(02-08-2016 12:55 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I haven't spent a lot of time in Florida, but I can vouch that when I was staying on Anna Maria Island last month, a storm came through with probably the most intense lightning I have ever seen. It was the night the two tornadoes touched down in Sarasota. We get our fair share of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in Ohio, but the lightning was more frequent and intense than I can ever recall witnessing.

Lightning kills more people in Florida than every other state...and here's basically why Orlando sits center stage in the lightning capital of the US, as for the long summer months, this is basically a daily occurrence as the 2 sea breezes usually met up "somewhere" over Central Florida every day:

Why Central Florida??

Metro Orlando is at the center of strong weather systems — sea breezes — that move inland from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean and settle over the moisture-rich atmosphere of the central region.

The sea breezes are like weak cool fronts that push toward the hot land in the interior. The temperature differential creates the ideal conditions for thunderstorm development.

Thunderclouds and showers form along the boundaries and become stronger when the east-west sea breezes collide in the middle of the state. Lightning can strike well away — about 10 miles — from a thunderstorm. If you can hear the rumble, a bolt is close enough to hit.

(02-08-2016 12:33 AM)banker Wrote:  I know we are just a lowly CUSA school, but...

http://muphotos.marshall.edu/IAF-Interior-May-2015/
http://muphotos.marshall.edu/IAF-June-2015-Rick-Haye/

That is similar to the renderings we have with a track around it. Ours is supposed to be multipurpose for all outdoor sports - FB, (M-W)Track, (M-W) Soccer, Cross Country etc.

(02-08-2016 06:38 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 12:55 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I haven't spent a lot of time in Florida, but I can vouch that when I was staying on Anna Maria Island last month, a storm came through with probably the most intense lightning I have ever seen. It was the night the two tornadoes touched down in Sarasota. We get our fair share of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in Ohio, but the lightning was more frequent and intense than I can ever recall witnessing.

Lightning kills more people in Florida than every other state...and here's basically why Orlando sits center stage in the lightning capital of the US, as for the long summer months, this is basically a daily occurrence as the 2 sea breezes usually met up "somewhere" over Central Florida every day:

Why Central Florida??

Metro Orlando is at the center of strong weather systems — sea breezes — that move inland from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean and settle over the moisture-rich atmosphere of the central region.

The sea breezes are like weak cool fronts that push toward the hot land in the interior. The temperature differential creates the ideal conditions for thunderstorm development.

Thunderclouds and showers form along the boundaries and become stronger when the east-west sea breezes collide in the middle of the state. Lightning can strike well away — about 10 miles — from a thunderstorm. If you can hear the rumble, a bolt is close enough to hit.

Sounds like Orlando is the Oklahoma of Florida. They both just happen to sit in the sweet spot for storm/tornado development.

(02-08-2016 02:20 PM)Hurricane Drummer Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 06:38 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  

(02-08-2016 12:55 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I haven't spent a lot of time in Florida, but I can vouch that when I was staying on Anna Maria Island last month, a storm came through with probably the most intense lightning I have ever seen. It was the night the two tornadoes touched down in Sarasota. We get our fair share of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in Ohio, but the lightning was more frequent and intense than I can ever recall witnessing.

Lightning kills more people in Florida than every other state...and here's basically why Orlando sits center stage in the lightning capital of the US, as for the long summer months, this is basically a daily occurrence as the 2 sea breezes usually met up "somewhere" over Central Florida every day:

Why Central Florida??

Metro Orlando is at the center of strong weather systems — sea breezes — that move inland from the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean and settle over the moisture-rich atmosphere of the central region.

The sea breezes are like weak cool fronts that push toward the hot land in the interior. The temperature differential creates the ideal conditions for thunderstorm development.

Thunderclouds and showers form along the boundaries and become stronger when the east-west sea breezes collide in the middle of the state. Lightning can strike well away — about 10 miles — from a thunderstorm. If you can hear the rumble, a bolt is close enough to hit.

Sounds like Orlando is the Oklahoma of Florida. They both just happen to sit in the sweet spot for storm/tornado development.

Is there a "Moore Oklahoma" of Florida?

That's one town no one could pay me to move to.

Next up for UCF

1. Planned installation of AC in indoor practice facility by this Summer. Coach Frost wants to run the kids extra hard and fast to meet his new offense and wants AC in the building. O'leary preferred the large industrial fans to mimic the Florida Humidity. I like Coach Frost's approach better.

2. New video boards at CFE and BH Stadium. This is actively being pursued by the AD.