Dude, Tampa sucks. I'd recommend the center of FL or the upper east coast, say around Jax or St. Augustine, or the panhandle, if you're serious about it.
Why, I've heard nothing but good things about tampa... Right now it's everywhere and anywhere in the US that stays warm all year for me... My mother's Boyfriend is looking at retireing to montana or wyoming but I really want to go someplace warm after this salt and pepper temp'd winter.
I was in St. Petersburg for a week last month and the first few days were damned chilly. Of course it didn't snow, but it wasn't what I was expecting...