Cloud Stalker: wow what a great weekend

Monday, December 3, 2007

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

3 comments:

Dewdrop said...: Look at that rainbow! What a treat! Sounds like a wonderful weekend.; December 4, 2007 at 1:21 PM
Unknown said...: 66 for a low? I'll trade you! I won't see 66 around here for at last 3.5 months yet (for a high). Most mornings are -5 to -15 with the snowpack now.; December 9, 2007 at 9:17 AM
Dewdrop said...: Bill, you sound like a snow bird in training. Come on down! The water (what little we have) is warm! lol; December 10, 2007 at 11:05 AM

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HAIL (3/4 inch or greater)

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Hail can cause significant bodily injuries such as broken bones and even blindness if wind blown.
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supercell

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A cap or capping inversion is usually required to form a downdraft of sufficient strength. The cap puts an inverted (warm-above-cold) layer above a normal (cold-above-warm) boundary layer, and by preventing warm surface air from sinking too far, allows one or both of the following:
Air below the cap warms and/or becomes more moist
Air above the cap cools
This creates a warmer, moister layer below a cooler layer, which is increasingly unstable (because warm air is less dense and tends to rise). When the cap weakens or moves, explosive development follows.
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