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Fire Weather Watch 39, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this fire weather watch at Nov 16, 2008, 4:56 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 17, 2008, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2008, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 17, 2008, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2008, 3:49 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
Counties Lake County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 674 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Nov 16, 3:32 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 3:32 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 4:35 AM EST, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 435 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-162100- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 435 AM EST SUN NOV 16 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS UP TO 10 FEET OFFSHORE THIS MORNING WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS OVERSPREADING THE REGION COMBINED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING WILL BRING A FIRE SENSITIVE DAY TO EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ...COLD WEATHER IMPACT... TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 30S OVER THE NORTHERN INTERIOR SECTIONS TONIGHT AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP LATE NIGHT...MAINLY IN LAKE AND WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. PERSISTENT DRY AIR WILL ENHANCE FIRE SENSITIVITY THROUGH MID WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT SWEEPING DOWN THE PENINSULA WILL RESULT IN DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. GLITTO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 4:56 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | MLB | Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia | 12 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.