Florida winter

It does get cold in Florida it just doesn't last for long.
We are going to get back up to the higher 70's by Wednesday and it looks to stick around for the weekend. Very nice.
I took a picture of the full moon last week and so far it is the best image i took.

SDS is hitting me pretty hard right now I have been reading weather blogs and watching videos of last years season and I think it is making it worse.
I will be watching Thursday for a chance of severe weather in the deep south. (Florida is not considered the deep south for some reason, even know were are as far south as you can get)
But I will still watch as this system progresses and hope there is enough instability to flare up some supercells at the same time praying that nothing happens in suburban areas. Sometimes its hard to want something to happen that might hurt or destroy peoples life. I cant change what I love, or who I am for that matter.
anyway nothing severe this week for us here in sunny Ha ha its warm here Florida this week, just remember to keep those eyes to the sky even its blue, it still holds its own beauty.
Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker

front sitting right on top of us

Fog this morning

Sometimes area discussions crack me up I'm reading it this morning while looking outside and as u could plainly see we have some fog going on. Read this:
.UPDATE...DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND ADD IN SOME FOG TO THE NORTHERN
WATERS THIS MORNING...
Well I'm glad he decided to add that other wise i might have thought i was seeing things. lol
Yesterday's forecast did a 180 with the pops chances...MODELS HAVE ALMOST COMPLETELY
DONE A 180 WITH REGARDS TO GUIDANCE. NOW THE MAV HAS GONE FROM
8-10 PERCENT POPS IN IT`S LAST TWO RUNS OVER TAMPA UP TO 80
PERCENT FOR TONIGHT! We saw that with last nights blog. Rain totals as promised, Thanks to my good friend Dew and her awesome birthday gift.

I know the image stinks but My camera well you know if u have read my blogs.
Rain was consistent through out the night and as u can see from the top picture clouds have consumed the sky.
By this afternoon most of the fog should lift. we are expected to have mostly cloudy skies for the day. The upper level disturbance that moved over our viewing area last night is now located in the middle of our state.
They still have a slight pops for our area but i think the seabreeze will keep any rain that is produced from the daytime heating in the south. Yea i know i said that yesterday but models change things happen and when they do i will be right on top of it. Plus I am no meteorologist....yet.
Now on to the cold front pushing in.

There is a strong cold front pushing in from the Mississippi Vally and with high pressure behind it fueling it we should start feeling a difference in the air tomorrow and definitely by Friday, with temps reaching to the 30's or 40's depending where you are. BRRRR well from a Floridans point of view. I will no more as the day goes by.
until the next blog have a wonderful day!!!
Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker

A rumble of thunder

An area of rain is moving north just off our coast. If it wasn't so overcast i would be siting by the water and enjoying the show. I can here the thunder in the distance, I love this state!
Humidity right now is at 92% and the dew point is 65.4 Wind is from the ENE we should get some rain from this.
Lott's of lightning with this.. Beautiful! I wish I could share but the quality would be very poor!
Nothing severe with this if u live in the northern counties you might get up 1.50 inches of rain and be careful of cloud to ground lightning.
I am going back outside and enjoy some more of ma nature good night and be safe!
Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker
UPDATE:10PM cell went severe moving in right over port richey lots of rain slight chances of hail and lots of lightning. Not a huge threat just well needed rain.
10:30 holy Mollee its pouring severe threat has expired i will update rain totals in the morning. :-)

Its a beautiful day in the neigborhood

Check out the barometric pressure at the time of the storm, these measurements were taken at Brasher park where they have a weather station. The winds were not as strong there as they were here and other locations. I have heard all sorts of storeys.

Gasprella parade was canceled
Bay news 9 had a story. There was little to report and If tornadoes did touch down they were weak and brief.

