Post Tagged with: "Meteorology"

Tropical Storm Matthew Forms in the Caribbean

MIAMI, FL — Tropical Storm Matthew has formed in the southwest Caribbean. According to the National Hurricane Center, at 8 PM, sustained winds were about 40 mph with higher gusts. The storm is forecast to strengthen before it goes over mainland Belize. Forecasters are unsure exactly where it’s going to […]

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Funnel Clouds Spotted Over Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Everything was in place this afternoon for some great storms to fire across the Florida peninsula. Around 4 PM, I noticed the skies to the NE were darkening, so I took a quick peek at the radar. There was a pretty nice looking line of storms […]

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Classic Tampa Bay Slam

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A classic 5:00 Tampa Bay Slam hit the Bay Area this afternoon. Over Hillsborough County, the east coast sea breeze collided with the west coast sea breeze, triggering explosive thunderstorms that tracked west across the bay towards Pinellas County. I was a bit late going out […]

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A Tampa Trifecta

Part 1 ZEPHYRHILLS, FL — I was originally targeting an area to the south on Thursday, down in the heart of Sarasota County. That area saw some great storms in the morning, but by afternoon the storms were ripe for pickin’ along the Interstate 4 corridor in Lightning Alley. At […]

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Beautiful Rotating Thunderstorm Over Manatee County

DUETTE, FL — A spectacularly beautiful rotating thunderstorm popped up over eastern Manatee County this afternoon. I departed from home around 4:45 PM for a quick observation of the storm at Pinellas Point. The storm was still blossoming, so I went for it, hitting the Skyway Bridge just after 5. […]

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First Intercept of the Summer

TERRA CEIA, FL — First storm intercept of the summer around 3:00 this afternoon at South Skyway. Nothing terribly exciting, just a rather photogenic storm. The storm formed over downtown St. Petersburg in the early afternoon and moved slowly south. It had a weak mesocyclone for about an hour as […]

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Damaging Microburst Slams St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The system that brought the deadly tornado outbreak to Mississippi and Alabama on Saturday came ripping through Florida on Sunday and into Monday. The front brought tornado warnings into northern Florida on Sunday morning and progressed south with the front. The first line of storms arrived […]

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Strong Cold Front Rips Through Central Florida

THE INTERSTATE 4 CORRIDOR — A strong cold front ripped through Central Florida this afternoon, bringing strong winds, blinding rain, lightning, microbursts, and tornado warnings from Tampa to Daytona Beach. In Pinellas County, we saw mainly a rain/wind event, with a few rumbles of thunder (the majority of the lightning […]

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Flakes Fly Across the Sunshine State

WEST COAST OF FLORIDA — Old Man Winter descended big time on the Florida Peninsula this Saturday morning, bringing cold rain, sleet, and snow to the majority of the Sunshine State. This weekend has brought back many memories for people of the 1977 snowstorm that accumulated as far south as […]

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Gorgeous Electrical Storm Over Pass-a-Grille

ST. PETE BEACH, FL — The winter storm chasing season got off with an early bang at Pass-a-Grille Beach. The season started early this year, thanks to El Nino being firmly in place and blowing severe weather into west-central Florida. A massive low pressure system formed off the Texas coast […]

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Tornadoes Break Out Across Tampa Bay

PINELLAS PARK, FL — Everything was in place for an epic severe weather outbreak along the I-75 corridor east of Tampa Bay. After a frustrating afternoon waiting for storms to fire and coming up empty, I sat down to dinner in front of a Two and a Half Men episode. […]

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