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"From its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds." - Job 37:9.

"The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course".

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

January 2010 One of the Overall Coldest Months On Record For East Central Florida

 
 The following excerpt was solely generated by the NWS in Melbourne. Kudos to them
for making this information available. I'm posting this write up in lieu of a forecast discussion for
today. Will be back tomorrow. For now...Friday will be our warmest in a while...but cloudy.
Rain Friday night until very early Saturday. Cold Sunday and Monday.

JANUARY 2010 WILL BE WELL REMEMBERED FOR HAVING ONE OF THE LONGEST   
STRETCHES OF COLDER WEATHER EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS EXPERIENCED ON  
RECORD. SEVERAL STRONG FRONTS PUSHED ACROSS THE STATE BRINGING   
REINFORCING COLD AIR...FREEZING TEMPERATURES...AND A RARE WINTRY MIX  
OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AND STRONG TO   
SEVERE STORMS TOWARDS THE END.          
         
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE REGION   
WHICH USHERED IN WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES OVER EAST CENTRAL   
FLORIDA. THIS COLD AIR REMAINED IN PLACE THROUGH THE 13TH OF JANUARY   
DUE TO REINFORCING COLD FRONTS THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA ON THE   
5TH...8TH...AND 12TH. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES AT MOST SITES   
FROM THE 2ND THROUGH THE 13TH WERE AROUND 16 TO 17 DEGREES BELOW   
NORMAL. SEVERAL NIGHTS OF AT OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE   
OBSERVED ALONG THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WITH NUMEROUS RECORD LOW   
TEMPERATURES BROKEN. EVEN SEVERAL RECORD LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE   
RECORDS WERE SHATTERED AS DAYTIME HIGHS FOR MANY LOCATIONS REMAINED   
AT OR BELOW 60 DEGREES FOR MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE COLD PERIOD.   
 
TO PUT THE LENGTH OF THIS COLD SPELL IN PERSPECTIVE...DAYTONA   
BEACH...ORLANDO...MELBOURNE...AND VERO BEACH BROKE OR TIED THE   
GREATEST NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REMAINED AT   
OR BELOW 60 DEGREES. ALSO VERO BEACH BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE   
LONGEST NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOR THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TO   
FALL AT OR BELOW FREEZING.   
 
CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN A ROW WHEN MAX TEMPERATURE WAS LESS THAN OR   
EQUAL TO 60 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT:  
 
SITE                 DAYS (JAN 2010)      RECORD (MONTH/YEAR)  
 
DAYTONA BEACH              12                 8 (DEC/1995)     
ORLANDO                    11                 8 (DEC/1995)  
MELBOURNE                   6                 6 (JAN/1977)      
VERO BEACH                  6                 6 (JAN/1977)  
 
CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN A ROW WHEN MIN TEMPERATURE WAS LESS THAN OR   
EQUAL TO 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT:  
 
SITE                 DAYS (JAN 2010)      RECORD (MONTH/YEAR)  
 
DAYTONA BEACH               5                 6 (DEC/1962)     
ORLANDO                     4                 6 (JAN/1977)   
MELBOURNE                   4                 5 (JAN/1977)      
VERO BEACH                  8                 4 (JAN/1981)  
   
MORE SEASONABLE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RETURNED FOR   
THE LATTER HALF OF THE MONTH. HOWEVER THE SHEAR MAGNITUDE AND   
DURATION OF THE COLD SPELL LED TO AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES   
THAT WERE SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. VERO BEACH HAD ONE OF THE   
LARGER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FOR THE MONTH OF -6.7   
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WHICH WAS ITS 4TH COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD.   
ORLANDO HAD ITS 5TH COLDEST AND MELBOURNE HAD ITS 4TH COLDEST   
JANUARY ON RECORD WITH DEPARTURES OF -6.5 AND -5.7 DEGREES   
FAHRENHEIT RESPECTIVELY. DAYTONA BEACH ENDED UP WITH AN AVERAGE   
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE OF -5.1 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT WHICH RANKED AS ITS   
7TH COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD.       
 
MANY OF THE COLD FRONTS THAT CROSSED THE REGION DURING JANUARY 2010   
BROUGHT BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW STORMS INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA. A   
COMBINATION OF NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND OVERRUNNING MOISTURE   
ALSO LEAD TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION DURING THE PREDAWN TO MID   
AFTERNOON HOURS ON THE 9TH MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET WITH A FEW   
REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW. SEVERAL REPORTS OF THIS   
MIXED PRECIPITATION (ONLY TRACE AMOUNTS) CAME IN FROM ACROSS THE   
AREA FROM OVER LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES TO AS FAR SOUTH AS   
KISSIMMEE...PALM BAY...AND VERO BEACH. THE LAST TIME WINTER TYPE   
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA WAS IN 2008 WHEN SNOW   
FLURRIES WERE REPORTED IN VOLUSIA AND BREVARD COUNTIES ON JANUARY   
3RD.   
 
THE STRONG FRONTS AND ASSOCIATED BANDS OF SHOWERS THAT MOVED OVER   
THE REGION BROUGHT CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL TO NORTHERN   
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE MONTH. HOWEVER MOST OF   
THESE LINES OF PRECIPITATION BECAME MORE BROKEN AND WEAKENED AS THEY   
MOVED SOUTH OF THE ORLANDO AND KISSIMMEE METRO AREA. THIS RESULTED    
IN ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH OVER THE NORTH AND   
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL TOTALS FARTHER SOUTH. DAYTONA BEACH RECEIVED   
5.92 INCHES DURING THE MONTH WHICH WAS ITS 4TH WETTEST JANUARY ON   
RECORD (1ST IS 7.16 INCHES SET BACK IN 1986). A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE   
STORMS OCCURRED WITH ONE OF THESE FRONTS ON THE 22ND WHERE A EF0   
TORNADO (WINDS OF 65 TO 85 MPH) FORMED AND MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF   
CENTRAL BREVARD COUNTY FROM VIERA TO COCOA BEACH CAUSING MINOR   
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO HOMES AND KNOCKING DOWN TREES.             
 
BELOW IS A LIST OF OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTALS AND RAINFALL   
STATISTICS FOR SELECT SITES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR THE   
MONTH OF JANUARY 2010:  
 
STATION        JANUARY 2010     30 YEAR   DEPARTURE     PERCENT OF  
                 RAINFALL       NORMAL    FROM NORMAL     NORMAL  
 
DAYTONA BEACH      5.92"         3.13"       2.79"         189%  
(DAB)  
ORLANDO            3.53"         2.43"       1.10"         145%  
(MCO)  
MELBOURNE          0.94"         2.48"      -1.54"          38%  
(MLB)  
VERO BEACH         0.94"         2.89"      -1.95"          33%  
(VRB)  
CLERMONT           3.11"         3.11"       0.00"         100%  
(CLRF1)  
DELAND             5.83"         3.35"       2.48"         174%  
(DELF1)  
SANFORD            3.84"         2.88"       0.96"         133%  
(SFNF1)  
TITUSVILLE         3.00"         2.79"       0.21"         108%  
(TITF1)  
FORT PIERCE        1.30"         2.70"      -1.40"          48%  
(FPCF1)  
STUART             2.50"         3.02"      -0.52"          83%  
(STRF1)        
  
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Stephen Sponsler          
vortex2@brevard.net
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