Re: Expecting a bad winter in Florida

aydinsgma · ‎03-15-2010

I agree with Bookbabe. I would Love to have cooler weather here in FL. I also bought a few sweaters-which I Never do- and would like the chance to wear them. Bring On Cool Weather!!

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

If the meteorologists are as accurate in forecasting the winter weather as they were in forecasting hurricanes this year (NOT!), then I don't have a whole lot of faith in what they're predicting at this point in time.

Snoopp · ‎02-02-2015

@chrystaltree wrote:
@151949 wrote:
One of my friend's daughter is in her senior year of college majoring in metorology (weather predicting). She was telling me we are going to have a winter similar to 2010 when it snowed a ton up north and was cool and rainy all winter in Florida. Florida needs the rain and some parts of the NE need water too so it will be welcomed even if it comes in the form of snow. Don't know that I'm looking forward to it being cool in Florida though, but I suppose we don't get to chose.

.....tell us what she thinks after she graduates; and is a real meterologist..lol. It snows "a ton" up north every year. It's called winter. It's an unusual year when we don't have a lot of snow. We talk about how weird and strange it is when we don't get a lot of snow. Of course last winter was one of those "once in lifetime" winters with snow amounts and frigid, arctic like cold that boggled the mind. I haven't heard from a legitimate source yet that we should expect a winter like that this year. But they can't always make predications like that. You take what they get. As for FL, sorry I can't think of a rainy or unusually cool winter as a big deal. When it comes to weather, FL has absolutely nothing to complain about. Except for hurricanes, which I think fall into the category of a natural disaster and not bad weather. Bad as they can be, hurricanes are events. They don't last for 5 months.

She's a senior so she has some basis of knowledge at this point. And Boston had a very, very difficult winter, that was not the typical winter.

I have seen too many weather predictions way off base so who knows what we will get.

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

It's been my experience meteorologists do not do much better than the Farmer's Almanac when it comes to long range predictions.

Living in the Northeast, we hear either it's going to be snowier than normal, or there will be less snow than normal. It will be colder than normal, or it will be milder than normal.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

The National Weather Service has been predicting a rough winter since the beginning of summer due to the extra strong El Niño in the Pacific. It will affect the entire country, even Florida.

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hoosieroriginal · ‎03-04-2012

There was a map showing how El Nino would affect the country. I'm in a very small part of the midwest that they said might be less cold and wet - hoping for that!

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
The National Weather Service has been predicting a rough winter since the beginning of summer due to the extra strong El Niño in the Pacific. It will affect the entire country, even Florida.

Well, they didn't predict the winter to end all winters for last year. And look what happened...lol Those of us who live in the north know the drill, you get what you get and you make the best of it. As for FL. There is no such thing as a rough winter in FL. Rough being snow storms, blizzards, ice storms, single digit and sub zero temps. Which is a wonderful thing because it gives us somewhere to escape to in the middle of our yucky weather..

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

I'm, ready and waiting for rainy weather.

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luvmyteddy4 · ‎09-04-2010

Our weatherman just mentioned this last night on the news. El Nino is predicting in our state that winter will be slightly worse than last year. It wasn't that bad last winter so I am hopeful.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@Snoopp wrote:
@chrystaltree wrote:
@151949 wrote:
One of my friend's daughter is in her senior year of college majoring in metorology (weather predicting). She was telling me we are going to have a winter similar to 2010 when it snowed a ton up north and was cool and rainy all winter in Florida. Florida needs the rain and some parts of the NE need water too so it will be welcomed even if it comes in the form of snow. Don't know that I'm looking forward to it being cool in Florida though, but I suppose we don't get to chose.

.....tell us what she thinks after she graduates; and is a real meterologist..lol. It snows "a ton" up north every year. It's called winter. It's an unusual year when we don't have a lot of snow. We talk about how weird and strange it is when we don't get a lot of snow. Of course last winter was one of those "once in lifetime" winters with snow amounts and frigid, arctic like cold that boggled the mind. I haven't heard from a legitimate source yet that we should expect a winter like that this year. But they can't always make predications like that. You take what they get. As for FL, sorry I can't think of a rainy or unusually cool winter as a big deal. When it comes to weather, FL has absolutely nothing to complain about. Except for hurricanes, which I think fall into the category of a natural disaster and not bad weather. Bad as they can be, hurricanes are events. They don't last for 5 months.

She's a senior so she has some basis of knowledge at this point. And Boston had a very, very difficult winter, that was not the typical winter.

I have seen too many weather predictions way off base so who knows what we will get.

Really? So would you want a senior in medical school with the "basic" knowledge or surgery taking your appendix out...lol