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Cold Front: Sunday, 11.20.16 Forecast

There is another epic cold front headed for the gulf coast.  What makes this cold front so unusual, you ask.  Well it is the northeast winds paired with solid surf, of course! This solid cold front is slated for Sunday.

This is a cold front surf forecast for Florida’s gulf coast.  This forecast will cover things like the waves, the weather, and the tides for Clearwater, Bradenton, and Venice.  It will discuss how these conditions will change through the duration of the swell.

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Weather

Super Supermoon

The supermoon is when the moon is at perigree.  Perigree means the earth is at its closest point along its path around the earth.

Supermoons actually occur several times a year, and the next one will be on December 14th. But, this one is significant because the moon will be the closest it has been to earth since 1948.  It should be the biggest and brightest moon in just under 70 years. Tonight, the moon will be 14 percent larger than when the moon is at the opposite end of its orbit.

Fun fact: Scientists can determine the distance the moon is from earth by pointing a laser at reflective mirrors on the moon, ones left on the moon during Apollo, and two soviet missions.

Surf Forecasts

Cold Front: Saturday, Nov. 04

A mild cold front is dragging across the gulf as I write this.  There isn’t much surf expected from this front.  There is a small window of Continue reading Cold Front: Saturday, Nov. 04 →

Surf Forecasts

Cold Front: Saturday, 10.22.16

On saturday, after the low drags the cool air mass across the gulf, we are still looking at a powerful 988 millibar low pressure system in the northeast, and a cold front boundary almost as far south as the Pacific Ocean.

988 mb Low

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