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A tropical start breaks records in Tampa<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday morning, May 22<\/strong>, brought an unprecedented heatwave<\/strong> to Tampa, Florida<\/strong>, where temperatures never dipped below 80\u00b0F (about 26.7\u00b0C)<\/strong>\u2014marking the warmest May morning on record<\/strong>. According to WFLA Chief Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli<\/strong>, this surpasses both the daily record low maximum of 77\u00b0F (25\u00b0C)<\/strong> and the monthly record of 79\u00b0F (26.1\u00b0C)<\/strong>, previously logged at Tampa International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A direct fingerprint of climate change<\/strong><\/p>\n This isn\u2019t a one-off event. An analysis from Climate Central\u2019s Climate Shift Index<\/strong> found that Thursday morning\u2019s exceptionally warm lows across Florida<\/strong> were made at least five times more likely by climate change<\/strong>. Supporting this, WFLA\u2019s own review<\/strong> shows that around 80% of Tampa\u2019s warmest low-temperature records have occurred since 2000<\/strong>, underscoring a trend consistent with global warming<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Warmer air and water fuel steamy mornings<\/strong><\/p>\n Climate change<\/strong> is not only warming the air, it\u2019s also heating ocean and Gulf surface waters<\/strong>. This results in greater moisture content<\/strong>, leading to mornings that feel sticky and tropical<\/strong>, especially in coastal areas like Tampa Bay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For the next 48 hours<\/strong>, a slight drop in humidity<\/strong> is expected across the Tampa area<\/strong>, bringing marginally cooler and more comfortable overnight temperatures<\/strong>. However, heat and humidity are forecast to return over the holiday weekend<\/strong>, with daytime heat index values approaching 105\u00b0F (about 40.5\u00b0C)<\/strong>\u2014a sweltering reminder of the intensifying heat extremes<\/strong> facing the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A tropical start breaks records in Tampa Thursday morning, May 22, brought an unprecedented heatwave to Tampa, Florida, where temperatures never dipped below 80\u00b0F (about 26.7\u00b0C)\u2014marking the warmest May morning on record. According to WFLA Chief Meteorologist Jeff Berardelli, this surpasses both the daily record low maximum of 77\u00b0F (25\u00b0C) and the monthly record of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n