On the morning before Christmas (2014), one of my interns (he lives near Tampa), texted me that, “it was raining from cirrus clouds.” This observation, made in the excitement of the moment, left out the transition step that allows ice crystals to fall from cirrus (ice crystal clouds) and melt
Read DetailsThe sky over Naples, FL (and much of southwest and south Florida) early on Dec. 12, 2014 was filled with patches of clouds that appeared as ripple marks. This pattern meant that the clouds were banded — there were lines of clouds, each separated from the adjacent lines of parallel
Read DetailsHenny Penny (a.k.a. Chicken Little or Chicken Licken, Fig. 1) was correct when she announced that the sky was falling! However, it wasn’t falling quite in the same way as reported in the fabled version. No acorns here!…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/27/14
Read DetailsA cold front snuck through southwest Florida overnight. It’s arrival was announced with widespread cloudiness, scattered showers (generally less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall), a wind shift from southwest to north, a small lowering of temperatures and…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/30/13
Read DetailsLower dew points have arrived in southwest Florida. For the past two and a half days, dew point temperatures at Regional Southwest Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers have remained in the comfortable 50’s. That’s a stark contrast…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/26/13
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