• Easy-to-read explanations of all facets of the extreme weather phenomena of Florida—from sunny days to hurricanes • How climate affects lifestyle and health • How Florida’s unique peninsular shape affects wind, precipitation, and drought
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Although Florida is sometimes referred to as the Peninsula State, the Everglade State, and, as the explorer Ponce de Leon described it in 1513, the Isle of Flowers, Florida's official nickname is the Sunshine State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thunder events, coast sea breeze, convective rainfall, polar front jet, more tornadoes, main months, cooling degree days, hurricane days, heating degree days, growing degree days, hurricane frequency, severe freezes, intense hurricanes, hurricane activity, mixing height, hurricane center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Key West, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Okeechobee, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Gulf Stream, Miami Beach, National Hurricane Center, Cape Canaveral, Pacific Ocean, National Weather Service, Sunshine State, Labor Day, Matecumbe Key, Northern Hemisphere, University of Florida, Florida Keys, North America, Vero Beach, Biscayne Bay, Fort Lauderdale, Hurricane Donna New!
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Although Florida is sometimes referred to as the Peninsula State, the Everglade State, and, as the explorer Ponce de Leon described it in 1513, the Isle of Flowers, Florida's official nickname is the Sunshine State. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thunder events, coast sea breeze, convective rainfall, polar front jet, more tornadoes, main months, cooling degree days, hurricane days, heating degree days, growing degree days, hurricane frequency, severe freezes, intense hurricanes, hurricane activity, mixing height, hurricane center Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Key West, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Okeechobee, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, West Palm Beach, Daytona Beach, Gulf Stream, Miami Beach, National Hurricane Center, Cape Canaveral, Pacific Ocean, National Weather Service, Sunshine State, Labor Day, Matecumbe Key, Northern Hemisphere, University of Florida, Florida Keys, North America, Vero Beach, Biscayne Bay, Fort Lauderdale, Hurricane Donna New!
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- Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society by James B. Elsner in Back Matter
- Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book by Christopher C. Burt in Back Matter
- Beaches and Coasts by Richard Davis Jr. on page 100
- The Everglades Handbook: Understanding the Ecosystem, Second Edition by Thomas E. Lodge in Back Matter
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