My ending of the year not so good

Mr. OJO Easter 04 to 12-28-07 RIP :(
Saturday my beloved bunny passed on to the great fields, where he is hopping freely.
I loved my bunny, he was so sweet and gentle never once bit anybody and always loved to be petted. I don't know how he died he was doing good in the morning I gave him his usual lovings in the morning went to a friends house in the afternoon and when I came home he was gone. HE is now resting beside Raven who passed in June. RIP little dude.
My car died on the same day, when it rains it pours. The car needs a starter but as everyone knows I lost my job this month too, so no denaro. What a month. UPDATE - 2:23pm. Yea my starter had a lifetime warranty no charge for a new one. I am glad my Hub opt for a more expensive starter now we don't have to worry. Whew!

Weather wise they still have the strong cold front coming in, it looks like Thursday will be the coldest Morning with a freeze warning for both Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure you bring your animals in if they are outside!
There were no storms for us yesterday, we did get some rain early morning but the main action was north Florida and south Georgia. So it seems while the Dew is not around the tornadoes try to touch the ground. Sorry Dew :) So no action here its just gonna get cold, for a couple days then it warms back up while we wait for another to makes its way down.
That's all for this year, I hope its a great new year for all, be safe, don't drink and drive( you might hit a bump and spill your drink)and remember to always.....
KEPP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY!!
JESS

No Storms/" DEWDROP" Comes to Florida

Yes the The DEWVOID is coming into Florida, so no worries for those who don't like WX weather. lol, really it is quite beautiful here in sunny Florida today's high reached 80*.
I took my son to the Park which is right off the water. The breeze was cool coming of the gulf we played hard but we never did break a sweat.
Christmas was nice, very peaceful. I am getting a little bored with all this wonderful weather. Here is our forecast presented by FDOERT

Pleasant day in store for most of the state Thursday...Cloudy but warmer across North Florida...Ocean swells along the Atlantic Coast continue an elevated risk of rip currents with a high risk of dangerous rip currents expected along the Panhandle...Chance of rain late tonight across the Panhandle.

Areas of dense fog and low clouds should lift by mid morning but high clouds will keep partly cloudy skies across the state today. The low clouds will be slower to move out of North Florida as a cold front weakens and dissipates over the area today. Only a few showers are associated with this front and any shower activity will continue to weaken today. These clouds continuing over the North Florida area will keep daytime highs cooler, but not as cool as previous days. Highs in the upper 60s and low 70s are expected across North Florida late this afternoon after the low clouds begin to lift. Weak high pressure over the Peninsula will keep it warmer with not as many clouds with temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s near and south of I-4.
Tonight high pressure over the Peninsula shifts east, turning winds to the east and southeast as another area of low pressure develops over western Texas and moves towards the Midwest States. This developing area of low pressure will help lift a weak warm front north from the Gulf of Mexico across the Florida Panhandle late tonight. Isolated showers will develop near this warm front with a few showers possible over portions of North Florida late tonight. Elsewhere, light winds and increasing moisture will lead to the development of areas of dense fog again late tonight across portions of the Peninsula. Overnight lows will range from the mid to upper 50s across North Florida and northern Central Florida to the mid and upper 60s across most of Central Florida and South Florida except extreme South Florida where low will only dip to the low 70s.

I have I have been watching the satellite and radar and reading the NWS forecast and it looks like another cold front will be pushing in at the beginning of the week with slight precept chances new years eve night. I just checked for an update and this was on the first line......MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE TO VERY COLD WEATHER EXPECTED LATER NEXT
WEEK...
and then this..GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SHOWERS AND
PERHAPS A STORM SUNDAY...AND THEN CONTINUED SHOWER ACTIVITY EVEN
INTO LATE TUESDAY.
ooh goody LOL I take it "Dew"will be home by then. HEEHEE I like the perhaps too cracked me up! Well that's all I got for today have a good one and remember...
KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY!!!!
Jess :@)

we might see some rain tonight/so they say....

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF TAMPA BAY
OVERNIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AND ADJACENT AREAS EARLY
FRIDAY MORNINGS. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE
ISOLATED...ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING BRIEF STRONG WIND GUSTS.
but no naders, darn.
Its another night event anyways and i don't chase at night.
At the beginning of the week it was forecasted to be cold on Christmas, now that has all changed the cold front will dissipate before reaching us here in sunny Florida.
With only a 20% pops and a high of 73 it looks to be quite a beautiful day. Personally I would like it to be cold for Christmas. That's the only time I like it cold. Anyhow I re watched the Twister sister show and you know what? They did a damn good job making this series interesting and I swear Cullen just keeps getting cuter every time I watch it! I'm looking forward to next weeks and of course I cant wait to watch Dewdrops episode Jan.8th!!
well thats it for now have a great day!
Jess

