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Month 2002   2001   2000   1999     Avg.    Record-Year
Jan   4.18   .60    1.8   3.04     1.99     8.02  1948
Feb   2.52    .92    .12  *0.29     3.08    10.82  1998 
Mar   1.96  *6.96    .57  *0.95     3.01    12.64  1959
Apr   3.62    .01    .22  *0.80     1.15    10.71  1997
May   2.32  *0.00  * .30  *7.90     3.10    17.64  1979 
June         5.50   5.74 *15.20     5.48    13.35  1975
July         8.93  *9.94   5.15     6.58    20.59  1960
Aug          6.68   7.45   9.98     7.61    18.59  1949
Sep         10.19   7.25   6.06     5.98    13.98  1979
Oct           .88   0.00   3.875    2.02     7.73  1952
Nov           .27   2.03   2.20     1.77     6.12  1963
Dec           .6    1.32   1.15     2.15    15.57  1997   
Total       25.93  36.47   56.595   43.92 

Date  H   L   Rain   BP    RH%   SKY  H/L#   DP
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Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%    T    H/W    DP
Jan                No Records Available
Feb                No Records Available
Mar   80  54   .95  30.07   --     --    --   --
Apr   88  61   .80  30.02   --     --    --   --
May   88  63  7.90  30.02   --      8    --   --
Jun   93  70 15.20  30.02   --     20    --   --
Jul   93  78  5.15  30.11   94     17    --   --
Aug   92  78  9.98  29.99   97     15   105   --
Sep   87  73  6.06  29.91   89      6    90   69.8
Oct   83  67  3.875 30.06   90      3  79/50  64.3
Nov   75  59  2.20  30.12   89      2  74/49  55.7
Dec   71  53  1.15  30.19   90      0  70/43  49.7

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP     
JAN   69  50  1.89   30.22  88      7   70/34  46.6   
FEB   75  52   .12   30.24  87    1/3   85/55  48.0
MAR   82  60   .57   30.12  85    1/2   86/49  53.9
APR   82  59   .22   30.11  80      6   96/33  54.0    
MAY   92  67   .30   30.10  81    1/0     --   63.7 
JUN   93  71  5.74   30.13  91   18/0     --   65.6
JUL   93  72  9.94   29.99  92   22/0   101/0  74.5
AUG   91  72  7.45   30.03  93   21/0   104/0  76.1
SEP   89  73  7.25   29.94  96    9/0   102/0  76.4
OCT   85  62  0.00   30.08  91    0/0    94/0  60.8
NOV   79  55  2.03   30.09  93    1/7    0/32  56.4
DEC   71  49  1.32   30.18  91    1/3    0/25  49.1

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP      
JAN    67  44 .60   30.17   81    0/4    --     N/A
FEB    80  58 .92   30.55   89    2/2    --     N/A
MAR    75  57 6.92  30.00   93    3/6    --     N/A
APR    84  59  .01  30.14   91    0/2    --     N/A
MAY    89  65  Tr   30.03   96    1/0    --     N/A
JUN    90  71 5.50  30.08   97   15/0    --     N/A
JUL    91  72 8.93  30.05   97   25/1    --     N/A
AUG   *89  72 6.68  30.06   97   14/0    --     N/A
SEP    83  66 10.19 29.96   98   13/0    --    69.3
OCT    81  61  .88  30.11   88    1/0    --     N/A
NOV    79  56  .27  30.11   97    0/0    --     N/A
DEC    75  53  .60  30.12   94    0/0    --    54.6 

 
Month  H   L  RAIN   BP     RH%   T/CF   H/W    DP      
JAN   71  49  4.18   30.12  94     X      X    45.5
FEB   71  48  2.52   30.15  90     X      X    43.8
MAR   82  55  1.96   30.10  93    3/X     X    58.4
APR   85  63  3.62   30.09  98    6/x     X    64.9
MAY   91  64  2.32   30.02  100   5/X     X    66.7

 MinTemp(F)MaxTemp(F)AvgTemp(F)AvgPrcp(in)AvgSnw(in) 
Jan  49.2       69.9       59.5       1.99       0.0 
Feb  50.8       71.3       61.0       3.08       0.0
Mar  56.4       76.6       66.5       3.01       0.0
Apr  60.7       81.8       71.2       1.15       0.0
May  67.2       87.1       77.1       3.10       0.0
Jun  72.7       89.6       81.2       5.48       0.0
Jul  74.4       90.3       82.3       6.58       0.0
Aug  74.3       90.4       82.3       7.61       0.0
Sep  72.8       89.0       80.9       5.98       0.0
Oct  65.3       84.2       74.8       2.02       0.0
Nov  57.3       77.7       67.5       1.77       0.0
Dec  51.5       72.1       61.8       2.15       0.0
Avg  62.7       81.7       72.2      43.92       0.0

