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Small Craft Advisory 62, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 18, 2009

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 18, 2009, 4:20 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2009, 4:20 AM EST (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 18, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 21, 2009, 10:00 AM EST
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, 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 Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 18, 3:47 AM EST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 3:47 AM EST, 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 6:21 AM EST, 21 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
621 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2009

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-172200-
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-
621 AM EST SAT JAN 17 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES WITH NIGHTTIME LOWS GETTING INTO
MID AND UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S IN MOST AREAS...AND LIGHT TO CALM WINDS
WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF AREAS OF FROST FROM RURAL OUTLYING AREAS
OF OSCEOLA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE OCALA FOREST AND LAKE GEORGE...WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE URBAN METRO ORLANDO AREA...WHERE THE FROST IS
MORE LIKELY TO BE PATCHY IN NATURE. PATCHY FROST IS ALSO POSSIBLE
AS FAR SOUTH AS LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND RURAL WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY.

MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND PETS
FROM THE COLD AND FROST. BEFORE RETIRING FOR THE EVENING...BRING THOSE
PLANTS THE CAN BE EASILY MOVED INDOORS...AND COVER THOSE THAT CANNOT.
PETS SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS FOR THE NIGHT. FINALLY...BE VERY
CAREFUL WHEN USING INDOOR SPACE HEATERS.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE SEAS OF 7 TO 8 FEET IN
THE GULF STREAM FROM THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. BOTH WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
THE COMBINATION OF DRY VEGETATION AND DRY AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
CHILLY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF
NEXT WEEK. FIRE SENSITIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ENHANCED FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 2:06 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Orange, Seminole, Volusia4 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.