For today there is a high pressure centered over the mid Atlantic states and is covering most of the eastern third of are country. A ridge is forecasted to move across our state Tuesday. Wednesday it looks like a week frontal boundary will move in, not nearly as strong as the last keeping our temps moderate. They show light pops with it but it focuses mainly on the south west.
Oh well It doesn't look good for anymore severe weather this week, I will just have to re watch my video to help with any wx blues.
That's for me now have a good Monday!
Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker

Just what the doctor ordered

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — The National Weather Service says tornadoes touched down in two locations along the west coast of Florida on Saturday, causing some damage but no injuries. Meteorologist Mike Cantin says a tornado touched down at 5:26 p.m. in New Port Richey. It felled some streets signs and trees. Cantin says there were no reports of injuries. The second tornado touched down in west Hernando County at 5:45 p.m. The extent of damage, if any, wasn't immediately known.
I didn't see a funnel but the sky was amazing, I so needed this! I wish I had a better camera to share my experience with you! The gust was strong I don't have an anemometer(Its on my wants list and after today it just got push up, right after a tripod.) Anyway the wind was crazy it seem to come from everywhere. My husband was getting nervous it was lightning and I'm in the middle of the driveway taping and after the last lightning jolt i agreed to come in my body was shaking to hard to hold the camera. That's why I need a tripod even with my crappy camera! I received 1.48 inches of rain I don't know if the video is gonna work on this, if not i will post tomorrow. We had a some wind damage my neighbor's dead kumquat tree snapped there were garbage cans flying everywhere and we received 1.48 inches of rain all all a nice cure for the wx blues.
Pardon my swears in the video i was a bit excited.




Jess.. :-)
Cloud Stalker

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

cold front approaching/no change in day time highs

Weakening cold front approaches, but chance of rain with its is vertically Nil.
We might seem some very light showers if any at all.
Also temps will NOT be affected by this at all. Clouds will remain today so it wont feel as hot as yesterday. As the front moves south slowly losing its identity. high pressure will bridge across the boundary and winds will turn north and northeast by tonight.

coming back from dropping my son off this morning I watch as the front moved in. To the untrained eye you think it was gonna rain or maybe even storm.


I loving knowing whats really going on!!
Rain chances for the week are very low with day times high higher then normal.
The weekend for now looks too be quite beautiful with highs in the lower 80's.
The next fronts looks to be coming in next Monday but for right now I don't know if it will make this far south.

Bill Doms has some new promos for the up coming Twister sisters show on his blog, check it out Plus his blog Great sky of the north is very interesting to read! Another great weather blog is dewdrop's
blog "Flight of the South Georgia storm chaser".
For me it's off to work have a great week!!!
Jess

Rain? Thanksgiving? could be

Chances are, it will rain here on thanksgiving day I'm hoping we are not to far south but it looks like conditions could be just right for some percep. I just want some water for my trees and shrubs. I gave up on the lawn.
The cool front moving in Thursday evening will bring our temps down but not by much.
Its not gonna be extreme and its not gonna last from what im reading its gonna reach south Florida and Come back north as a warm front. Interesting...

AT THE SURFACE THE COOL FRONT
ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY
Lots to learn I cant wait to read a weather discussion and understand all of it!

So... The Twister Sisters Show has its own website now, very exciting! (Just click on Twister Sisters for the link)
I made a promo and not just my voice It was quick but you see me. Dew too just before me she looked Blissful like me!
I can't believe it has already been 6 months, It all seems like yesterday too me.
Then again I do keep re watching my videos over and over again.

I hope everyone has a Great Thanksgiving as for me I have a lot To be Thankful for! And very Thankful I am!!!
Jess

copy and paste/ For sneak preview

http://static.we.tv/uploads/video/index.html?bcpid=296756391&bclid=229510201&bctid=1304953678
For some reasn I cant link this so just copy and paste for sneak preview of The Twister Sisters reality show.

Getting warmer with each day till the weekend

The cold front that moved Thursday evening was fast, I got off a couple shots none very impressive but i like clouds over the sun so i thought i share this one,With in ten minutes of the front rushing by the temps dropped 10 degree's, Buy the morning temps in in the lower 40's ch Ch chilly!!

