How can Florida have a wind chill?

[Archae]

They just said on CNN that a lot of Florida counties in the middle of the state have a wind chill.

What, the wind chill is 60 degrees? :shrug:

Try a Wisconsin wind chill of below zero sometime! :scared:

[KG]

1. are you kidding? it gets so bad we have to wear long pants and sweaters!

:P

[flvegan]

2. The wind chill is making for a cold and wet 54 degrees here in Tampa.

Brrrrrrr.

[Archae]

4. 54 degrees is not cold.

Well, maybe in Florida, but only there. :crazy:

[flvegan]

5. I left MA 20 years ago. 54 does feel a bit nippy to me now.

The blood has thinned significantly.

[Brickbat]

3. We're looking at -30 tonight -- and that's without the windchill.

Really, that's got to carry a bit.

[csziggy]

6. They are likely to lose a lot of crops in the next week

Too many cold hours or too much wind chill and a lot of the produce and fruit is going to be damaged. Strawberries are ripe now around Plant City - that entire crop may be lost. I don't know what else is in season right now, but if it gets too cold for very long, expect vegetables to be higher in price or harder to get next week.

Orange trees can be badly damaged with too many hours with temperatures below - after the 1989 freeze we had to replace about a third of our trees, some of which my father planted in the late 20s.

On the other hand, I am up in Tallahassee - the temperature is not expected to get above the mid-fifties until some time later next week. We're forecast to have lows of 24 tomorrow night, 21 Saturday, 18 Monday, and so on. Any wind chill for people who normally do not plan on those temperatures will be brutal though if there is a bit of a breeze it will keep the cold from settling in the low spots. Normally when we get cold weather it is gone in a couple of days and does not stay this cold as long as they are forecasting!

I just checked the National Weather Service forecast for Central Florida - they are forecast to have temperatures close to freezing. With even low winds, that can seriously damage tender crops like the strawberries, lettuce and such that are grown to sell over the winter.