Interesting weather information pertaining mostly to south Florida.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Cooler Weather On the Way Again

Another cold front, a rather potent one for March, will come through the area Sunday afternoon and will bring a noticeable change to our temperatures.

Today (Saturday) we are looking at a beautiful, warm day with some clouds and a high near 80F. Tonight's low will be around 68F. As the front approaches tomorrow we will feel the winds pick up in the morning and ahead of the front we will see some showers and thunderstorms. Areas affected with the thunderstorms may see gusts up to 40MPH. The front should pass the area late afternoon with the cooler and dryer air behind. Lows Sunday night will be in the upper 40s. The cool weather will stay around through Wednesday. By Thursday temperatures will be increasing to near normal for this time of the year. So do not put the jackets away yet.

One good thing about this front coming in tomorrow is the possibility of rainfall. So far this year we have had .57 inches of rain here at the house and all official stations in the area are well below normal for the year. Though this is normally our "dry season," we have been much dryer than normal. Below is the drought map for the southeast US and as you can see the extreme southeast coast of Florida is now entering into a moderate drought.

Enjoy the weekend and more updates later.

Friday, February 20, 2009

WPB Weather Radio Back in Service

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
925 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

THE WEST PALM BEACH NOAA WEATHER RADIO
TRANSMITTER...KEC50...BROADCASTING ON THE FREQUENCY 162.475 MHZ...IS
NOW BACK IN SERVICE.

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WPB Weather Radio Problems

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
150 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2009

...WEST PALM BEACH WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER TROUBLE...

THE WEST PALM BEACH NOAA WEATHER RADIO
TRANSMITTER...KEC50...BROADCASTING ON THE FREQUENCY 162.475 MHZ...IS
TRANSMITING INTERMEDIATELY. THE BROADCAST IS OCCASIONALLY DROPPING OFF
THE AIR.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Warm Day on Thursday Then Cooling Off

Tomorrow we will have highs in the lower 80s. That is before a cold front sweeps through cooling us down with lows in the 50s Friday morning and lows in the upper 40s Saturday morning.

This cool down will be short lived as the winds will be from the east on Saturday starting on warming trend. Saturday afternoon we will return to the mid 70s and remain near normal for the next four or five days.

Best chance of rain will be tomorrow night with the frontal passage and then maybe a shower later Saturday and Sunday.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Cold Front

After a warm and dry weekend we have a cold front that will usher in cooler weather for the beginning of the week. This front will not be nearly as cold as what we had a couple of weeks ago. Highs for Monday and Tuesday will be in the lower 70s and lows will be around 50.

There will be a second, slightly stronger front affecting us on Friday or Saturday. More on that later this week.

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Cold Weather for the Area

Yes, it is fairly cool out there now and will be cold when we wake up on Thursday morning. At this time it looks as if we may flirt with freezing temperatures along the east coast. My forecast for the Pompano area is 45F tonight, high on Wednesday 66F and a low Thursday morning of 36F. Areas further west and north will be cooler.

A Freeze Watch is in effect for Thursday morning for the western half of Broward and all of Palm Beach county, except the immediate coastal areas.

On another note tomorrow is Thunderstorm and Tornado Awareness Day. There will be a state wide tornado drill. Here is the time line for the test:

8:30AM - Test Tornado Watch issued for the entire state.
10:10AM - Test Tornado Warning will be issued.
10:30AM - Drill will end with an "all clear" being announced.

I will post tomorrow with an update on Thursday morning's low and any news of the severe weather drill. Also my Twitter will be updated throughout the day for short updates and changes to watches and warnings.

Stay warm!

Sunday, February 01, 2009

More Cold Ahead

I will have more details tomorrow but we are in store for more cold weather this week, possibly colder than two weeks ago. I will leave you with the Freeze Outlook below.

FREEZE OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1014 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2009

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE MID TO LATE WEEK...

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY
NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL USHER COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE
AREA...POSSIBLY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO AROUND FREEZING BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES...AND EVEN
INTERIOR PALM BEACH COUNTY.

ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THIS SECOND FRONT WILL BE OF
ARCTIC ORIGIN AND WILL ALLOW FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF EVEN A HARD
FREEZE ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES...WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE ACROSS INTERIOR PALM
BEACH...INTERIOR COLLIER...AND INTERIOR BROWARD COUNTIES. THE COLD
AIRMASS COULD LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ALLOWING FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF YET ANOTHER NIGHT OF NEAR FREEZING
TEMPERATURES...MAINLY ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES.

THIS COLD WEATHER EPISODE IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT IN TIME...SO
THINGS COULD TREND WARMER OR COLDER. ALL INTERESTS ACROSS THE AREA
ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MIAMI.

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