Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Melbourne, FL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
200 PM EDT SUN JUN 7 1998

SEA BREEZE HAS FORMED AND PUSHED INLAND 20-25 MILES ACROSS NORTHERN
CWA AND 10-15 MILES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE/MOISTURE POOLING ALONG BOUNDARY RESULTING IN FEW RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING SHOWERS OVER THE PAST 20 MINS. EXPECT 20/30 PERCENT
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS NEAR BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS NEXT FEW HOURS.

ILL DEFINED FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PENINSULA WILL
DISSIPATE OVER CENTRAL OR SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA BY EARLY MONDAY.
BUILDING SURFACE HIGH TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT AND
WELCOMED CHANGE IN LARGE SCALE FLOW PATTERN TO EASTERLY COMPONENT
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. RESULT WILL BE TEMPS NEAR CLIMO
MONDAY/TUESDAY...BUT CONTINUED DRY.

ALOFT...DOMINANT ANTICYCLONE BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED OVER THE GULF BY
EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH STRONG RIDGING DEVELOPING OVER FLORIDA. THIS
PATTERN WILL CAUSE TEMPS TO BECOME A CATE0GORY ABOVE CLIMO BY MID
WEEK...HOWEVER EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL PRODUCE HOTEST WX ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL PENINSULA FOR A CHANGE...AT LEAST FOR A WHILE.

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EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1045 AM EDT SUN JUN 7 1998

...LONG AWAITED BREAK FROM RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES...
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THIS
EVENING. SOME CLOUDS AND A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
REACH THE 90S...THEY WILL NOT REACH THE RECORD LEVELS OF THE PREVIOUS
SEVERAL DAYS.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
THE WEAKENING FRONT...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE COASTAL COUNTIES FROM
NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL SOUTH TO LAKE OKEECHOBEE. STORM MOVEMENT WILL BE
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WILDFIRE DANGER IS VERY HIGH AND OPEN BURNING IS NOT PERMITTED IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY. FIRE DANGER IS ALSO VERY HIGH ACROSS MANY OTHER
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY THE COUNTIES OF
LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...AND BREVARD. VISIBILITIES IN SOME
LOCALIZED AREAS OF THESE COUNTIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW 2 MILES IN
SMOKE DUE TO FIRES. DO NOT BURN YARD TRASH AND BE CAREFUL WITH ALL
KINDS OF FIRE. IF YOU SEE SUSPICIOUS SMOKE...CALL 911.

SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND FIRE PERSONNEL WITHIN
VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...LAKE...AND NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTIES
VALID THROUGH 7 PM...

MAX TEMPERATURE...90-93 DEGREES
MIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY...40 TO 45 PERCENT
20 FT WIND DIRECTION...NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH BECOMING NORTH AT 15 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH BY NOON. WINDS ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE
CANAVERAL MAY BECOME NORTH NORTHEAST.
CLOUD COVER...5 TO 8 TENTHS DECREASING TO 3 TENTHS OR LESS THIS
AFTERNOON
RAIN CHANCE...20 PERCENT DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON

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