The other day, I wrote about the arrival of a strong cold front in south Florida. That front arrived with a significant chill down. Low temperature readings, this Saturday morning (Dec. 31, 2016), were in the 40’s across many areas of southwest Florida. Even with relatively light north winds, wind
Read DetailsOnce a strong Pacific cold front barrels through south Florida later today, attention will shift to windier weather and much chiller temperatures. The combined effect of wind and temperature will contribute to unusually low wind chills for the area. Wind chill is a measure of heat loss from exposed skin.
Read DetailsThe following is combined forecast and weather-torial. It reflects my opinions only and not those of the GWCC web site, its directors and/or its correspondent base. During severe weather situations, the media (and the NWS) are quick to note the number of people (in the 10’s of millions) who are,
Read DetailsIt’s been just about one month since a strong downburst raced through Collier County. Early this Tuesday morning, another round of severe storms is impacting our area. While several Doppler-indicated circulations prompted tornado warnings in the area earlier this morning, it is a large bow-echo (shaped like a backwards C
Read DetailsYesterday morning, I provided information about the flooding potential for southwest Florida. At the time, I indicated that rainfall totals for the upcoming 36 to 42 hours would be in the two to five inch range and that this was atop the nearly two inches that fell across Collier and
Read DetailsTHEWEATHERMOGIL:: Flood Advisory in effect for parts of Collier County, FL As I wrapped up my earlier post, the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for parts of Collier County, FL. FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1117 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Read DetailsA quasi-stationary front to the north of Naples, FL will be hanging around Florida at least until Thursday evening (Jan. 28, 2016). To the north and south of this frontal boundary, periods of rain, locally heavy, can be expected. Since individual showers and thunderstorms will be moving over the same
Read DetailsIt just keeps coming. Earlier this month, an EF-2 tornado struck Cape Coral, FL (near Fort Myers, FL). The storm produced significant damage and injured three during its nearly three and a half mile trek through Lee County. On Fri., Jan. 15, an EF-1 tornado struck parts of Lee County
Read DetailsWith a potentially crippling snowstorm/blizzard set to affect the mid-Atlantic states today and Saturday, it would be easy to lose a local focus. However, since I am slated to give a weather talk at the Friends of Barefoot Beach Lecture Series tomorrow (Jan. 23, 2016), keeping atop of local conditions
Read DetailsSevere thunderstorms rolled through southwest Florida early this Sunday morning. Naples Airport, in the path of a severe storm, recorded wind gusts to more than 80 miles per hour around 5:30 a.m. E.S.T. I live near the storm’s path and winds easily gusted above 50 miles per hour in North
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