Hi everybody and welcome! I hope everybody is enjoying the wonderful fall weather we are experiencing. The weather was perfect for almost all outside activities including the Pineapple festival in Jensen Beach. The weather was not quite as tranquil in many parts of the Northeast as many areas experienced damaging wind gusts of near hurricane force. In New Jersey, gusts were reported near 65 mph in many parts of Cape May County. In Somerset County a mail carrier was injured by flying tree limbs caused by the high wind gusts. In Middlesex County, also in New Jersey, There were numerous trees down in many locations. Massachusetts also got hit hard with wind damage throughout the area. To add insult to injury, another round of bad weather is forecast to hit the Northeast on Wednesday with heavy rain and possibly some thunderstorms.
Our weather is forecast to remain quite tranquil through the forecast period. The forecast for Thanksgiving Day looks good with the high around 78 and a low in the upper 50’s. There is a chance of a shower in the afternoon or evening.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very happy and safe Thanksgiving Day!!
Now, on to the Time Capsule….
November 21, 1962 -- Marion Co., Lake Bryant -- Tornado hit ranger station in the Ocala National Forest, destroying several buildings. At Camp Kiwanis a new dormitory was nearly demolished.
November 22, l953 -- Bay County -- A Tornado destroyed five small houses and damaged many others in the Woodville community northwest of Panama City injuring 22 people.
November 22-24, 1984 -- St. Johns, Flagler, Volusia, Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach Counties. -- Great Thanksgiving Holiday East Coast Storm -- A strong low-pressure system developed east of Florida, and coupled with a high pressure to the northwest, a strong pressure gradient led to gale force winds along the east coast. As the low moved slowly north heavy rain of up to seven inches fell over south Florida. There was extensive coastal flooding and beach erosion with many structures damaged or destroyed. Fishing piers and seawalls were damaged or destroyed. Damage ran into the millions and was confined to the seashore except where heavy rain in the south caused local flooding. A man was killed when he stepped on a downed power line.
November 23, 1988 -- Tropical Storm Keith moved across the Florida Peninsula, entering near Sarasota at 0200 and exiting just north of Melbourne at l000. Most of the convection had been sheared off before the storm crossed Florida. Most of the weather associated with Keith was to the north of the track. Maximum rainfall was 11 inches at Largo. Most rainfall totals were four to 7 inches to the north of the storm track and under one inch to the south of the storm track. A storm surge of nearly 6 feet maximum and three to 4 feet generally accompanied the storm on the Florida west coast south of the track as far south as Naples. Damage was near $3 million, mostly due to the storm surge. In Lee County damage was estimated at $l.5 million. Two tornadoes touched down in Pinellas Co. just before landfall, damaging hangar doors at St. Petersburg Airport.
November 24, l992 -- Escambia Co., Pensacola -- A thunderstorm gust to 65 mph was recorded at the Pensacola Regional Airport. Strong winds peeled off part of the roof of a plant in Pace.
November 25, 1979 -- Escambia Co. -- A small tornado damaged several buildings and hop scotched through northeast Escambia Co.
November 26, l9l5 -- Santa Rosa Co., Floridatown and Pace - Tornado unroofed houses and downed timber. Most of the damage was rooftop and treetop.
November 26, 1962 - (Continuous thru Dec. 4) Florida East Coast --. A deep and persistent Atlantic storm off the southeastern U. S. coast produced continuous strong onshore winds along the entire east coast of Florida for several days. Resulting rough seas and high tides over an extended period produced considerable beach erosion and undermined buildings and roads along the immediate coast. Some tidal flooding was also reported along the coast. Greatest damages from erosion along northeast Florida coast. Winds on the mainland, although persisting for several days, caused only minor damages as storm center remained well offshore.
November 27, l989 -- Martin Co., Lake Okeechobee -- The fire department reported a waterspout on the lake.
November 28, 1912 - north Florida - One-half inch of snow on this date is the earliest snowfall on record in Florida.
November 28, 1960 -- Escambia Co. Cantonmont -- A tornado moved northeast, lifting and lowering along its path. It unroofed, shifted and caved in the walls of one house.
