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From: Thomas FMCI (fmciwx{at}hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 09:54:11 EST
Florida Daily Weather Discussion
http://www.kn4lf.com/sub/fmci17.htm
#2003-29 Published Monday 02/03/03 At 8:00 AM EST
I am moving to a new location in the Plant City area and my postings will be
irregular during the next week to ten days.
As a Meteorologist and Space Weather Forecaster I've always followed our
space program closely. I lived amongst the astronauts in Clear Lake City,
TX, when the Challenger disaster occurred 17 years ago and it was a horrible
time. I am deeply saddened to once again see the unthinkable repeated, with
the loss of Columbia and it's crew of seven. I was outside early Saturday
morning 02/01/03 awaiting the signature twin sonic booms as Columbia was to
pass overhead. When they did not occur I knew something had gone very wrong.
These people are the true heroes and role models for our youth, not rap
musicians and athletes.
Well we have finally seen some warmer weather here in the sunshine state,
with maximum temperatures ranging from the mid to upper 60's north, upper
60's to mid 70's central and mid 70's to around 80 south during the past 5
days. Unfortunately minimum temperatures have still been to cold with low to
mid 30's still dipping southward into inland rural areas of the central
peninsula.
January 2003 definitely will be in the top 5 coldest on record here in
Florida. Here in rural west Plant City the month mean temperature was 51.2
deg., 9.5 deg. below normal. The daily mean minimum temperature was 37.6
deg., 10.7 deg. below normal, with 8 days below freezing. My second station
in rural north Plant City saw a daily mean minimum temperature of 35.6 deg.,
with 10 days below freezing. My third station in East Nobleton ENE of
Brooksville saw a daily mean minimum temperature of 30.8 deg., with 18 days
below freezing!!!
I've been so busy with packing and moving while fighting the flu bug for the
first time in several years that I have had no time to look closely at the
unfolding teleconnection weather pattern. However I'm still confident that
my outlook made on 01/29/03 of cold weather returning between 02/10-15/03,
with crop threatening freezes possible again.
Thomas Giella
Plant City, FL, USA
FL Meteorological & Climatic Institute
http://www.kn4lf.com/sub/fmci.htm
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