Saturday my hub and
i went on a small road trip to Homosassa springs to visit some friends. Nice big yard huge pines which I love!
My son loved it too!
Sunday I worked most of the day but looking at it, made me wish I could have gone on another excursion but I gotta make the money, and today my off day I need to give my house a good cleaning!!!
As for the Weather with each passing day it will get warmer and warmer.
Thanksgiving day they are saying it will be above normal temps but with another front coming down Thursday night Friday day is to be with cooler temps as for pops chances well i will let you read for your self
THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT THEN LIKELY
STALL OUT OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AS ITS BECOMES PARALLEL TO
THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST
BRIDGING ACROSS IT. THE STALLING FRONT COMBINED WITH WEAK PERTURBATIONS
MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND DEVELOPING OVERRUNNING WILL
SUPPORT CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS ON FRIDAY WITH
HIGHEST POPS ~40% LIKELY TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ZONES
CLOSEST TO THE FRONT...TAPERING BACK TO ~30% NORTH.
So I think from that We wont see much of anything but clouds, but I'm not a meteorologist, but they also say this...The gfs
AND ECMWF ARE STILL EXHIBITING SOME DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO THE
OVERALL EVOLUTION AND IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM...SO FOR NOW WILL CAP POPS
~40% AND WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT FUTURE MODEL RUNS SHOW OVER THE NEXT DAY
OR SO. HOWEVER IF THE GFS TRENDS CONTINUE THEN HIGHER POPS WILL LIKELY
BE NEEDED IN LATER FORECASTS.
So I am not the only who is not for sure! Gotta go my computer is going nutty..Frigging thing until next time....
Jess

BRRRRRR!

Cold front moving in today Remains Dry with isolated pops from pasco north.
I am hoping a isolated shower pops over us today, some cloud shots would be nice!!
plus free water for the lawn would be helpful.
Tonight ladies and gentleman In my area if you are reading this its gonna be cold tonight dropping down to the 30s. Tomorrows high is 63 but there will be a wind chill and it will feel colder then it is.
No worries by Saturday we will be back up too 73 for the high and by the middle of the week back to the 80s. Florida weather gotta love it!
Well m off gotta get to work.. Have wonderful day and remember to bundle up tonight!
Jess

loving the Florida weather

Love being in Florida weather, yes indeed! 80* in the day mid 60s a night, Cant beat it. The Dry season is upon us and it doesn't it even seem we had a wet season.
And the way it seems we are doomed by a dry winter this year, so they say. I have seen some great winter storms with the cold front sliding down and the tropical warm air hitting it just right, my kind of weather there.
You might think i'm crazy but i am definitely one the those kind of people who want to be right there, Being in the TIV vehicle would be "THE BOMB". Yes indeed if ever i am giving the chance I would do it in a heart beat!
Extreme baby!! Many years from now when I have way more experience you bet I will try to get as close as i can and film the heck out of it!!
But it will be on my own forecasting I would never steal a storm from another. The chase is all about the forecasting that's what it makes the chase, I was only a guest of chasers I myself haven't had a real chase all my footage is based on Peggy and Melanie's forecasting. I will chase you can bet your sweet petunia's on that!

Weather wise look for the same kinda weather till Friday we have another cold front coming down rain chances are low with it but its look to get quite chilly. No beachen this weekend.Well time to hit the hay have a good week!!
Jess

so it wasnt the flu

Well I have been out the blog world for awhile, turns out it wasn't the flu i have been dealing with it is my kidneys with a trip to the e.r. i found out i have kidney stones which causes flu like symptoms until the pain full part of the passing of the stones, on top of that i have also be dealing with serve tendentious in yes my writing arm so after an entry my arm is in lots of pain so i took a break.
I missed blogging about tropical storm Noel"nole" but I watched and read everything I could she sure did reek some havoc on those in Haiti and Cuba. Jeff Gammons did a really great job on the coverage of this November storm.

Weather here well has been quite gorgeous blue skies today's temp right now is a chilling 54 degrees with the dew-point as low as 45 it looks like another front will makes its way down here by Wednesday, it doesnt look like any serve weather will accompany it.
I will be doing lots of studying this winter to prepare for the spring. Trying not to over do myself with all the information i am also trying to perfect my photographing skills. Hope all is well with everybody and have a great week!!

Jess