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Small Craft Advisory 88, NWS Miami, FL

December 13, 2010

NWS Miami, FL issued this small craft advisory at Dec 13, 2010, 6:36 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 13, 2010, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2010, 6:36 AM EST (11:36 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 13, 2010, 5:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 14, 2010, 1:00 PM EST
In force
20 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 Dec 13, 5:27 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 5:27 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 6:24 AM EST, 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
624 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010

FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-140200-
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-
624 AM EST MON DEC 13 2010

...POWERFUL ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT...
...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL WATERS...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...
...HIGH THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS GULF COAST BEACHES...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MPH
ALONG THE GULF COAST BEACHES TODAY, LEADING TO A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS.

WIND: WINDS TODAY WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS OF COLLIER AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES, INCLUDING ADJACENT
COASTAL AREAS IN NAPLES, LAKE OKEECHOBEE, BISCAYNE BAY, AND THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM PALM BEACH TO MIAMI DADE COUNTIES.
COASTAL COMMUNITIES ALONG PALM BEACH TO MIAMI DADE COUNTIES COULD
ALSO EXPERIENCE CLOSE TO THIS CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE, CLOSE TO BREEZY
CONDITIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES: AS A COLD AIR MASS SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT, AND WINDS ARE SLOW TO SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT, WIND CHILL
VALUES ARE FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 35 DEGREES DURING THE MID
EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA. MINIMUM WIND CHILL
VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE 15 TO 25 DEGREE RANGE
ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA OVERNIGHT WITH THE COLDEST READINGS IN
INLAND LOCATIONS. A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY,
AND INLAND PALM BEACH COUNTIES WITH A FREEZE LIKELY ELSEWHERE.

PERSONS ARE URGED TO DRESS WARMLY TONIGHT AND TO SEEK WARM
SHELTER. PERSONS ARE ALSO URGED TO BRING COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS AND
PETS INDOORS TONIGHT AND TO TAKE ANY OTHER NECESSARY ACTIONS TO
PROTECT THEIR CROPS.

WAVES: SEAS IN THE OUTER GULF WATERS WILL BUILD TO 14 TO 16 FEET
TODAY WITH SEAS NEARSHORE COLLIER COUNTY AS HIGH AS 8 TO 10 FEET
MAINLY BEYOND 5 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST. SEAS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC AND WATERS WILL BE REACHING 8 TO 10 FEET MAINLY OFFSHORE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE FOR MOST OF
INTERIOR MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING AGAIN. THEREFORE
A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THOSE PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY BOUNCE BACK TO
NEAR NORMAL LEVELS TOWARDS THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK.

.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.

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 5:18 AM ESTWind Chill WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Monroe and 1 more29 hr
Dec 13, 5:47 AM ESTFreeze WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach27 hr
Dec 13, 5:47 AM ESTHard Freeze WatchMFLGlades, Hendry, Palm Beach24 hr
Dec 13, 5:47 AM ESTHard Freeze WarningMFLGlades, Hendry, Palm Beach27 hr
Dec 13, 8:54 AM ESTRed Flag WarningMFLBroward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach34 hr
Dec 13, 5:10 PM ESTGale WarningMFL5 hr
Dec 13, 5:10 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMFL37 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.