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Air Temp left column - Feels Like Temp in the right columns
125 - 123 141
120 - 116 130 148
115 - 111 120 135 151
110 - 105 112 123 137 150
105 - 100 105 113 123 135 149
100 -  95  99 104 110 120 132 136
 95 -  90  93  96 101 107 114 124 136 
 91 -  85  87  90  93  96 105 106 113 122
 85 -  80  82  84  86  88  90  93  97 102 108
 80 -  75  77  78  79  81  82  85  86  88  91
 75 -  70  72  73  74  75  76  77  78  79  80
 70 -  65  66  67  68  69  70  71  72  73  74  
 RH -  10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 64% 70% 80% 90% 100% 
RELATIVE HUMIDITY

12/1/99 With a air temperature of 42.8 degrees,
Dew point of 30.0 degrees and wind chill of 29.2 Winter has 
finally arrived. Highs are expected to reach only into 
the mid 60's with further cooling expected this evening. 
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12/2/9 With the arrival of a large polar high pressure 
cell, the morning low in the city of Tampa dropped to 38.1 
degrees. This temperature isn't very low by some standards 
but for central Florida quite a chill!! A dewpoint of 32.2  
degrees and wind chill of 26.4 degrees was quite a wake up call.
12/24/99 The temperature this morming a 0600hrs was 
45.9 degrees with a wind chill of 39.6 degrees! Pretty chilly 
for central Florida. More to come tommorrow morning! 
11/25/99 With a low of 34.2 degrees,wind chill of 24.9 degrees, and dew point of 30.1 degrees,central Florida 
was a 
bit chilly this morning.  This is due to several arctic cold 
fronts that pushed their way through the state over the past 
few days. They arrived just in timefor the hollidays.
Ho Ho Ho!!!!!
1/11/00 The last three consecutive mornings we have been 
greeted to fog. On the 1/9/00 the entire state seemed to be 
socked. This was verified from reports on theFlorida weather 
ring and a large number of my Ham Radio friends around the state. 
Its been unseasonably warm for this time of year. 
Most likely due to the influence of "La Nina". 
The weather should turn more seasonable toward the 
weekend and stay coolfor about 3 weeks.
1/15/00 After an extremely breezy several days the 
winds have subsided and and the very cool temperatures 
have begun to moderate for a time. BP's of 30.62 and 30.55 
indicated very heavy & cool Canadian air mass over the 
State of Florida. This should moderate some what over the 
next several days until the next bout of cold air 
moves this direction for thearctic. Brrrr cold but 
a welcome change from the very unseasonable 
temperatures over the past month.
3/19/00 The National Weather Service has issued a 
drought warning for several areas in the Southeast to 
include the Tampa Bay Area. This is significant because 
]there has never been a drought warning issued for this 
area since the the NWS has been keepingr ecords for this 
area. Hopefully there will be a break in this weather pattern 
which has been caused by "La Nina" and the summer rains will 
come and break the drought!!  
4/5/00 Winter is taking its final gasp for the season in 
Florida. A last season cold front passed through this area 
yesterday bringing with it temperatures of 50 degrees for 
lows and a wind chill of 31.8 degrees. Brrr cold!!!!! This 
is concidering the heat index has been quite high lately.  
This should be the last of the cold weather for the season 
in this area.
5/9/2000  Another cold front blew through the Tampa Bay 
area this morning ushering in another bout of arctic air 
(humidity never passed 54% all day) chilly weather late in 
the season. Low's in the urban areas were 45.3 Degrees 
with winds of approximately 15 mph(wind chill 29.5 degrees) 
out of the north.  Could this be the last blast 
form the north. Only time will tell!!!!
6/10/00  As a Result of the La Nina weather pattern, 
The extreme drought that has had a stranglehold on North 
and Central Florida will go down as the worst since records 
have been kept in this area.  
At 10 to 12 inches of rain down from normal at this time 
of year, it will take at least two good tropical systems 
to bring the water supplies of the area back to normal. I 
personally observed the water level on the Hillsborough 
River being so low that fishermen 
have been picking up the fishing lures stuck between 
the rocks on the shallow (ankle deep) river bottom. 
This sounds a little strange but normally the river 
in this arrea is usually 8-10 feet deep! Hopefully 
this situation will right itself as the rainy season 
approaches.
5/2/01  As the "la nina" weather cycle begins to wane,
the hope is that the normal amount of rains will fall on 
the Florida penisula later on in the summer, Hopefully 
the second half of the rainy season will be greater than 
normal amount of rainfall.  Keep your fingers crossed.
7/1/01  It appears that the long awaited rainy season 
Has begun.  With 5.50 inches for last month it was welcome 
but still more is needed.
7/14/01  With passage of unsually strong cold front 
through the Tampa Bay area, More much needed rain fell 
around the area. Although very little fell in the city of
Tampa itself, much did fall in the rural areas of the the state. 

