toad strangler Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Heh, never heard or seen them before. Thanks! I did not know Love Bugs are not down by you. The cutoff must be sharp as we are only 85 miles apart N to S. Also they were pretty bad in Stuart as well last May. Even closer to you. Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 I did not know Love Bugs are not down by you. The cutoff must be sharp as we are only 85 miles apart N to S. Also they were pretty bad in Stuart as well last May. Even closer to you. Interesting! Yea, I had to think but the 4 years I lived in the Deerfield Beach / West Boca area ,I don't remember the Love Bugs either. It wasn't until I moved to Central Florida that I got the pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Hmm.. Pam cooking spray, That's not a bad idea. I will give that a try this year. Just a light coat will do. Don't put a lot on because it will run down the side of your vehicle as you drive. I found out the hard way the first time I used it. Did you guys ever find them in your underwear? I swear to God several times when they were at there worst when going to take a shower there were live ones in my shorts. Good thing they don't bite, eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Just a light coat will do. Don't put a lot on because it will run down the side of your vehicle as you drive. I found out the hard way the first time I used it. Did you guys ever find them in your underwear? I swear to God several times when they were at there worst when going to take a shower there were live ones in my shorts. Good thing they don't bite, eh. And THAT should be enough evidence of how they are just EVERYWHERE during peak swarm! No love bugs in my boxers just yet but man you are right ..... they are just all over the place ......... E V E R Y W H E R E in full attack! And for days on end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Just a light coat will do. Don't put a lot on because it will run down the side of your vehicle as you drive. I found out the hard way the first time I used it. Did you guys ever find them in your underwear? I swear to God several times when they were at there worst when going to take a shower there were live ones in my shorts. Good thing they don't bite, eh. I guess they're called love bugs for a reason!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 I did not know Love Bugs are not down by you. The cutoff must be sharp as we are only 85 miles apart N to S. Also they were pretty bad in Stuart as well last May. Even closer to you. Interesting! Honestly, the bugs down here are not bad. I noticed them a lot more when I lived in NJ. I don't even notice mosquitos. But if I go out to the Everglades? Holy Hell, it's bad. It's probably because everything is more concentrated w/ both urban sprawl and pesticides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Honestly, the bugs down here are not bad. I noticed them a lot more when I lived in NJ. I don't even notice mosquitos. But if I go out to the Everglades? Holy Hell, it's bad. It's probably because everything is more concentrated w/ both urban sprawl and pesticides. The one thing I do remember about South Florida was the Mosquitoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Looks like rain chances increase some this week as an easterly wave helps to increase moisture across the state. Getting closer and closer now to some real action!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 The one thing I do remember about South Florida was the Mosquitoes. Did you ever live up north? They are much worse up there than down here, IMO. I'm sure you have seen clips on TV from Maine or even Alaska where people are completely swarmed by them. I think in Alaska you can die from loss of blood in 2 or 3 hours if the mosquitoes are bad enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Did you ever live up north? They are much worse up there than down here, IMO. I'm sure you have seen clips on TV from Maine or even Alaska where people are completely swarmed by them. I think in Alaska you can die from loss of blood in 2 or 3 hours if the mosquitoes are bad enough. I don't know if that's all the time though. I have done several fly-in fishing trips in Canada and I'll tell you what they are nasty at night. . Don't know if its a year round thing though. The black fly's which come out in spring up there are a whole other story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looks like rain chances increase some this week as an easterly wave helps to increase moisture across the state. Getting closer and closer now to some real action!! Yes sir. Things are looking better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Did you ever live up north? They are much worse up there than down here, IMO. I'm sure you have seen clips on TV from Maine or even Alaska where people are completely swarmed by them. I think in Alaska you can die from loss of blood in 2 or 3 hours if the mosquitoes are bad enough. I lived in Chicago and don't remeber much of a Mosquito problem, more of a fly problem, like ocala pointed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Yes sir. Things are looking better. This mornings Tampa discussion has some promise for some decent T-storms, though Moisture still a little low. Hopefully the easterly flow doesn't pin the West Coast sea breeze along the coast. 12Z TBW SOUNDING QUITE UNSTABLE WITH LIFTED INDEX THIS AFTERNOON AROUND -5 TO -7. LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE DEEP LAYER MOISTURE WITH PW OF ONLY 1.23 INCHES. THIS SHOULD STILL BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY FROM TAMPA TO FORT MYERS...WITH THE MOST LIKELY TIME LATE IN THE DAY. DRY AIR ALOFT MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...AND COLD AIR ALOFT WITH 50H TEMP OF -10.9 WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR HAIL WITH ANY STRONGER STORMS. