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Small Craft Advisory 49, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory at Dec 1, 2008, 10:10 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2008, 10:10 AM EST (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS72 KMLB 011510 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1010 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008 AMZ570-572-575-012100- /O.EXP.KMLB.SC.Y.0048.000000T0000Z-081201T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0049.081201T1510Z-081201T2100Z/ 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- 1010 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS REISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS. MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED OR OPERATING SMALL VESSELS...MAY WISH TO POSTPONE TRIPS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS72 KMLB 012111 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 411 PM EST MON DEC 1 2008 AMZ570-572-020930- /O.EXP.KMLB.SC.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081201T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0050.081202T0900Z-081203T0300Z/ WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 411 PM EST MON DEC 1 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS. MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED OR OPERATING SMALL VESSELS...MAY WISH TO POSTPONE TRIPS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ AMZ575-020930- /O.EXP.KMLB.SC.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081201T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0050.081202T1400Z-081203T0300Z/ WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- 411 PM EST MON DEC 1 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS. MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED OR OPERATING SMALL VESSELS...MAY WISH TO POSTPONE TRIPS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 1, 10:05 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 10:05 AM EST, 5 minutes before
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED WWA SECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1005 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008
.DISCUSSION...
CURRENT...
COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH CLEARING
CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. FORECAST WAS UPDATED EARLIER
TO REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP ACROSS ALL BUT THE SOUTHERN MOST AREAS
WHERE FRONT HAS YET TO PASS OVER. THE AFTERNOON WEATHER REMAINS COOL
WITH DRY NW FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. GIVEN THAT THE AXIS OF THE STRONG
UPPER TROUGH REMAINS UPSTREAM FROM THE AREA RE-DEVELOPMENT OF
MID-UPR CLOUDINESS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH DEVELOPMENT OF
LOWER CLOUDINESS AND PERHAPS SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION LATER TONIGHT
AS AXIS OF UPR TROUGH MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA.
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR NORTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE THROUGH 00Z WITH SOME CIGS FL040-060
AND ISOLD -SHRA ALONG AND SOUTH OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TIL 18Z. CLEARING
AFT 18Z.
&&
.MARINE...
WITH FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE MARINE AREA ATTM GUID SUGGESTS GUSTY
CONDITIONS OVER THE OPEN WATERS BEHIND THE FRONT INTO MID AFTERNOON
AND ABV CRITERIA FOR SCA. WL CONTINUE THE ADVISORY OVER THE OUTER
WATERS MAINLY FOR WINDS UNTIL 4 PM. CAUTION NEARSHORE FOR WINDS IN
THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE...MAINLY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
&&
.FIRE WX...
DRYER AIR IS MOVING SOUTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA. NEAR CRITICAL RH
VALUES OF 35 TO 40 PERCENT LIKELY TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. NOT EXPECTING 4 HOUR DURATION HOWEVER
FOR RFW. SFC WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW 17 MPH SUSTAINED.
&&
.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER
INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
&&
JP/SKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 5:58 AM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 558 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-012100- 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- 558 AM EST MON DEC 1 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELL IN THE SURF ZONE WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES TODAY. CHECK WITH THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 20 KNOTS WILL KEEP SEAS UP AROUND 7 FEET WELL OFFSHORE THIS MORNING. BOTH WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE FROM THIS AFTERNOON ONWARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CRISTALDI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 4:11 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 30 hr |
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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.