DaveInDaytona
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posted January 24, 2003 09:27 AM
It's Snowing In Daytona Beach !!!
Well not much compared to where everyone else is, but a few flakes around here and it's a big deal.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/BreakingNews/cold.htm
From the Daytona Beach News Journal
Rare snow flurries reported in Daytona Beach
as record-shattering cold envelops area
Staff and Wire Report
Last updated: Jan 24, 11:28 a.m.
DAYTONA BEACH - An arctic air mass sent temperatures across Florida skidding well below freezing this morning and brought rare ocean-effect snow flurries to an area from Cape Canaveral to Daytona Beach.
There were several reports of light flurries in Daytona Beach, including one from EVAC spokesman Mark O'Keefe.
The mercury plunged to 25 degrees this morning at Daytona Beach International Airport, setting a record for the date. By noon, the temperature was hovering near the freezing mark under overcast skies.
Despite the record-setting cold, officials said Florida's citrus crop escaped damage.
Casey Pace, a spokeswoman for Florida Citrus Mutual, said today that there had been no reports of freeze damage to citrus crops anywhere in the state. That was because temperatures in citrus growing areas did not drop below 28 degrees for more than four hours, the threshold for damage.
"We flirted with it. We stepped to the edge, but we're fine," said Dan Richey, a grower in Vero Beach. The temperature there hit 31 degrees.
But that may not be the case for strawberry growers, said Ila Allen, spokeswoman for the Florida Strawberry Growers Association.
"We have all of our fields completely under ice. It looks like a snowy white Christmas out here," she said.
Growers won't be able to assess damage until the crops thaw out early next week, she said.
A hard freeze warning for north and central Florida and a freeze warning for the central coast and southern interior expired at noon Friday, but the warnings will be back in place overnight Saturday.
Most of the state was expected to remain under a wind chill advisory until midday, said Roberto Garcia, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Miami.
At 11 a.m., the temperature in Tallahassee was 26 degrees, but the wind chill factor made it feel closer to 19 degrees. Pensacola was at 23 degrees, but felt like 12 degrees. Jacksonville registered 26 degrees, but felt like 16 degrees. The wind chill drove temperatures in Orlando and Tampa down to 29 degrees.
South Florida wasn't spared the chill, as Miami felt the wind chill turn 48 degrees into 42 degrees. Wind chill pushed temperatures in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach into the 40s, while Naples was in the 30s.
Cities throughout the state hit record lows early Friday. Miami beat the Jan. 24 record of 38 degrees set in 1940 by 1 degree. West Palm Beach hit a record low of 33 degrees, 4 degrees below the previous Jan. 24 low set in 1960. Panama City Beach dropped to 15 degrees, shattering the day's record of 26 degrees set in 1994. Jacksonville fell to 19 degrees, below the day's record of 24 degrees set in 1963.
Cold temperatures were expected to continue throughout the day with highs mainly in the 40s in most of the state and 50s in South Florida. But temperatures were expected to plummet again Friday night and into Saturday, Garcia said.
Gov. Jeb Bush issued an emergency order lifting the weight limits of trucks hauling fruit and other crops during the cold spell.
Some schools in north Florida canceled Friday classes to keep students out of the arctic air.
The homeless, meanwhile, faced the prospects of crowded shelters and cold floors.
At Pensacola's Waterfront Rescue Mission, Charles McLean, program director, said Thursday that space would be made available in the chapel to get people out of the cold.
"If they run out of pews, they'll sleep on the floor," said McLean, who has 18 beds and 20 floor mats. "We will not allow them just stay out in the cold."
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VincentHill
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posted January 24, 2003 09:56 AM
I saw where the "Wind Chill was 29 Degrees in "MIAMI"!!
Now you guys are starting to know what it is like to wait for a "Warm" day of 40 degrees to work on my bike! This Summer will not pass without me cutting the Brick and installing the wide Steel door to the Shop in my basement! This way, I can work inside when it is too warm and too cold!
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DaveInDaytona
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posted January 24, 2003 10:10 AM
Well I made a run down to the beach to see the ocean effect snow but I didn't see any. But the surf's up if you want to give it a try. Took some pictures of icicles on the way back, you know some people don't know you're supposed to turn off the sprinklers when it's cold.
I know what the cold is like, get in it all the time with the travel, it's Canada for me next week, brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. May even be in DC soon Mr. Hill.
We're riding on Sunday, it's supposed to be back up in the mid 60's then. Oh well, I guess the one day of winter is over.
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kzz1
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posted January 24, 2003 10:47 AM
 Edited By: kzz1 on 24 Jan 2003 10:53
Its about F&*^%Ckin time you folks down south get a taste of snow and freezing temps.! Finally ,the winter temps and snow from Michigan reached ya Florida folks. 
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VincentHill
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posted January 24, 2003 12:46 PM
What KZZ1 Said!!
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posted January 24, 2003 12:52 PM
I think all of us Northerners need to party about this!!!
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DaveInDaytona
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posted January 24, 2003 02:32 PM
Party quick, it's warming up already. 65 on Sunday !!
Oh, here's what it look like when you leave your sprinklers on to water your palmettos and it gets cold.
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posted January 24, 2003 03:50 PM
TOOO COOOOOLLDDDDDDDD
This is florida dammit!!!!
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posted January 24, 2003 04:15 PM
Wait??? for 40s?!?!?!
TOOOOOO FUNNY...it WILL be in the 50s THIS weekend!!! 
Ice on Palmetos(sp) that funny looking 
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posted January 24, 2003 06:57 PM
TAKE THAT!!!(you fair weather fookers!)
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EastBayDave
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posted January 25, 2003 04:43 AM
for us ignorant CA riders...
what is "ocean effect" ???
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posted January 25, 2003 06:12 AM
When the cold air blows moisture from off shore and dumps it as snow on the coast. "Lake effect" off Lake Superior can be really heavy out of a blue sky when it's cold and windy. Tue, Wed, Thurs high was like 2 deg Rode the Polaris in it all week. 
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DaveInDaytona
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posted January 25, 2003 07:25 AM
Good explanation. Well it only "dumped" a couple of flakes, and you had to hunt to find them.
Anyway, today it's all over and we're going riding.
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posted January 25, 2003 08:34 AM
Bahahahahahaha. It's about time. You sunny bastards deserve it. Here
in Salt Lake City, Ut the forcast for today is 50F, which is really warm for
this time of year. Have fun.
Lake effect yea I know what that is. Woke up one morning and stuck the tape measure in the snow and 23 inches over night. Went to work and asked a friend how much snow he had at his place, which is about 20 miles from mine, he said not much about 5 inches.
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