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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Miami, FL

March 4, 2010Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida

NWS Miami, FL issued this frost advisory at Mar 4, 2010, 1:47 PM EST for Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 5, 2010, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2010, 1:47 PM EST (18:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2010, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 5, 2010, 8:00 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Miami, FL

Counties Broward County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost 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 frost advisory went out at Mar 4, 6:25 AM EST, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:25 AM EST, 7 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 4:10 AM EST, 9 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
410 AM EST THU MAR 4 2010

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-042300-
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-
410 AM EST THU MAR 4 2010

...FREEZE WARNING LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA LATE TONIGHT...
...FREEZE WATCH SOUTHEAST INTERIOR LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES: CLEAR SKIES AMD NEAR CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW INTERIOR
AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S WITH NEAR
40 ALONG THE GULF COAST AND THE SOUTHEAST COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD
BE AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK OVER PARTS OF GLADES, HENDRY,
INTERIOR COLLIER AND INTERIOR PALM BEACH COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES
COULD APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK IN INTERIOR BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE
COUNTIES WHERE PATCHY FROST WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

WAVES: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM BETWEEN 7
TO 9 FEET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOW TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE
INTERIOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY MORNING WITH NEAR 40 ALONG THE
GULF AND EAST COAST. TEMPERATURES COULD BE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK
OVER PARTS OF GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING.

.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
Mar 4, 4:15 AM EST	Freeze Watch	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade	10 hr
Mar 4, 4:15 AM EST	Freeze Warning	MFL	Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach	28 hr
Mar 4, 5:32 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	MFL	Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.