Monday, April 12, 2004
Rare weather in the Tampa Bay area today.
I'm not sure anyone will possibly care about this, but as a self-proclaimed weather geek (the first I've copped to this here on the blog), I feel compelled to note that there was an interesting weather phenomemon today that caused some damage in the area, mainly just south of the immediate Tampa Bay area in Sarasota and Venice.
Typically, severe winds are found in connection with either a very large or very strong area of low pressure, or with a severe thunderstorm. Normally, one does not associate severe winds with the ending of large area of light rain followed by clearing. But on rare occasions, such an event does occur, and it's called a "wake low" or "gravity wave". There's an interesting paper on the phenomenon here, and what was described there as occuring in Mississippi occurred today, as sudden sustained winds of 35-40 MPH with gusts of 60-65 MPH developed along the west central Florida coastline today, taking the roof off a Best Western hotel in Venice and causing substantial damage elsewhere.
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Typically, severe winds are found in connection with either a very large or very strong area of low pressure, or with a severe thunderstorm. Normally, one does not associate severe winds with the ending of large area of light rain followed by clearing. But on rare occasions, such an event does occur, and it's called a "wake low" or "gravity wave". There's an interesting paper on the phenomenon here, and what was described there as occuring in Mississippi occurred today, as sudden sustained winds of 35-40 MPH with gusts of 60-65 MPH developed along the west central Florida coastline today, taking the roof off a Best Western hotel in Venice and causing substantial damage elsewhere.
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