Here are some past national weather events…
November 21, 1967 -- Excessive rains in southern California caused the most severe flooding and the most damaging mud slides in 33 years. Downtown Los Angeles received eight inches of rain, and 14 inches fell in the mountains.
November 21, 1987 -- Squalls in the Lower Great Lakes Region and the Upper Ohio Valley produced 14 inches of snow at Snowshoe West Virginia, and nearly eight inches at Syracuse New York. Eleven cities in the eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Record lows included 21 degrees at Pinson Alabama, 9 degrees at Syracuse New York, and 8 degrees at Binghamton New York. Gale force winds lash the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast, and the strong northwesterly winds produced wind chill readings as cold as 30 degrees below zero. Winds gusting to 60 mph at Trumansburg New York toppled a chimney onto a nearby truck.
November 21, 1989 -- The storm which produced thunderstorms and high winds in the northeastern U.S. the previous day, produced snow and high winds in New England, with blizzard conditions reported in Maine. Winds gusted to 55 mph at Boston Massachusetts, and reached 58 mph at Augusta Maine, and hurricane force winds were reported off the coast of Maine. Snowfall totals ranged up to 18 inches at Vanceboro Maine, with 17 inches at South Lincoln Vermont. There were thirty-five storm related injuries in Maine.
November 23, 1989 -- Low pressure tracking across the Carolinas brought heavy rain to parts of the Southern Atlantic Coast Region for Thanksgiving Day, and blanketed the Middle Atlantic Coast States and southern New England with heavy snow. The storm produced up to nine inches of snow over Long Island New York, and up to 14 inches over Cape Cod Massachusetts, at Yarmouth. Totals of 4.7 inches at New York City and 6.0 inches at Newark New Jersey were records for Thanksgiving Day, the 8.0-inch total at Providence Rhode Island was a record for any given day in November, and the 6.5-inch total at Strasburg Connecticut was a record for the month of November as a whole.
November 26,1988 -- A late season hurricane brushed the East Coast with heavy rain and gale force winds. The hurricane passed inside Nantucket and over Cape Cod, and then crossed Nova Scotia.
November 26, 1981 -- A Thanksgiving Day storm in the northeastern U.S. produced heavy snow in northern New England and upstate New York. Snowfall totals in Maine ranged up to twenty inches at Flagstaff Lake. Totals in New Hampshire ranged up to 18 inches at Errol. Gales lashed the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. A second storm, over the Southern and Central Rockies, produced nine inches of snow at Kanosh Utah, and 13 inches at Divide Colorado, with five inches reported at Denver Colorado.
November 26, 1989 -- A massive storm over the western U.S. produced heavy snow in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana. The storm produced more than two feet of snow in the higher elevations of northern and central Utah, bringing more than sixty inches of snow to the Alta Ski Resort in the Wasatch Mountains. Winds in Utah gusted to 60 mph at Bullfrog. The storm brought much needed snow to the ski resorts of Colorado, with 19 inches reported at Beaver Creek.
November 27, 1883 -- Fire engines were called out in New York City and New Haven, CT, as a result of the afterglow of the sunset due to vivid red ash from the Krakatoa Volcano explosion in August.
November 28, 1921 -- New England was in the midst of a four-day ice storm, their worst of record. Ice was more than three inches thick in many places following the storm, and property damage was in the millions of dollars. Northern New England received heavy snow with more than two feet reported in some areas. Overnight freezing rains continued through the day at Worcester Massachusetts while the wind increased to a gale. Streets become impassable even on foot, and whole towns were plunged into darkness without communication. The storm caused 20 million dollars damage to power lines, telephone lines and trees.
November 28, 1989 -- Strong Santa Ana winds prevailed across southern California. Winds gusted to 70 mph at the Rialto Airport, and several tractor- trailer trucks were overturned east of Los Angeles. High winds also buffeted the northeastern U.S., ushering arctic air into the region. Winds gusted to 60 mph at Montpelier Vermont, and reached 66 mph at Saint Albans Vermont.