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A storm acquires a name when its wind speed reaches 39 mph,making it a tropical storm.The names are given by the National Hurricane Center in Miami,which draws up a list for each year.

U.S weather services started giving storms female names in 1953, although military meteorologists had used women's names for storms in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. The feminine names replaced a short-lived practice of using a phonetic - Able, Baker, Charlie - alphabet.

Gender balance came in 1978, when men's names were added for Pacific storms; Atlantic/Gulf storms alternated men's names onto the list in 1979.

Because there were few names that started with Q,U,X,Y and Z, those letters are skipped. Also,some hurricane names have been retired because a storm by that name inflicted heavy damage. The names below are the ones that will be used for the 1999,2000 & 2001 hurricane season.

2001 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Allison   Felix      Karen     Pablo      Wendy
Barry     Gabrelle   Lorenzo   Rebekah
Chantal   Humberto   Michelle  Sebastian
Dean      Iris       Noel      Tanya
Erin      Jerry      Olga      Van 

2000 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Alberto    Gordon     Michael     Tony
Beryl      Helene     Nadine      Valerie
Chris      Isaac      Oscar       William
Debby      Joyce      Patty       
Ernesto    Keith      Rafael
Florence   Leslie     Sandy

1999 ATLANTIC HURRICANE NAMES
Arlene      Harvey    Ophelia     Tammy
Bret        Irene     Philippe    Vince 
Cindy       Jose      Rita        Wilma
Dennis      Katrina   Stan
Emily       Lenny     Maria         
Floyd       Gert      Nate                             

SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE

Category         Wind Speed        Storm Surge
I                74/95  mph           4/5 ft.
II               96/110 mph           6/8 ft.
III             111/130 mph           9/12ft.
IV              131/155 mph          13/18ft.
V               155+    mph            18+ 

TERMS and CLASSIFICATION of UNSTABLE WEATHER
• Tropical Disturbance - First stage of unstable weather which may develope progressively into a hurricane.
• Tropical Depression - The disturbance continues to intensify. A clear defined low pressure area begins to emerge, and the highest wind speed is 38 mph.
• Tropical Storm - The wind speed has increased to 39/73 mph, as the now distinct low pressure area is well defined by rotatng circulation.
• Tropical Storm Watch - An announcement that a tropical storm may pose a threat to coastal areas, generally within 36 hours.
• Tropical Storm Warning - A warning that tropical storm conditions are expected in a specific coastal areas within 24 hours.
• Hurricane - Once a tropical storm's constant wind speed reaches 74 mph or greater, it's classified as a hurricane.
• Hurricane Watch - An announcement that hurricane or hurricane conditions may pose a threat to a coastal area, generally within 3 hours.
• Hurricane Warning - A warning that a hurricane is expected in a specified coastal area within 24 hours.

TAMPA BAY COASTAL TIDE HEIGHTS
Month             Year                Height
September         1848                15  ft.
October           1848                12  ft.
October           1921                10.5ft.
September         1950                 6.5ft.

DEADLIEST FLORIDA HURRICANES

Year              Location              Dead
1928              Lake Okeechobee       1,836
1935              Matecumbe Key           408
1926              Miami                   243
1947              Hillsboro Light          17
1992              Homestead(Andrew)        17

MOST COSTLY U.S.HURRICANE

Hurricane          Year               Cost est.
Andrew             1992              $26.5 billion
Hugo               1989               $7.0 billion
Fran               1996               $3.2 billion
Opal               1995               $3.0 billion
Frederic           1979               $2.3 billion

DEADLIEST ATLANTIC REGION HURRICANES

Year              Location            Dead
1900              Galveston, Tx       8,000
1928              Lake Okeechobee     1,836
1928              Florida Keys/Tx       600
1938              New England           600
1935              Florida Keys          408

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