Expecting a bad winter in Florida

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

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.

Allegheny · ‎03-19-2010

Oh yuck. One of these days me and my neighbor are going to have to join forces, bite the financial bullet and purchase some big time snow removal equipment. Living in the woods has some wonderful benefits, but a 750 foot driveway in the winter isn't one of them.

Topaz Gem · ‎03-10-2010

I hope it's not too bad for all the Floridians that moved there to escape the even worse winters in the rest of the country.

"Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@Topaz Gem wrote:
I hope it's not too bad for all the Floridians that moved there to escape the even worse winters in the rest of the country.

Believe me , we know that even if it is not totally nice in Fl. it is way better than up north. However, there isn't a lot to do in Florida when the weather is bad, because most activities count on it being nice out.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

@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.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

I take weather forecasts with a grain of salt. More than half the time meteorologists are wrong about what is going to happen tomorrow let alone knowing what will happen a few months from now. LOL

January121 · ‎03-21-2010

Looking at this on the " bright" side" .. keep in mind that with all of the extremely expensive equipment that they have to forecast the weather & all of the " highly educated" weather forecasters, they ( most of the time) can't accurately tell us what will happen tomorrow let alone what the weather will be like from November 15 through March 16 .... we all have to chill out & enjoy the beautiful weather we have now!!!!!!

Bookbabe · ‎04-17-2010

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
I take weather forecasts with a grain of salt. More than half the time meteorologists are wrong about what is going to happen tomorrow let alone knowing what will happen a few months from now. LOL

I agree with you Lipstick Diva. but since I live in florida I love the cold weather because I get to wear the sweaters and jackets I bought from QVC that maybe get 6 wearing a year.

As far as snow, I have lived here 45 years and remember just a few dustings of snow not enough to make a ball.

Nightowlz · ‎03-11-2010

Yes I saw this on weather.com We are suppose to have a wet winter with milder temps so ours will be in the form of rain some could be snow/ice. This is because of El Nino. Weather.com said this would be for the months Dec-Feb. They said they will know more in Nov. They said it's suppose to be warmer up North?

http://www.weather.com/forecast/national/news/winter-2015-2016-temperature-forecast-december-january...

Lucky Charm · ‎03-09-2010

i only lived 'up north' (mid Atlantic) till I was 12-13. So I don't have those awful dreaded feelings about snow, ice and shoveling.

Anything below 74 degrees and I want to put a light jacket/hoodie on.

We did spend one winter (2010) in that area to be closer to our son's first child being born. It was snowy, icy, windy, but BEAUTIFUL. And so worth it!