So with all the joy and jubilation from the inauguration of Barack Obama it seems like another small miracle will occur tomorow night. There is a chance of snow in Tampa tomorow night as a cold front moves through with significant moisture. TBO.com Article on the wierd weather phenomenon.
It last snowed in Tampa in 1977 so for it to snow here again is a very rare occurrence. The fact that it could happen on the same night as the inauguration is a very weird coincidence. I think it will be a nice cap to amazing day. We might not have a white christmas down here but we might have a white inauguration.
It wouldn't be heavy, certainly not something from a Currier and Ives painting, but there is a chance for flurries, said Paul Close, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
It would be more like snow pellets, not fluffy flakes, he said.
The best chance for snow would be from the Tampa Bay area to Brooksville on Tuesday night.
Even if there's no snow, the approaching front should bring some light rain coming off the Gulf of Mexico starting Tuesday afternoon from Interstate 75 west from Tampa north and lasting until midnight.
The weather service forecast does not say snow will show up that night, but meteorologists say the cold air moving over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday will pick up moisture and form clouds as a cold front comes through.
If there is enough lift in the atmosphere to stack the clouds higher than the forecast calls for, the snow flurries could form, Close said.
Not enough for a snow man but I'm not complaining