Issued 01/11/01 11:00 AM The cold spot in the state this morning was 24 deg.
at Crestview in the north. Brooksville had honors with 32 deg. on the
central peninsula, with Plant City a distant second at a 36 frosty deg.
Today begins day one of a trend to a more normal temperature pattern across
the state, with a couple of minor cold fronts through Tuesday 01/16/01. A
colder weather pattern once again develops on Wednesday 01/17/01 in the
eastern U.S. with a renewal of the PNA patterrn (ridge west and trough
east). It may take up to another 5 days thereafter, for a split jet/cross
polar flow to develop and the arctic cold weather threat be renewed for
Florida.
Here in Plant City, a location not noted as a cold spot on the peninsula,
weathered 26 consecutive days with much below normal temperature and 17 days
with subfreezing minimum temperatures. Locations such as Brooksville,
Bushnell and Ocala sport even more impressive cold weather anamolies. The
past 30 day period is the coldest since December 1989 and January 1981.
Alot is being said about our drought here in the state. Though it is bad,
it's also a bit of an exaggerated media circus, much like global warming.
Though many locations around the state showed yearly rainfall deficits,
other areas averaged out normal or above. Here at my location in west Plant
City for year 2000 we measured 49.93", 1.24" below normal, however my second
rain guage location 5 miles east of here near downtown measured 60.01".
Another nearby location receiving 14" less (Balm) and 20" more (Knights
Station).
We are forecasting near normal precipitation through the balance of this
winter and into spring, which should alleviate the worst of the upcoming and
dreaded fire season. By the way I have no recollection of Florida having a
dreaded annual fire season until recent years, hhhmmm. Though surface
moisture levels are lacking, groundwater levels are not in that bad of
shape. The main problem with water availability in Florida, which is the
second wettest state, is storage and distribution, no storage resevoirs
exist in any useful capacity. Denver, Co. and San Jose, Ca. with equally big
populations and MUCH less yearly rainfall, get by just fine due to
resevoirs.
We will be taking a small hiatus from the hectic pace of email and web
postings of the past 30 days, during the next week, with just an occasional
noteworthy post here at this website.
Take Care,
Thomas F. Giella
P.O. Box 1987
Plant City, Fl. 33564
Email: tgiellaweather{at}hotmail.com
Phone: 813-764-9555
Fax: 813-764-8468
Thomas Giella Weather Forecasting And Consulting Services:
http://giellaweather.tripod.com
Plant City Fl. Area Business Links:
http://kn4lf.tripod.com/index-15.html
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