Paul_Dellegatto's Blog

Just when it looked like April was going to be a wet month the pattern has evolved into a more typical pattern for this time of year with high pressure locked in over the southeast. The result has been lots of sunshine and low humidity. The weather has been great to be outside, but the fire danger is on the rise, especially across inland areas.

Spring is the time of year that the seabreeze has a major effect on our weather. Water temps are still cool while the blazing sun warms up the land much faster than the Gulf of Mexico. When the land is heated, it rises - to replace the rising air, the wind blows in from the Gulf cooling the coastline. Sometimes we can see as much as a ten degree temperature difference beween the beaches and inland location. Notice how the temperatures flip flop at night. Air cools more efficiently over land so late night temps are often much cooler inland than at the beaches.

Congrats and best wishes to Jule McGee. Jule is a FORTY ONE year veteran of WTVT who is retiring tomorrow. He has held many behind the scene positions at WTVT, most recently as operations manager. A true character, and a guy that really cared about the success of this television station. His salty style is going to be missed.