Snow in Florida

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Just thought I would let you guys in on a rare occurrence in the State of Florida.

http://www.cfnews13.com/Weather/Default.aspx

Slight chance of Snow Flurries/Sleet on Saturday. No accumulation (duh) but still close to unheard of!

[Matt Molnar]

Orange juice is going to get expensive. :(

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

I guess so. California makes oranges too. Maybe you should look for the "Made in California" label on there and save some money :wink:

[LGA777]

While growing up in Zephyrhills, about 30 miles northeast of Tampa it snowed one Feburary in the mid 70's. I think it ended up being about a half an inch on the ground but it was still fun for most of us.

Rumor has it they had to deice some aircraft this morning at MCO due to ice buildup on the aircraft over night.

Cheers

LGA777

[MarkLawrence]

Everyone at my office told me about the last occurrence of snow in South Florida - Jan 19, 1977 - in which there were even snow flurries in the Bahamas and there was snow all the way down to Homestead. It's going to be an interesting weekend!

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

There were delays yesterday and today at TPA, MCO, DAB, and MLB as far as I know. I'm sure SFB and PIE had some issues too, but I didn't check on any G4 flights. The 6 AM DL MD-88 (as DL1954) from DAB to ATL was delayed nearly an hour and a half this morning. The 6:30 AM US departure from DAB-CLT was not affected. DL1878 from MLB-ATL took a two hour delay yesterday.

[hiss srq]

It also snowed sometime in the mid 80's though extremely light flurries. My parents were in Brandon at the house they had there at the time when it occured. I am glad I am not sticking with my plan to go this weekend to SRQ. I am suprised that they even had deice equipment at MCO to handle that situation. Maybe JAX I could see but not MCO. Now with the FAA hammering down on the whole no polished frost takeoffs the airlines must have been losing their heads today.

[Matt Molnar]

Rumor has it they had to deice some aircraft this morning at MCO due to ice buildup on the aircraft over night.
I hear that MCO and airports south of there don't have any deicing equipment. Makes sense, but can anyone confirm?

[hiss srq]

I cannot say I have ever seen a single vehicle there. Maybe Servisair shippied a bunch in from points north but I never once saw any at MCO in any of the storage areas.

[NYARTCCFAN]

Forecaster are calling for a slight chance of sleet/rain mix for 2 hours in the TPA/MCO area for Saturday Morning. Best chance of a snow event is looking like from Vero Beach up to the DAB area where therte is a window of possibility of a slight dusting on cars,lawns,roofs, and anything other than pavement due to a low that may form east of the penninsula and wrap some atlantic mositure over a shallow surface cold layer.

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

I can confirm that MCO has no deicing equipment. According to local news stations, the planes took delays so the Florida Sunshine would deice the wings.

On another note:

Jacksonville, FL had their first white Christmas in 1989.

[MarkLawrence]

PBI and FLL also do not have de-iceing equipment.

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Well, it is Saturday January 9, 2010 and I have thrown a few snowballs. Cars got a thin blanket this morning as did other objects.

[NYARTCCFAN]

Sleet in Tampa. 2 PM temp of 36 degrees

[hiss srq]

How are the roads? Alot of accidents yet with the locals? My parents said that people are acting like the world is coming to an end down in Sarasota. :lol: :lol:

[MarkLawrence]

41 in West Palm with a wind chill of 33! We went down to Ft Lauderdale this morning - roads were, well, normal turnpike drivers - idiots - one big accident we saw..but..it's just freaking cold now!

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Sleet in Tampa. 2 PM temp of 36 degrees

Daytona too. Sleet/snow mix. Never went above 38 here yesterday.

I will say I loved it yesterday. I guess its time to move back to NY.

[hiss srq]

I am glad it is moving out. I postponed my trip to Florida till the weekend to beat the weather. It should be sunny and back in the 70's for my arrival down there and I am quite pleased. My last few trips down home to Florida which I do about monthly have seen relatively crappy weather almost every time.

[Mayi757]

I think the meteorologists wanted to see it more than anything else (I woke up too late) but from what I heard only minor specks fell down sporadically and were hard to see among a light rain during that morning at least in Orlando.

Unreal, about 12 days of minimum temps that didn't get out of the 30s. Record was 6 days in a row. Coldest daytime high temp since 1989 for Orlando.

So glad "global warming" has returned! Can't stand the cold

Polar bears might not find any ice and be extinct in 5 years (according to global warming theory circa the mid 90's prediction) but a stretch of cooler temperatures put manatees and sea turtles in danger right now.