Winter Event Reports 1/9/2010 - FL

[Paul Austin]

I've spent most of the morning watching light sleet and snow flurries between Ocala and Orlando, FL. This is exceedingly rare for this area. I live about 90 miles north of here, and I've only witnessed snowfall (not accumulation, just snowfall) twice since 1989. We received a dusting of the white stuff Christmas Eve of 1989. Usually, when the temp falls below freezing in these parts, it only does so with very dry air. I am streaming video on TVN, but it's not especially picturesque, as there is no accumulation, and it's mostly sleet so far.

 

[Stephen Levine]

Checking in with the NWS website the other day, it was amazingly in the low 50's in Miami at 1:30 pm and 59 degrees in the Keys.

 

[Paul Austin]

We ended up following the back side of the precipitation all the way to just south of Melbourne, FL, which is about 190 miles southeast of Gainesville, ~130 miles as the crow flies. This is actually about 25 miles south of Cocoa and Cape Canaveral, and the sleet persisted even this far south before dissipating. I saw reports of 1/10" of snow accumulated in the Ocala area, and my mom teaches with a woman who reported measurable snow accumulation between Williston and Dunellon, FL. That makes this a 30 to 50 year storm for the area. NWS JAX current forecast low for Gainesville Monday morning is 17 F and 18 F in Ocala. The all-time lows for January 11 are 20 F (1959) and 22 F (1978), respectively. What a winter, even for the southeast!

 

[John Vandehei]

I see there was a spotter report of snow and sleet in the Miami metro area. I don't think any snow was reported at any of the ASOS stations in the area, so I don't think it will be counted as official snow fall. If I remember correctly, the last time Miami saw snow, it was 1977.

 

[cdcollura]

Good day all,

I see there was a spotter report of snow and sleet in the Miami metro area...

I did not see any snow in Miami on 1/9/2010 so that report could have been an isolated flurry or sleet, which still is possible with light rain and temperatures in the raw-cold upper 30's and low 40's.

Above: This is what the beach (Ocean) looks like when it's 40's degrees during the day (steam fog over the water).

Above: Frost and ice on the cars in the morning (Miami, FL) on 1-11-2009.

Global warming my ---