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It seems today's yummy weather is going to be to the south and east today as the frontal boundary moves across the state. Yesterday morning I was awoken to loud claps of thunder so I did what every weather weenie would do I got up and went to the computer to check out the situation and low and behold my countie was tornado warned. Dewdrop tested me to warn me( and did a special blog just for me,go check it out she has a nice visual of the supercell that went right over me on radar)I thought for sure we had a touch down but the weather channel is calling it a funnel.
I love it when cold fronts come through!!
AC is off!!! yes!
I have been down the last week with the flu, today is the first day I feel half way normal i am gonna try to make it through work today.
Great news!!
Twister Sisters premieres on WeTV on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 10 PM and airs every Tuesday for six weeks.

The shows are airing out of order. Here’s a list of who is in each episode.



Tuesday Dec 11 Chase 4

Guests: David, Dellene, and Destiny

Co-Chasers: Beau Gjerdingen & Eric Whitehill

Brad Nelson & Karen Miller


Tuesday Dec 18 Chase 3

Guests: Glenn & Heidi Gray, Jessika Bland

Co-Chasers: Bill & Cullen Doms

Brad Nelson & Marylynn Voth



Tuesday Dec 25 Chase 1

Guests: Cindy, Will & Terry Togstad

Co-Chasers: Beau Gjerdingen & Eric Whitehill

Brad Nelson & Marylynn Voth



Tuesday Jan 1 Chase 2

Guests: Meghan & Charles Gill, Dan McKenzie

Co-Chasers: Beau Gjerdingen & Eric Whitehill

Brad Nelson & Marylynn Voth



Tuesday Jan 8 Chase 5

Guests: Jenn & Ted Bilak, Mike Lizakowski

Co-chasers: Beau Gjerdingen & Eric Whitehill

Brad Nelson & Karen Miller


Tuesday Jan 15 Chase 6

Guests: Gary, Donna, Sara Busch

Co-chasers: Bill & Cullen Doms

Jon Van De Grift & Tony Laubach
Well goot get if im gonna make it in Have a great day too all!
Jess

This picture was taken May 21,07 Leaving Missouri onward to south Dakota
I loved the hills so beautiful! I have been feeling a little claustrophobic living here on Florida's peninsula wrapped by water and where everything is flat. No severe storms for my area all summer just a sub tropical system went over

what I want to see is a

yup A wall cloud.
I am hoping that with the next couple months and cold fronts trying to make it down here i will find what i am looking for:)

Today well it looks like it will be yet another hot and humid day this is what NWS had to say about it...
..HEAT IMPACT...
SWELTERING CONDITIONS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL RETURN THIS
AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES NEAR OR JUST ABOVE 90
WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 55 PERCENT WILL CREATE
APPARENT TEMPERATURES AROUND 100. RESIDENTS SHOULD TREAT TODAY AS
A DAY IN LATE AUGUST OR EARLY SEPTEMBER BY DRINKING PLENTY OF
WATER BEFORE DURING AND AFTER ACTIVITY...AND WEARING LIGHTWEIGHT
AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING. THOSE MOST SENSITIVE TO HEAT SHOULD
REMAIN IN AIR CONDITIONED LOCATIONS TODAY.
and of course:SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. Story of my life
Maybe the next front will make it down(I'm not holding on any hope for it)
If anything exciting happens I will post, for now.....
KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY!
Jess;@

Whew what a week

3" of rain fell last week in our small city of Port Richey, conditions ripe for severe weather made it all the more interesting. Now I truly no what a bust means, all the ingredients there but no action. well no tornadoes or hail or strong winds but we had a lightning strike right around the corner.
The cell I was watching moved in right over us producing .50" of rain there was no lighting until the cell moved over the gulf and the things got eletricfied.
I was in with my son and my husband just stepped outside to look at the sky( he has bitten by the weather bug too)The rain had already stopped and the sky was clearing.
suddenly out of nowhere BOOM!!! It sounded like a bomb dropped in the back yard, the whole house shook the windows rattled and I Let out a small scream.
I flew out to the garage before i got there my husband met me in the entrance shaking.
" I felt it, he said through my whole body, my whole body is tingling" he was wide eyed and I could tell he was pretty shaken up. We new it was a close strike.
Then another boom and another for about fifteen minutes it was consistent one right after another. as much as I wanted to go outside and film, my fear kept me inside.
Finely silence fell. The sky war was over.
I look out back and saw flashing lights I had too go see, so me and my camera went outside. Th first strike hit less then 500 feet from our house. It knocked over a light pole and went trough the ground rupturing a water pipe, water was spuing all over covering the road way.

