Suncoast Stormwatch

Just wanted to put this out there for anybody looking for 2010 high school weather camps. The first four camps I'm going to mention all pay you to participate.

There will be several wx camps this year across the country. The NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) is hosting three camps.

The first camp I'll mention is the one in Jackson, Mississippi. The camp is five days, and focuses on the fundamental elements of meteorology. Having participated in the camp last year and going back this year as an assistant, I can say that it is a very good camp.

There are two other camps, one in Washington D.C at Howard University, and one in Puerto Rico at the University of Mayaguez. 

As I have not been to either of the other camps, I can't really give a substantial review  but I will tell you about them. 

The camp at Howard University is a two week resident camp. It is really in-depth. The camp is focused on the fundamental aspects of meteorology, as well as deeper study of atmospheric sciences. A unique feature of the camp is the forecasting contest.   

I don't really know all that much about the camp in Puerto Rico. It has a big emphasis on tropical weather. To attend this camp, you have to be fully bilingual.

That pretty much sums up the NCAS camps. There is another NOAA organization, ISET, that is hosting a weather camp as well. 

The NOAA ISET camp is in North Carolina. I was recently accepted for the camp this summer. They don't have much information available, other than the fact that it is more of a climate camp than a weather camp.

Links to more information about each camp are below.

NCAS Camps (The application process was changed this year. Instead of having a separate application form for each camp, they have it set up so you can be considered for all three of the camps.)

ISET Camp

There is also a weather camp at Penn State. (You have to pay for this camp.)

I have a couple things to announce this week.

First, and most important, the Texas drought is officially over.

Second, the National Hurricane Center is using a new hurricane wind scale this year.
Links: 1 (story), 2 (video)

Coming back to West Central Florida...

We will have a chance for rain tomorrow, and then maybe again on Wednesday.

Daytime temperatures will be in the low 70s tomorrow, cooling down into the 60s for the rest of the week, and then possibly back in the 70s next week.

Also, this may not matter much to people, but this is the 50th Suncoast Stormwatch Weekly Update.

Big news coming from Suncoast Stormwatch..... Check back soon for details.

As everybody knows by now, or should know anyway, there have been some pretty cold days in the Northeast lately.

Here is a picture (click for larger image) that a friend in New York sent me yesterday. This icicle was measured to be 1 yard long. It was 4 inches at the top and 2 inches in the middle.

When the icicle was found, it was 28 degrees outside. Here is a link  to current New York City weather information from the National Weather Service.

(The link is to mobile.weather.gov. In my experience, New Yorkers tend to browse the Internet from their phones more than regular computers. Mobile.weather.gov works for regular computers as well as phones.)

 

Ok, to start things off, I think I should mention that there was  snow in 49 of the 50 states on Friday, with Hawaii being the exception.

Looking at the forecast for the upcoming week, I have some good news: It is going to warm up. Daytime temperatures will be in the 50s and maybe the 60s in some cases. Looking at night-time temps, we can expect lows in the 30s.