Southwest Florida has had a few chilly days (and nights) in the past two months. In fact, until this week, southwest Florida has been averaging about a cold front a week for the past 8 weeks. And, according to the National Weather Service in Miami, FL, those cool downs have
Read DetailsIf you thought October and November were chilly months in Collier and Lee Counties, you were mostly right. Starting around Oct. 4, 2014, the first in a series of cold fronts pushed through southwest Florida. Then, just about every eight days another front followed (Fig, 1). In fact, for the
Read DetailsNaples, FL (latitude 26 degrees North) is a winter-time tourism destination. So many tourists and snowbirds visit that the area’s traffic, from October to May, is starting to resemble that of a major metropolitan city. However, now, thanks to an instrument error at the Naples Municipal Airport (APF), Naples is
Read DetailsCollier County, FL, Naples and surrounding areas are waterlogged! Atop August’s foot of rainfall across the area, another foot has already fallen in some parts of the county so far during September. The area from Pine Ridge Boulevard…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 09/26/14
Read DetailsWEATHERTORIAL: The following opinions are mine alone. This weathertorial has been shared with local governmental officials in the Naples to Cape Coral area. On July 22, 2014, lightning claimed one life and injured two on a Fort Myers, FL beach. Almost immediately, cries for beach lightning detection systems surfaced and…To
Read DetailsSometimes, if one is in the right place, at the right time, he/she will get to see a rainbow. If things work out in a correct meteorological manner, one might even see a double bow. The odds are very small when it comes to seeing three distinct rainbows…To read the
Read DetailsThe strong winter storm affecting the Northeast U.S. and Mid-Atlantic regions today into Friday will enable a large, rather cold, high-pressure system to invade the Sunshine State and its nearby coastal and offshore waters (Fig. 1). The front will bring…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 01/02/14
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 DetailsA strong cold front, responsible for a significant severe thunderstorm outbreak across the Ohio, Tennessee and southern Mississippi River Valleys¬ on Thursday and Thursday night, will be weakening today (Fri., Nov. 1, 2013). By late on Saturday, that front…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/1/13
Read DetailsFlorida has been punctuated by excessive rainfall in some places and deficits in others so far in 2013. The Panhandle has been waterlogged since late spring thanks to a tropical storm system and a series of stationary fronts that parked themselves across the area. Southwest Florida has suffered through persistent,
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