Thoughts on the show

It was good, I am gonna have to say i am a little disappointed they didn't show more coverage of may 22, the hail, the birth of the super-cell and the sound of the inflow.
I have all the footage, thank GOD.
It is only what is a reality show, they wanted drama, which they got with Bill and Cullen. Them two could do their own show, I watch it! What a team them two make!!!
I would still do it all over again, just to be back in tornado ally.
If you want the real version of my best day just click here and here
All in all I think they did a good show, I realy enjoyed being out there. Brad and Maryanne and Bill and Cullen never made me feel like I was just a guest but a chaser and Peggy and Melanie The brightest Woman I have ever met let me be there student and the crew well they made me feel like a star.
Let me know what you thought if you saw the show.
Have a great day!
Jess

Tornado watch

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 739
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
940 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

TORNADO WATCH 739 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

FLC001-003-007-017-019-023-029-031-035-041-047-053-057-065-067-
069-075-079-081-083-089-101-103-107-109-119-121-123-125-127-
161100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0739.071216T0240Z-071216T1100Z/

FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALACHUA BAKER BRADFORD
CITRUS CLAY COLUMBIA
DIXIE DUVAL FLAGLER
GILCHRIST HAMILTON HERNANDO
HILLSBOROUGH JEFFERSON LAFAYETTE
LAKE LEVY MADISON
MANATEE MARION NASSAU
PASCO PINELLAS PUTNAM
ST. JOHNS SUMTER SUWANNEE
TAYLOR UNION VOLUSIA

wish this was happening in the day so could chase it.

cooler weather approaching/wet over the weekend

I have been a little distracted this week, I missed my weekly Monday blog.
If you viewed my picture above you will see Sunday night 12/9/07 they shut the doors for good at my restaurant. Which has put my son's Christmas in jeopardy, I waited to long to Christmas shop, I was waiting for the added tips and bonuses I get from my customers, my bad. Now i can only hope and pray things will come together for my son. I have humbled myself and have ask for help. Who ever reads this please send a prayer that help comes. I have been all over the place seeking employment but now is not a good time. I know I will eventually find work but not in time for the holiday.
My spirit has not been broke and what does not kill me will only make me stronger!!
I don't want you to feel sorry for me I just need a prayer, but enough about that.

Now on to the weather.

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

Busy WX weekend in store they say, sounds good to me! looks like most of the action will be Saturday night and Sunday morning, not so good with my camera which is going to heck. we have two main ingredients going on 1) large upper trough now moving across the Rockies and associated cold front. 2) remnants of Olga in the nw Caribbean.
All in all we shall see some rain!!! I love this though...WE`RE ANTICIPATING A SQUALL LINE WITH POSSIBLE
DAMAGE WINDS AND ISOLD TORNADOES WITH THE FRONTS PASSAGE. THE
WILD CARD MAY BE HOW WELL THE VORTICITY WITH OLGA REMNANTS HOLDS
IT IDENTITY ALONG THE FRONT.

Looks like I'm getting up early Sunday!!!!
Sunday night its gonna get cold for us here in Florida 40's for us 30's for interior.
so bring in the pets!! For those up north USA yea forty is freakin cold! We have been having highs in the middle 80's so a high in the 60's is BRRRRRRR. To cold for me that's why I live here, I like it 80 degrees!
I am hoping for some good cloud shots and of course I will share if I do.
For now I am off have a good weekend and remember.......
KEEP YOUR EYES TO THE SKY!
Jess
UPDATE: 11:09pm We got rain! I wanted to see if I could watch the meteor shower but it doesn't look like it will clear before I turn in.
Doesn't look like Jeff will get a good view ether. Oh well we could use the rain.
and it looks to stay around, this is from 8:15 updateTHIS AREA OF CONVECTION HAS WEAKENED AND
SHOULD REMAIN OVER MY CENTRAL ZONES REST OF TONIGHT WITH LOWER
RAINFALL TOTALS EXPECTED AND 50 POPS LOOK GOOD THERE WITH 30 POPS
OVER SW FL AND THE NATURE COAST AS THE BOUNDARY WILL BE VERY SLOW
TO MOVE OVERNIGHT.
It sounds like great sleeping weather for me, and with that I bid you a good night.
Jess

wow what a great weekend

lets start with Saturday, Beautiful day high was about 80 with a nice cool breeze.
we headed to pinellas county, Honeymoon island. They have beautiful pine forest and osprey trail.

with lots of info on the way explaining what you might see.
I saw a bunch of osprey nest but no osprey.
I grew up in Dunedin and honeymoon island when i was a kid was called dog beach. The whole island was covered with pine tree's but now they have cleared most of them and have left only a few acres. I still remember all the hidden paths and showed boy one. He has been there many times before but it has been at last a year since are last visit so to him it was new all over again.
to me its like a hidden cove there is no place to stand when u get to the end so u have to peer out and enjoy the hidden treasure.
Magnificent!
I have a convertible so of course my top was down and cruising down the Dunedin causeway was a very nice treat. There is nothing like the smell of sea air!
yesterday i ha another special treat with the first of the clouds coming in with the cold front i was honored with a full rainbow.

Definitely a great way to end my weekend!

I don't have time to go into detail on the weather, today high is a chilly 66 low tonight in the higher forty's. You know Florida with each day the temps go up. I will post a more detail forecast later today. Have a great day !
Jess