toad strangler Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Multiple reports of pea to dim/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 I live in St. Lucie West! I am roughly 4 miles west of the Nuke Plant. I will PM you .... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 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 Yes, have been following the impressive storms over in your neck of the woods. I guess just a little preview for the main show come late May/June!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 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. I figured seeing the cool Mid level temps some of the storms would produce hail. The action stayed well east of me today. Lets see what tomorrow brings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Took my kid to her softball game last night. Skies looked ok but nothing bad. Long story short the skies freakin opened up. Lightning, hail. high winds, and a boat load of rain. The dry field turned into a lake in about 10 minutes. We went from sweating sitting in the stands to freezing with wind blowing. Crazy. Of course 2 miles away at home not a drop. Hopefully today we'll get some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Took my kid to her softball game last night. Skies looked ok but nothing bad. Long story short the skies freakin opened up. Lightning, hail. high winds, and a boat load of rain. The dry field turned into a lake in about 10 minutes. We went from sweating sitting in the stands to freezing with wind blowing. Crazy. Of course 2 miles away at home not a drop. Hopefully today we'll get some. Typical Florida !!! I see the SPC has expanded the Slight risk area for Thursday along the Eastern side of Florida down to just south of the Melbourne area. ACROSS THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA...WIND FIELDS/SHEAR WILL BE MUCH WEAKER...BUT A REMNANT PRE-FRONTAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY MAY ENHANCE LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST SEA BREEZE...IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE CAPE DURING THE PEAK AFTERNOON HEATING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Typical Florida !!! It's funny how you can get 5 inches of rain in 2 hours and 4 hours later you can't tell it rained. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I know its not Florida but KHTX in northern AL has 19 current T warnings. That radar looks ridiculous.. Same system that comes through here tomorrow but not as strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 27, 2011 Author Share Posted April 27, 2011 I know its not Florida but KHTX in northern AL has 19 current T warnings. That radar looks ridiculous.. Same system that comes through here tomorrow but not as strong. Not nearly as strong. A dying front it will be in MBY and most in FL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I know its not Florida but KHTX in northern AL has 19 current T warnings. That radar looks ridiculous.. Same system that comes through here tomorrow but not as strong. Yea, I have seen the radar and it is ugly!!!. Maybe in the heating of the day we will be able to fire off a few strong storms tomorrow here in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Not nearly as strong. A dying front it will be in MBY and most in FL! Yes, the front will be dying but it will still completly clear all of Central Florida according to the models and that's unusual for Late April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 It's funny how you can get 5 inches of rain in 2 hours and 4 hours later you can't tell it rained. LOL. I hear that!!. the Florida soil( sand) is able to absorb a lot of water!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I know its not Florida but KHTX in northern AL has 19 current T warnings. That radar looks ridiculous.. Same system that comes through here tomorrow but not as strong. One thing that sucks about living this far south is strong lines rarely make it. Usually just rain and a little wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 One thing that sucks about living this far south is strong lines rarely make it. Usually just rain and a little wind. Yes, when I lived down in South Florida I would follow the radar and see a nice line of storms in Central Florida, only to see it weaken shortly after clearing the Central part of the state. South Florida does make up for it in the summer though, with tropical waves and a higher chance of a real tropical system visiting the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 One thing that sucks about living this far south is strong lines rarely make it. Usually just rain and a little wind. While it won't be a squall line , the Day 3 outlook from the SPC does offer you some hope of seeing some decent storms in S Fl. on Friday.!! ...S FL... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO AFFECT S FL DAY 3 /FRI 4-29/...INVOF THE SLOW SWD-MOVING FRONT. THOUGH DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD SHOULD REMAIN MODEST...AMPLE SHEAR FOR A FEW LONGER-LIVED STORMS MAY EXIST -- WHEN COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON DESTABILIZATION -- AND THUS WILL INCLUDE LOW-PROBABILITY SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR AREAS NEAR AND S OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 One thing that sucks about living this far south is strong lines rarely make it. Usually just rain and a little wind. I don't know if you want these particular lines to make it here. Was just watching the Weather Channel and they had a live shot of a huge T going north of Birmingham. Kind of sobering to realize whats going on, on the ground up there. Spotters were saying EF4 and EF5 damage. Oh well, looks like I should get some much needed rain tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 The Mid Morning update from Tampa sounds very promising for some big storms later today. 12Z RAOB PARAMETERS SHOW GOOD INSTABILITY...COLD DRY AIR ALOFT AND FAVORABLE WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS AND EFFECTIVE SHEAR VALUES. THESE PARAMETERS COMBINED WITH GOOD SURFACE HEATING AND SEA BREEZE CIRCULATIONS ALL SUGGESTS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO. GIVEN THIS WILL UPDATE THE GRIDS AND ZONES SHORTLY TO ADD MENTION OF SOME STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EXPAND THE 30 PERCENT POP COVERAGE SOUTH TO INCLUDE SARASOTA...DESOTO...HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I don't know if you want these particular lines to make it here. Was just watching the Weather Channel and they had a live shot of a huge T going north of Birmingham. Kind of sobering to realize whats going on, on the ground up there. Spotters were saying EF4 and EF5 damage. Oh well, looks like I should get some much needed rain tomorrow. Yea, I just saw this morning, yesterdays outbreak killed 200 people, making it the deadliest outbreak in 40 years. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_severe_weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hopefully we can get something going on over here... haven't had anything since the end of last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hopefully we can get something going on over here... haven't had anything since the end of last month. Looks like some storms starting to fire this afternoon. I see one storm is severe between Ocala and Daytona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Love Bugs I have had for a week. Incredibly less numbers than last April / May. I am thinking that perhaps I witnessed a huge outbreak last year during my first May in FL. Fine with me ! Or I pay for it in September which was very quiet last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hopefully we can get something going on over here... haven't had anything since the end of last month. Well I missed out on the rain and storms from this system!!! I have to keep reminded myself it's only April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Only received .15 here. Need much more than that. The line looked pretty healthy when I crashed but looking at it when I got up it petered out pretty quickly. Maybe next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Only received .15 here. Need much more than that. The line looked pretty healthy when I crashed but looking at it when I got up it petered out pretty quickly. Maybe next week. Same here, the line looked pretty good and then really faded. Like you said, another chance next week. W e are heading into May, which is a transition month, the rainy season isn't far away !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Nothing like a 41 degree swing in temps today. 48 this morning and 89 this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Nothing like a 41 degree swing in temps today. 48 this morning and 89 this afternoon. Yea, it was cooler and less humid this morrning but really warmed up this afternoon, it hit 90. 41 degrees, brr that's cold for this time of the year. Is that a record low for your area??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Nothing like a 41 degree swing in temps today. 48 this morning and 89 this afternoon. Man, 48! It was not close to that in PSL, but, I sure did shut off the AC and open the windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW155 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 In the 40's? You guys gotta be kidding me. I don't think it's been below 70 for 6 weeks now. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flwxwatcher45 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 In the 40's? You guys gotta be kidding me. I don't think it's been below 70 for 6 weeks now. LOL. Yep.. I had one night in the 40's. Now it's back to summer time!! and we draw closer to the rainy/hurricane season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Still dry as a bone and no relief in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocala Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Still dry as a bone and no relief in sight. You and me both. I think by the end of the week the last of the green grass will be fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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