I don't know where the other strikes hit but the sounds of sirens where ever where.
How anybody can get so close to lightning and photograph it, I dunno because i could not get enough courage to go outside during the event.
It was a great ending to a truly interesting week. The weekend was Hot and humid but no more rain fell. It doesnt look like this week will be even close to what last week held.
The tropics are quiet with this being said:The area of low pressure over the northwest Caribbean continues to be monitored by the National Hurricane Center for signs of tropical development. Thunderstorm activity has gradually increased, but the system remains disorganized. Weak winds aloft and warm sea surface temperatures are creating a more suitable environment for organization, and a reconnaissance aircraft may investigate the disturbance this afternoon if necessary. This system has moved very little toward the west or northwest due to very weak steering winds in the region. Current forecast models are not in the best agreement on the future track of this disturbance, but a slow west to northwest motion is expected during the next couple of days.
Also:TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 38W/39W S OF 13N ESTIMATED TO BE MOVING
W 15 KT. THIS LOW AMPLITUDE WAVE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO SEE SINCE
EMERGING OFF THE AFRICAN COAST...LIKELY A FEW DAYS AGO...AS IT
HAS BEEN EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINEAR ITCZ CLOUDINESS. THE WAVE IS
MORE VISIBLE ON THIS MORNING'S IMAGERY WITH THE ASSOCIATED DEEP
CLOUDINESS REACHING A POLEWARD CREST ALONG THE ANALYZED AXIS.
THE MIMIC TPW ANIMATION SHOWS A NARROW RATHER QUICK WWD MOVING
MOISTURE BUMP PERTURBING THE ITCZ...RELATED TO THIS WEAK
FEATURE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE WITHIN 210 NM EITHER
SIDE OF THE AXIS.

TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 56W S OF 20N MOVING W TO NW NEAR 10 KT. A
1010 MB LOW IS LOCATED ALONG THE WAVE AXIS NEAR 18N. THIS LOW
ONLY CONSISTS OF LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS...AND IN FACT MAY BE OPENING
UP. WEAKENING SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS WELL REMOVED TO
THE E OF THE WAVE FROM 16N-18N BETWEEN 51W-53W...SHEARED OFF BY
STRONG UPPER SWLY FLOW. So there you have it, the tropics no that i'm not ready yet for a hurricane interception, mother nature is giving me the time I need to learn and be ready.lol well that's what I like to think.

As for today it looks to be a beautiful day this is what sert has to say:
With the state caught between a ridge of high pressure over the eastern U.S. and a broad area of low pressure in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, winds will continue to be from the east today. These winds will still be quite brisk, particularly along the eastern peninsula coast where winds of 15-20 mph are expected. Such onshore winds will create a moderate to high threat of rip currents along the entire Florida Atlantic coast. In addition, there will be a moderate threat of rip currents along the western panhandle and Big Bend coast as easterly winds will cause a stronger current to run parallel to the beach. Beachgoers throughout Florida should heed warning signs, flags, and lifeguards.
The chance for rain will diminish greatly today as drier mid level air moves westward into the state. The best chance for rain will be in the Lower Keys and the panhandle during the afternoon, and only isolated activity is expected in both areas. An occasional cloud-to-ground lightning strike will be the main threat. The bigger issue today will be the heat and humidity. Highs this afternoon will reach the upper 80s to low 90s statewide. With abundant humidity, heat indices will climb into the mid to upper 90s. The heat index may reach 100 over portions of Southwest Florida, where near-record highs will be possible today and Tuesday. Overnight lows will be in the upper 60s to around 70, with mid 70s to near 80 south of Interstate 4.
I have to admit i am looking forward to some fall like temps, I would love to turn off my ac and open up the house. Not gonna happen this week but i am looking forward to it.
Well I'm too read dewdrops blog and see what Jeff Gammon's has to say. Have a beautiful week and remember KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY!!
JESS...;)

meso discussion just for me

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2048
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1157 AM CDT TUE OCT 02 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL FL PENINSULA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 021657Z - 021900Z

