Not as Cold?

So, last night/this morning PMP had a low of 51F and here at Weather Central the low before a computer problem at 7:02am was 54F. A few degrees warmer than expected. Now tonight we are at 51F at the airport and 54F here, right where we were this morning, how cold will it get is now the question.

Over the past few hours the dew point has slowly come up and the wind is steady between 4 and 8 mph. I think it is safe to say that we will be around 47F when around sunrise. Easily 5 degrees higher than forecast.

After tonight a gradual warming trend and possibly back into the 80s for the weekend.

Stay warm again tonight.

Cooler Weather Setting In

Well the additional rain I mentioned this morning did not occur but the cooler air behind the front did arrive. After peaking around 80F late this morning we are at 61F here at weather central. So how cold will it get tonight? Dew point here and at PMP is 44F and 47F. So a low of 49F should just about do it, except the wind could keep us a bit higher if it does not die down just a touch more.

Tomorrow night/Tuesday morning will be the coldest before our late week warm-up. Freeze Watch has already been issued for the western part of Broward and Palm Beach counties so check back tomorrow for updates.

Stay warm!

Cold Front Approaching

Cold front has entered NW Broward county as indicated by a narrow band
of showers. After this line crosses the wind will shift outof the NW
and temperatures will hold steady until mid-afternoon then start
dropping quickly there after.

Dense Fog Advisory

Fog is setting in tonight. Somewhat noticible on my way home tonight.
FLL has reported visibilities less than a mile already.

Cold air will be setting in during the day tomorrow, but with rain also
in the forecast would not expect temps below 50 Friday morning.

Heading to Orlando in the morning so we will be watching the fog
situation closely.

Snow Articles

Here are a few that I found about the snow in Florida from 30 years ago:

Sun-Sentinel


And from Central Florida, The Orlando Sentinel.

Enjoy the thoughts of winter.

It Was 30 Years Ago Today (Jan. 19, 1977)

SNOW in Florida. Southeast Florida that is. I can still remember my Mom telling me to go outside and see it. I think I was watching "Captain Kangaroo" and was sick from school that very cold (by Florida standards) day. There was so much excitement about it, though I did not completely understand it. I think it was the first event that did trigger the weather bug in me though.

Since then I can think of only one other time snow was in the forecast for the area, December 24, 1988. The day could be wrong but I did remember a lot of ice that morning and I know I have pictures of that freeze around here somewhere.

Snow in 1977 did not really accumulate but was present in mostly all areas, Miami Beach, Homestead and even the Bahamas. I will post some links tomorrow when the become active from the local papers. In the meantime here is an information statement from the NWSFO in Miami about this great event.

Now back to our springtime winter. where just before midnight it is currently 72F with another warm weekend ahead.

Tsunami Warning for Alaska

Just about to go to bed and got a notice about a Tsunami Warning for
Alaska and a Watch for Hawaii. This is based on an 8.3 earthquake in
the Pacific.

Waiting on CNN to cover this.

Data is Back Up

A simple reboot and data is flowing again :)

Data Interuption

Weather data from the home station is not being relayed to
wunderground.com or any other site for now. I made an adjustment last
night on the router and it reset the IPs but the weather server did not
adjust. I should have it back to normal tonight when I get home.

Turning Cooler

65F outside now and this is the coolest it has been all year. Looking to go down to about 54 by morning. As I mentioned previously this is going to be a very quick cool down since we should be back to about normal temperatures by Thursday and into the 80s over the weekend.

Record High Minimum in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday

Yesterday Ft. Lauderdale had its highest minimum temperatue for the
month of January since records have been kept. The low yesterday was
76F, which was 2 degrees warmer than the previous record.

The excessive warmth will end starting tonight when a cold front
approaches the area bringing rain and cooler temperatures.

One More Warm Day for South Florida

The cold front is on its way. Monday will continue warm but then highs around 70 on Tuesday and Wednesday and a gradual warm up Thursday and Friday into the mid 70s.

At this point next weekend looks very pleasant, but do not hold your breath yet.

As of this moment, 11PM, it just started raining here. Not expecting much as we have a pretty strong southeasterly flow creating a few coastal showers. Not even enough to measure in the rain gauge.

Have a nice Monday!

Continued Warm through the Weekend

Here comes another spring-like weekend. Highs will be in the 78-82 range and lows around 70. This is more like April than January and pretty much goes with what is happening in the eastern half of the US.

South Florida may see a cool down Tuesday of this coming week and I will post more on that over the weekend.

Enjoy!

10 Atlantic Tropical Storms in 2006

Yesterday I noticed on the NHC site that they have revised the count of tropical storms from nine to ten. After a reanalysis it has been determined that a short lived system off the eastern coast of the US was in fact a tropical storm and not just a gale center.

The system was short lived, from July 17 to the 18. Max winds were estimated at 45mph and a minimum pressure of 998mb. The system will remain unnamed but becomes an official part of the 2006 tropical family.

In case you were wondering this storm occurred between Alberto and Beryl. Full report is available here.

Happy 2007!

A new year and a new home for my blog. I am moving the weather blog to here at blogspot.com. This means you can bookmark http://hows-the-weather.blogspot.com for instant access.

The long over due web redesign is underway so please check the main website for hopefully positive changes.

Wishing all of you the best in 2007,
Howard