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 DetailsSouthwest 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 DetailsAs advertised, the strong cold front was plowing eastward and southward across the Gulf Coast states early this Monday morning. At 10:00 a.m. E.S.T., the front was located from northern Georgia southward to near Tallahassee, FL and then southwestward…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/17/14
Read DetailsLast evening, very low dew point temperatures (below to well below 32 degrees F) were observed over most of the United States east of the Rockies, except for all of the Florida peninsula and coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia. Dew point is a measure of…To read the entire
Read DetailsA weak, mostly moisture-starved, cold front is sneaking through south Florida this Friday morning. Aside from a widespread area of low stratus clouds to the north of the front, a significant atmospheric pressure rise, a wind shift to northerly and an increase in wind speed, the front is “dry.” Later
Read DetailsCount them: “one-two.” That’s the number of cold fronts, wind shifts, and temperature and dew point drops southwest Florida can expect in the next 24 to 36 hours. The first cold front will be passing through Collier and Lee Counties this morning and…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally
Read DetailsBrrrr and ahhhhh! Finally, a Canadian air mass with a punch has invaded the eastern and central U.S. After months of hot and humid weather in many places from Texas northward into the Plains states and from the Plains into the Middle Atlantic, a cool and dry air mass has
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
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