TROPICAL AIR MASS WITH PW/S AROUND 2.25 WITH MUCAPES TO 2500
J/KG...HAVE SPREAD NWD ACROSS SRN/CENTRAL FL PENINSULA ON SLY FLOW
TO E OF SFC/UPR LOW OVER ERN GOM. WHILE DEEP LAYER SHEAR GENERALLY
25KT OR LESS...THE SFC-1KM SHEAR OF 20KT...PARTICULARLY CENTRAL FL
PENINSULA...SUPPORTS POTENTIAL ROTATING UPDRAFTS. ENHANCED LOW E/W
CONVERGENCE TPA TO MLB ALONG WITH DEVELOPING INLAND MOVING E COAST
SEA BREEZE FRONT SUGGESTS THAT THIS AREA WILL BE MOST FAVORED FOR
STRONG/ISOLATED STORMS THRU AFTERNOON HEATING PERIOD. ALONG WITH
WET MICRO-BURSTS...ONE OR TWO BRIEF TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE

SEVERE THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO WARRANT A WATCH BUT
AREA WILL BE MONITORED THRU THE AFTERNOON.


That would make my day, but without heating its not gonna happen the sun is just now coming out. Its been raining on of all day with most of the heavy perception in the early morning. I know i was in it, I had to be at work 7am and it was raining steady.
When i came home to check the rain amount it read .30" so not to much rain fell today.

That's all I have for now, I will update later if anything gets interesting.
Jess

"It's a little windy out there"

UPDATE:6:20pm
HOLY GOCKAMOLY CHEAK THIS OUT........
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
241 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2007

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-020100-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG...
BRANDON...TAMPA...LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...BRADENTON...
WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK...SARASOTA...VENICE...ARCADIA...
PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...FORT MYERS
241 PM EDT MON OCT 1 2007

...INCREASING RAIN CHANCES ALONG WITH SOME POSSIBLE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE BAY AREA SOUTH OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY...

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS NORTHEAST
TO THE BAHAMAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL DEEPEN SOME AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
WEST NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF WATERS LATER TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. AS THIS LOW MOVES WEST NORTHWEST INTO THE GULF DEEP LAYERED
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL DRAW ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE
NORTHWARD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED
WITH INCREASING LARGE SCALE LIFT AND INCREASING WIND SHEAR PROFILES
WILL HELP TO INCREASE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
AND THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS LATER TONIGHT...WITH THIS ACTIVITY SPREADING
NORTH INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE PRESENT
TIME THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION
INCREASING WIND SHEAR PROFILES WITHIN THE ATMOSPHERE MAY SUPPORT SOME
ISOLATED TORNADOES OR MARINE WATERSPOUTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONGEST
STORMS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.

RESIDENTS...VISITORS...AND MARINERS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY. IF HAZARDOUS WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES AND OR WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

$$

JCM
Oh my goodness...And me i have to be at work at 7am



Notice the big high (very high pressure and increasing) in the northeast. Winds rotate clockwise around the high and are getting pulled into the low in the central US. As the high gets stronger (or the low gets deeper, in some cases) the winds get faster. which just might be the case here. I just read in Jeff Gammon's blog that they are talking about a sub tropical system possibly developing off the southeast coast.
Peggy Willenberg(one of the Twistersisters) My Mentor has sent me my first weather text book "Meteorology Today-seventh edition"my journey into meteorology has now taken an interesting turn in to the academic world.
Se also sent me a book called "Weather forecasting hand book" By Tim Vasques
Peggy told me I cannot read this book until I fully understand the text book.
I can see why as I had to look through it,( its all greek to me)All of it is pretty much over my head, for now.
Peggy also sent me this heads up about the developing upper low:AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES EAST NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE MIDDLE TO
LATTER PART OF NEXT WEEK...A DEVELOPING UPPER LOW/SURFACE LOW NEAR
THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL PROBABLY INHIBIT MOISTURE
RETURN...DIMINISHING SEVERE THREAT. AT LEAST A LOCALIZED SEVERE
THREAT IN THE FORM OF TORNADOES/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD ACCOMPANY
SYSTEM OVER FLORIDA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN GULF/ SOUTH
ATLANTIC COAST STATES NEXT TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...BUT UNCERTAINTIES ARE
LARGE WITH THIS SYSTEM AT THE PRESENT TIME.
Maybe something more to look forward to this week. One never knows.
well im off to start my day, I hope you enjoy yours!
Always keeping my eyes to the sky....Jess