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Small Craft Advisory 5, NWS Miami, FL

January 30, 2009

NWS Miami, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 30, 2009, 2:34 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 30, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 30, 2009, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 31, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 30, 2:25 PM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 2:25 PM EST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 30, 9:18 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
918 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2009

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-310530-
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-
918 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2009

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WEST COAST BEACHES TODAY...
...COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT INTO EARLY THIS WEEKEND...
...ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE WEST COAST
BEACHES OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS TODAY.

TEMPERATURES: WINDS OF 5 MPH OVER INTERIOR AREAS TO 10 TO 15 MPH
ALONG THE METRO AREAS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AREAS IN THE LOWER TO MID
30S...REST OF THE INTERIOR AREAS AROUND 40, AND THE METRO AREAS
IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S.

WINDS: BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, NORTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCURRED TONIGHT OVER THE GULF STREAM
WATERS AND THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

WAVES: SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 9 FEET IN THE GULF STREAM
TONIGHT...AS THE WINDS SWING TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT 20 TO 25
KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT WILL BE IN STORE FOR SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S OVER THE NORTHWEST
INTERIOR AREAS TO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S METRO AREAS.

SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TO 9 TO 11 FEET ON
SATURDAY BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING TO BELOW 7 FEET BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH
FLORIDA MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE
NORTHERN INTERIOR AREAS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WHILE
THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER
40S.

THE GULF STREAM SEAS WILL ALSO BUILD ABOVE 7 FEET FOR THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO THE NORTHERLY WIND FLOW.

NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 30, 12:22 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	MFL	Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more	9 hr
Jan 30, 5:20 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	MFL	Collier	8 hr
Jan 30, 1:34 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	MFL	Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach	29 hr
Jan 30, 2:04 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry	16 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.