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO RAISE POPS A CATEGORY FROM TAMPA SOUTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Did you ever live up north? They are much worse up there than down here, IMO. I'm sure you have seen clips on TV from Maine or even Alaska where people are completely swarmed by them. I think in Alaska you can die from loss of blood in 2 or 3 hours if the mosquitoes are bad enough. I am sure also, a big part of the mosquito problem I had in South Florida, is I lived a stones throw away from Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge and I could walk from my home and find the masrhy areas not far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 I am sure also, a big part of the mosquito problem I had in South Florida, is I lived a stones throw away from Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge and I could walk from my home and find the masrhy areas not far away. I just got back from a short Easter camping trip on the Sebastian Inlet and the M's were HORRIBLE but only for a two hour period at twilight last night. Only a few love bugs. Nothing really ......... for now! We had a small shower blow in off the ocean last night and my campfire laughed all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Morning soundings still showing some cooler air aloft and it looks like the sea breeze collision will set up on the West side of the state today. Hoping to see some action in my area today, as it looks like the Easterly flow isn't quite as strong, so the west coast sea breeze should not get pinned along the coast today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Nice shot of what's left of 91L moving through the Bahamas. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/watl/loop-avn.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Morning soundings still showing some cooler air aloft and it looks like the sea breeze collision will set up on the West side of the state today. Hoping to see some action in my area today, as it looks like the Easterly flow isn't quite as strong, so the west coast sea breeze should not get pinned along the coast today. I had two showers move through early this morning. The northern portion of what was affecting Palm Beach County mostly. Almost a 1/4 inch. Next several days have pops ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Actually, that looks surprisingly healthy. Maybe we'll see a 30 kt gust in Miami tonight Nice shot of what's left of 91L moving through the Bahamas. http://www.ssd.noaa....l/loop-avn.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I hate how when you ask questions in that thread some treat you like an outsider because you are not part of their little clique. Not all of them are like that. Josh and some of the Mets are definately cool to teach and talk about things, but some of them need to get off their high horse and stop acting so smug. I chalk it up to being jealous. It has to kill them to be fanatical about these things living 1000+ miles from the ocean while we can walk/drive to the beach to check the action out. LOL. Josh is a cool cat. Yea, I know what you mean!!!.. Josh is a cool cat, as Softparade has said and most of the Promets are very cool about questions, sometimes I don't bother to post in the thread and just PM a Promet or Josh a question. Thanks, guys, for the kind words. And, please please please don't let anyone make you feel unwelcome in the tropical discussions. Yeah, it is a little cliquey-- but you guys are part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thanks, guys, for the kind words. And, please please please don't let anyone make you feel unwelcome in the tropical discussions. Yeah, it is a little cliquey-- but you guys are part of it. Josh you are the man!!!! as for the tropical thread, if I have something worthwhile to post I will post it but like I said, quite often I will PM someone . I try to ignore the trolls and not play their game( for the most part). Hoping this is the year you have a reason to come to Florida to chase!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Actually, that looks surprisingly healthy. Maybe we'll see a 30 kt gust in Miami tonight The models want to take most of the moisture and keep it offshore the Florida East Coast. It will be interesting to watch it's progress throughout the day and on Tuesday!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Nice shot of the low level swirl of what's left of 91L near Andros Island!.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebreaker5221 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Pretty nice discussion from NWS Miami: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 231 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...FIRST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE TO TALK ABOUT IS A LOW LEVEL LOW/TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN BAHAMAS STEADILY MOVING WESTWARD. THIS SYSTEM IS GENERATING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS ESPECIALLY OVER THE NRN BAHAMAS BUT LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES ALSO SHOW CONVECTION INCREASING NEAR A LOW LEVEL SWIRL JUST TO THE EAST OF ANDROS. MOST MODELS HAVE THIS SYSTEM STARTING TO TURN MORE TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AND ONLY GRAZING THE LOCAL ERN ZONES WITH BARELY A FEW SHOWERS. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE PERSISTENT WESTWARD MOVEMENT LAST FEW HOURS WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT GETS CLOSER TO THE LOCAL AREA. WL ALSO EXPECT A FLARE UP IN THE CONVECTION AS IT MOVES OVER THE GULF STREAM. BASED ON THIS DECIDED TO INCREASE POPS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND ALSO TO INDICATE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN METRO AND COASTAL AREA TONIGHT. SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER WEST, POPS MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASED EVEN FURTHER. IN ANY CASE...MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE ON THE INCREASE AS A MOIST SURFACE TO 700 MB SE-S FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. A AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL PLAIN AND THE SUBTROPICAL BRANCH OF THE JET OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN WILL ALSO RESULT IN GOOD MID/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THIS, COMBINED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED INCREASED AVAILABLE MOISTURE, DIURNAL HEATING AND LOCAL SEA/LAKE BREEZES, WILL RESULT IN A SOMEWHAT INCREASED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY INTERIOR AREAS, THROUGH THIS PERIOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Pretty nice discussion from NWS Miami: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 231 PM EDT MON APR 25 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...FIRST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT FEATURE TO TALK ABOUT IS A LOW LEVEL LOW/TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN BAHAMAS STEADILY MOVING WESTWARD. THIS SYSTEM IS GENERATING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS/TSTMS ESPECIALLY OVER THE NRN BAHAMAS BUT LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES ALSO SHOW CONVECTION INCREASING NEAR A LOW LEVEL SWIRL JUST TO THE EAST OF ANDROS. MOST MODELS HAVE THIS SYSTEM STARTING TO TURN MORE TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AND ONLY GRAZING THE LOCAL ERN ZONES WITH BARELY A FEW SHOWERS. HOWEVER, BASED ON THE PERSISTENT WESTWARD MOVEMENT LAST FEW HOURS WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF IT GETS CLOSER TO THE LOCAL AREA. WL ALSO EXPECT A FLARE UP IN THE CONVECTION AS IT MOVES OVER THE GULF STREAM. BASED ON THIS DECIDED TO INCREASE POPS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND ALSO TO INDICATE AT LEAST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN METRO AND COASTAL AREA TONIGHT. SHOULD IT CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER WEST, POPS MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASED EVEN FURTHER. IN ANY CASE...MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE ON THE INCREASE AS A MOIST SURFACE TO 700 MB SE-S FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE AREA. A AMPLIFYING LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL PLAIN AND THE SUBTROPICAL BRANCH OF THE JET OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN WILL ALSO RESULT IN GOOD MID/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THIS, COMBINED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED INCREASED AVAILABLE MOISTURE, DIURNAL HEATING AND LOCAL SEA/LAKE BREEZES, WILL RESULT IN A SOMEWHAT INCREASED CHANCE OF AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ESPECIALLY INTERIOR AREAS, THROUGH THIS PERIOD. That was a nice discussion. Even though this won't develop , it's kinda nice to have something to follow in Late April. I will be watching the progress of this little system through the night. Maybe it will defy the models and continue moving further west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Looking at that naked swirl so close to Florida gets me fired up. Maybe it will defy the models, but.... probably not. At the very least I hope it juices up the atmosphere to get me some rain up here. Had a few come through today but they missed me as usual. The SB collision along the west coast looked pretty impressive today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Looking at that naked swirl so close to Florida gets me fired up. Maybe it will defy the models, but.... probably not. At the very least I hope it juices up the atmosphere to get me some rain up here. Had a few come through today but they missed me as usual. The SB collision along the west coast looked pretty impressive today. Oh I am sure most of 91L will probably just sideswipe the state , I also get fired up seeing anything so close to Florida and at this time of the year to boot. I missed out on the Boomer action again today as well. The West Coast Sea Breeze stayed close to the Coast again.. Keeping my fingers crossed that Tuesday the WCSB will make it further inland and the collision of the SB will happen in my neck of the woods and fire up some decent storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Things looking better today for some T-storm action. This mornings soundings show the Steering flow more SW, so the WCSB should make it further inland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Things looking better today for some T-storm action. This mornings soundings show the Steering flow more SW, so the WCSB should make it further inland. 1/4" hail in Port Saint Lucie. It's not out of control but its there! Yep, we are moving along! Bounce hear and a bounce there .... I am loving it At least an inch of rain with this line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U_Thant Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 1/4" hail in Port Saint Lucie. It's not out of control but its there! Yep, we are moving along! Bounce hear and a bounce there .... I am loving it At least an inch of rain with this line. Multiple reports of pea to dime/nickel sized hail and FCs from PSL and SL West areas since about 650-ish. Also, some hefty radar-estimated rainfall amounts extending NE toward the barrier islands...3-6" in a swath from Carlton-SL West-PSL to FPR inlet and the Nuke plant. Classic case of enhancement of TS due to ECSB/Lake O breeze interaction. Could see the overshooting tops/anvil from the office at MLB rather easily. You can always call the office with reports if you want. I can give you our toll-free phone number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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