Every day, National Weather Service (NWS) offices report on weather records. Most of these center on temperature and rainfall; however, they can include anything meteorological or hydrological. National centers report on droughts, Great Lakes ice cover, national snow cover…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/24/14
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 DetailsAlthough the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) data set has only been in existence since 2003, the snow cover the NOHRSC reported across the U.S. (and a small part of southwest Canada) on the morning of Nov. 16, 2014 is the greatest for the date during the last
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 DetailsImagine that the weather pattern this week and last week represents a rock concert. There will be lots of acts, many with different flavors, yet, all within the theme of the main program. If that analogy works, then, last week’s Typhoon Nuri was the opening act…To read the entire feature,
Read DetailsAs Typhoon Nuri transitioned from a tropical weather system to an extra-tropical (outside of the tropics) storm late last week, explosive development took place across the northwest Pacific Ocean basin. Pressure readings in the center of the storm dropped some 57 millibars…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published
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 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
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