City Forecast Discussion: Miami, Florida

The Magic City as some call it, the city of Miami is a beautiful and exciting location to be in.  The largest city of Florida holds its beauty in a number of ways depending upon your preference.  Unfortunately, forecasting for a city of this magnitude is a big challenge to meteorologists.  As versatile as the city is, so is the weather.  A number of factors come into play when trying to forecast for one of the largest cities in America along the Atlantic Coast.  The high and low temperature is always a challenge to forecast for in Miami.  A few things to keep in mind on how temperature can change and that is wind speed, wind direction, and sky cover.  When in Miami if there is a wind coming from a westerly direction, the temperature of the city will be slightly warmer because the winds are blowing the warm air from the land over the city.  If there is an easterly wind or northerly wind the temperatures will be slightly cooler due to influences of the water temperature.  Sky conditions have a huge impact too upon the city.  If it is clear at night, the temperature would cool off quicker than if there were clouds overnite.  If clear during the day, the temperature warms up much  quicker than clouds hovering over the area.  The clouds will prohibit much heating during the day while at the same time it will prohibit much cooling during the night time.  Wind will also effect the temperature regardless of clouds in the sky or not.  Those three factors are prime sorces of why Miami is so difficult to forecast, despite its size.

For all those that live in Miami or want to visit Miami keep those factors in mind when planning your day or your vacation.  Be aware of your wind speed and direction and the sky conditions.  Have a little fun and check on the local broadcast meteorologists and see if they are taking those factors into their forecast.

After spending 2 weeks forecasting for Miami, it was fun and, as I have described earlier, challenging due to those 3 main factors.  As the forecast for Miami ends this week, a new journey begins for forecasting for the city that is home to the Brunton compass and was featured in "Brokeback Mountain", Riverton Wyoming.