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Small Craft Advisory 70, NWS Melbourne, FL

March 2, 2009

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory at Mar 2, 2009, 4:06 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2009, 4:06 PM EST (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
In force
5 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 Mar 2, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:00 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 8:05 AM EST, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
805 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-022200-
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-
805 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
TONIGHT...THE COLD AIR MASS WILL AGAIN USHER IN UNSEASONABLY COLD
TEMPERATURES. OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF VOLUSIA...LAKE AND NORTHWEST ORANGE
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS RURAL LOCATIONS OVER MUCH
OF OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES. ELSEWHERE...LOWS CAN BE EXPECTED
TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S OVER BREVARD...INDIAN
RIVER...INTERIOR SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. DUE TO THE NATURE
OF THE DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR PATCHY FROST
WILL OCCUR OVER OKEECHOBEE...SOUTHERN OSCEOLA AND WESTERN SAINT
LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES. HOWEVER...PATCHY FROST DEVELOPMENT MAY
OCCUR FOR A FEW HOURS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE ACROSS ANY PART OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA PRONE TO FROST DEVELOPMENT AND SHELTERED FROM THE
WIND.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS NEAR SHORE AND 20 TO 25 KNOTS
OFFSHORE WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE OVER THE GULF STREAM
THROUGH AROUND MID MORNING. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD AWAY FROM
THE COAST TO 6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
LONG DURATION RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL OCCUR
LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...MODERATE
BUT OCCASIONALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FIRE WEATHER
SENSITIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK.

AN ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL EXIST AGAIN TUESDAY AREAWIDE AS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY REACH CRITICAL LEVELS. SIMILAR LOW
RH CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERIOR WEDNESDAY AND
POSSIBLY INTO THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 10:20 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMLB5 hr
Mar 2, 2:25 PM ESTRed Flag WarningMLBLake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia28 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.