. There were even a few isolated reports of Flurries in Palm beach, Broward and Miami-Dade, although unconfirmed still as of this post.

January is really showing itself in Florida, and many Floridians are sick of the current pattern and would like some more normal and warmer weather to return. Relief is on the horzion, and by Thursday the warm up should really take hold on the Sunshine State.

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North-Central Florida Snow Flurries And Sleet Underway

January 9, 2010 – It’s snowing in Florida! That’s right, light snow flurries and sleet reports have begun to come in from several locations early this morning. The National Weather Services offices in Jacksonville, Melbourne and Tampa Bay, have all received some reports this morning of very light frozen precipitation in the form of sleet and isolated snow flurries. The follow radar picture shows a pretty widespread area of snow and rain mix, but many of this is not reaching the ground. However, there are some locations in the heavier precip where it is reaching the ground, and very small accumulation on windshields has been reported.

More to come on this later this morning, with hopefully some video and pictures.

Florida Freeze Damage Palm Banana Tree’s Snow Possible

January 8, 2010 – Florida awoke once again to frosty lawns and impressive cold freezing temperatures for the 6-7th day in a row. Many residents raced each evening to cover sensitive plants and tree’s if at all possible to help avoid losing their tropical vegetation from freeze and frost damage. When driving around this morning, you can already see freeze damage to yards, including Banana and Palm tree’s. St. Augustine lawns, and sensitive tropical flowers are also wilting and turning brown. Several nights of these wintry conditions is starting to take it’s toll in some regions of Southern Florida.

Many locations in South and Central Florida over the last several days have experienced temperatures in the lower to mid 30’s for several hours, and further inland away from the coastal sections, temps fell into the upper 20’s. Now there’s more cold weather on the way for tonight after a brief warm up today. There is also some mall chances of maybe some mixed frozen precipitation (drizzle / snow flurries / sleet) late tonight and early Saturday along east-central, FL. For this to happen many factors need to be in place, and it’s still a little early to see if this will pan out. However, it’s happened before, and most recently in 2003 and 2006. It will be interesting to see what happens overnight with the possibility of flurries. I will be watching the radar closely and temperatures for any snow picture and video opportunities. Weird to say…

So, the freezing weather is returning once again starting late tonight, and is expected to last into the first part of next week. Many low temperature records are being broken, and looks to continue for several more nights.

Related 2010 Florida Freeze Posts:
Subfreezing Florida Nights Turn Sprinklers Into Icicle Makers
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Florida Sunset Outing On A Cold Crisp January Evening

January 6, 2010 – I setup along the eastern shore of Lake Okeechobee this evening, expecting a fantastic sunset due to the dry cold crisp air mass in place for the recent arctic blast from the north. Sure enough a little after 5:30pm, it was a beautiful sunset rich in colors, with temperatures crashing once again with the fall of the sun. I continued to shoot pictures for about 40 minutes after the sunset, but began to freeze my butt off as temps feel into the 40’s quickly. Another freeze expected tonight, with widespread freeze warning for most of Florida. All in all, it made for a enjoyable photography outing on a cold South Florida evening.

Sunset Picture One: Breeze over lake waters with deep sunset colors.

Sunset Picture Two: Sabel Palm Florida Sunset Silhouette.

Sunset Picture Three: Wispy Cirrus Clouds and Contrails Sunset.

Sunset Picture Four: Sunset Colors Fade As Stars Emerge.

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Florida Freeze Continues Tonight Frost Video Pictures

January 6, 2010 - Floridians woke up to another morning of well below normal cold weather here in South Florida. Temperatures hovered around 30°F for several hours this morning, with wind chill reading in the lower 20’s over interior counties. This arctic intrusion into tropical Southern Florida, is expected to continue into the weekend, with yet another surge of very cold temperatures. Also, another night tonight of freezing weather is in store for Florida with temps about the same, or even possibly a little colder if the winds can go light. In the following short video segment, you’ll see the frost covered windshields, car’s, house rooftops and lawns from this morning at sunrise.

Northern Florida is really seeing some sub-freezing temperatures as well over long durations the last few nights. Here is a pool in Pensacola, FL with a layer of ice on the surface, with a coffee mug locked into place from the ice. Thanks to Twitter follower @PADRE2425 for sharing this photo with us. Northern Florida and the Panhandle region will continue to see very cold weather conditions again tonight with temps falling into the lower 20’s again. It definitely has been impressive seeing all the records being broken, and recorded low high during the days, and lows at night. Look for this to continue.

Florida crops are also being greatly affected by all this cold air, and there likely has been damage to some varieties of vegetations, including oranges, sugarcane, tropical plants, palm tree’s, and sod fields. Local interior farms still have several nights of threatening weather to contend with, and more possible for next week as well for South and Central Florida locations. So, the start of January 2010 is turning out to be one heck of a cold beginning to the new year for Floridians and retirees down from up north for the Winter season. Stay warm folks!!

A few more pictures of frosty scenes from Okeechobee City, Florida this morning at sunrise.

Related Florida 2010 Freeze Posts:
Subfreezing Florida Nights Turn Sprinklers Into Icicle Makers
North and Central Florida Light Snow Flurries and Sleet Underway
Florida Freeze Damage Palms and Banana Tree’s Snow Possible
Florida Cold Brings Expected Freeze Overnight

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