Suncoast Stormwatch

Locally,  we'll have temperatures in the 60s to start the week, and then in the second half of the week, we should see things warm into the 70s. Beyond that, it looks like temps will drop back down into the the 60s.

There will also be a chance for rain each day, with tomorrow and Tuesday seeing the best chances.

Care should be taken with the forecast more than a week out, so be sure to watch for updates to the forecast.

Now for a recap of NWS Tallahassee's Weather Fest 2010:

The Weather Fest started off at 10am, with events scheduled throughout the day. I was on the campus of Florida State University, because that's where NWS Tallahassee is located. 

There were booths set up in the parking lot, along with a few demonstrations.

One, in particular, which was for was for CoCoRaHS, which stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, had participants throw water balloons at a target. The water would fall into a rain gauge, and the demonstrator would then show the person throwing the water balloon how to properly measure rainfall. CoCoRaHS is a national network of volunteer observers who report the daily rainfall at a specified time. They are hoping to have 20,000 active observers by the end of this year.

Other events included a talk about El Nino and it's impact on the Southeast, an extremely interesting talk about climate change and Climategate, a severe weather simulation of the Enterprise, Alabama tornado from 2007, and another extremely interesting talk about the history of people trying to control the weather, among other things.