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Fire Weather Watch 13, NWS Miami, FL

April 14, 20084 counties in Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this fire weather watch at Apr 14, 2008, 3:57 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2008, 3:57 AM EDT (07:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2008, 4:05 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Miami, FL at 00:00Z on 2008-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1000 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Apr 13, 2:51 PM EDT, 13 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 2:51 PM EDT, 13 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 6:58 PM EDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
658 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-141000-
GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-
INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-
METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-
COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
658 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2008

...MUCH COOLER WEATHER CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MUCH COOLER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID WEEK AS
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT DRIVE COOLER AIR
SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL AREA. LOW TEMPERATURES BY TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE 40S OVER INTERIOR
AREAS TO THE 50S ALONG THE COASTS.

A NORTHERLY WIND FLOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN WORSENING MARINE
CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF STREAM, THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

GREGORIA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Miami, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 3:57 AM EDTRed Flag WarningMFLBroward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach15 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.