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#Breaking An @USCG Air Station Miami 65 helicopter crew rescued a man clinging to a cooler approximately 30 mi. off Longboat Key.
The man was taken to Tampa General Hospital for medical care.
Sector St. Pete lost communications w/ the man at approx. 6:45 p.m., Wed.
#SAR
@USCG#Update “He survived because of a life jacket, his emergency position indicating locator beacon, and a cooler. We estimate he experienced approximately 75-90 mph winds, 20-25 ft seas." - LCDR Grady, Sector St. Petersburg's command center chief.
Read: https://t.co/uKsgYqdpzK
Here's another great view of the waterspout today over Lake Ontario. Photo credit goes to Alex who was fishing at the time. The picture was taken at 10:56am. #ROC
The cool air flowing over the relative warm lake water is producing some waterspouts on the lake today. That same cool air will also produce some occasional rain showers later today, tonight, and Wednesday. We'll see a high near 60 today. #ROC
The weather gods weren't satisfied with giving us one of the best Aurora displays ever, so they provided this awesome waterspout over Lake Ontario moments ago.
WOAH! 3 waterspouts spotted over Lake Ontario from our Sodus Bay camera! That is certainly not something that you see everyday! @EricSnitilWx @LiamHealyWX @News_8
With partial clearing expected to develop tonight, conditions remain mildly spicy for auroras. We're still hovering around G2 at the moment. If this holds after dark, at least some chance of seeing the northern lights could be a thing later this evening.
At this point, the difference is impossible to miss. We're losing close to 3 minutes of daylight each day. While our sunsets are arriving earlier and earlier, they are also progressing more southward on the horizon. The fall equinox arrives Sunday.