The wet season in Central Florida lasts an average of five months. It generally begins in late May and runs through mid-October. It’s exactly what its name indicates: Wet!61% of our total annual rainfall is received during these five months. There really isn’t a definitive start date or time, but there are a few signals […]
ASK AMY #3 – Why Don’t Cold Fronts Always Make Florida Cold?
Cold front. The name implies what it should be, right?The front (or beginning) of a mass of cold air moving through an area. A cold front is generally shown on a weather map on TV as a curvy blue line with little blue triangles on it. This weather symbol indicates where areas of cold air […]
Hey, Bully! JUST STOP!
Being in the public eye, I have long been a subject for scrutiny. I get it. It comes with the territory. You see and hear me. You have an opinion about what you see and hear. In the early days of my TV career, I received handwritten letters (with no […]
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
I’ve always wanted to write a book. Every time I read a good piece of literature – whether it’s fiction, nonfiction, historical, a classic or even just a really well-written blog – I think to myself, “that’s what I want to do.” I want to find a publishing company that will front me $50,000 so […]
A Busy Mom’s Prayer
I feel tired… A LOT. How about you? Actually, I think “exhausted” is a better word. Three kids (whom I home-school part-time, a full-time job that forces me from sleep at 2 AM, dance, basketball, house cleaning, dinner, laundry, bills, church and charity events, speaking engagements, demands of marriage and family… the list seems endless. […]
ASK AMY #2 – What Is A Meteorologist?
Have you ever wondered why someone who studies weather is called a “meteorologist” rather than a “weather-ologist?” If a Cardiologist studies the heart and a Paleontologist studies fossils, then WHY doesn’t a Meteorologist study meteors? When you add the suffix -ologist to the end of a word, it refers to a person who studies a […]
ASK AMY #1 – What Does CHANCE OF RAIN Really Mean?
Have you ever wondered what the rain percentages on the 7 Day Forecast really mean? Have you ever heard me say, “There’s a 20% chance of rain today,” and wonder what in the world that really means? Does a 20% chance for rain mean you’re LESS likely to get rained on than if there was […]
My Accidental Diet
“How do you stay so thin?” is a question I get asked almost as often as, “Do you buy your own clothes?” and “Do you do your own forecasting?” The answer to the second two is an easy, “Yes.” The answer to the first question isn’t quite so simple. As a television meteorologist watched critically […]