icky texas coast

John&Joey wrote:
Wind Map of the US.

Just place your mouse over the location you want more information on.

Remember Florida has the Gulf stream working for it, Texas does not.

I can zoom in to get a close up of areas. Is there any way to zoom back out without closing the link?

traveylin wrote:
John and Joey, that's is a really neat wind map you linked to..Thanks

You're Welcome.

I actually use it when I head south and north. At $4/gallon it's nice to have a tail wind. :)

John and Joey, that's is a really neat wind map you linked to..Thanks

DesertHawk wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:
I'm staying in Florida for this summer....send some of that wind my way so I don't melt in this heat.

RockHillManor, I've never been to Florida. Does Florida not have a breeze (winds) coming off the Gulf or the Atlantic?

I would think, it being a peninsula, there would have to be Thermal Circulation happening with a sea breeze or on shore wind & a land breeze or off shore wind. But numerous times people from Florida say it is not windy there as compared to the Texas Gulf Coast or the RGV.

Why does Thermal Circulation not work in Florida?

It's a big learning curve here for us Northerner's. For a flat land peninsula it has a lot of micro climates across the whole state!

I spent one summer in Leesburg inland. NO wind nada, zip, bugs, hot and did I mention hot? Thought I would just die.

Then I stayed a couple of months just outside Leesburg further west and found there is a thing called a sea breeze!

The closer you are to the coasts you will feel the sea breezes. Inland no, unless the sea breezes decide to collide there which just means down pours of rain for 20 minutes and then it goes right back up to hot. :R

It's like a convection oven. There's a fan blowing inside that oven but it stays burning hot!

Interesting state, real interesting. :B

Texas - yes, it's really icky. We have mosquitoes, tornadoes, biting flies, sunburn, desert, cactus, snakes, hurricanes, ice storms, love bugs, cow pies all over the place, Lone Star Beer, and funny talking people. Icky place to visit - it's probably safer just to stay home and thereby reduce the crowding for the rest of us who don't know any better.

Wind Map of the US.

Just place your mouse over the location you want more information on.

Remember Florida has the Gulf stream working for it, Texas does not.

rockhillmanor wrote:
I'm staying in Florida for this summer....send some of that wind my way so I don't melt in this heat.

RockHillManor, I've never been to Florida. Does Florida not have a breeze (winds) coming off the Gulf or the Atlantic?

I would think, it being a peninsula, there would have to be Thermal Circulation happening with a sea breeze or on shore wind & a land breeze or off shore wind. But numerous times people from Florida say it is not windy there as compared to the Texas Gulf Coast or the RGV.

Why does Thermal Circulation not work in Florida?

Just checked the weather channel 10 day report, you are in luck....after today (20 mph), the winds will be between 12 to 15 mph on most of the days, 17 mph tomorrow.

Get out of the cabin & stroll along the beach.

The breeze is what keeps you a little cooler, I remember once on South Padre the wind stopped one night, we had to get into a Mustang to try to sleep. The mosquitos came out of the dunes & were trying to eat us alive (not tent, just light sleeping bags & cots).

A breeze can be your friend, if Los Angles had a breeze, they wouldn't have smog alerts.

I've heard of people being kept indoors by cold, or rain, or extreme heat, but I've never heard of anyone getting cabin fever from being kept inside by a "30 mph" wind.

Keeps the bugs away too!