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Small Craft Advisory for Winds 3, NWS Melbourne, FL

January 11, 2011

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory for winds at Jan 11, 2011, 4:20 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 12, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2011, 4:20 PM EST (21:20 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 12, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Melbourne, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory for winds 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 for winds went out at Jan 11, 4:04 PM EST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 4:04 PM EST, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 4:54 AM EST, 11 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
454 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-112100-
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-
454 AM EST TUE JAN 11 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING WILL PUSH WELL
SOUTH OF THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...A LARGE AREA
OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ROCKIES AND CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
BUILD EASTWARD. THIS WILL CAUSE AN INCREASE IN NORTHWEST TO NORTH
WINDS...WHICH WILL PUSH MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA BEGINNING THIS EVENING.

TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S OVER ALL
BUT MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES...WITH SOME MID 30S POSSIBLE
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES. WIND CHILL
READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE 30S BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY...WITH EVEN
SOME UPPER 20S POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR NORTH. IF YOU WILL BE OUTSIDE
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BE SURE TO DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE
COLD WEATHER.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 KNOTS
LATE TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE SEAS TO BUILD TO AROUND 6 OR 7 FEET
BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES TO THE NORTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL BEFORE
SUNRISE...AND THESE HIGHER SEAS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY SOUTH SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
COLDER...DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY...
WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES IN STORE THE NEXT SEVERAL MORNINGS.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA ON THURSDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION...THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL INCREASE DUE TO VERY
DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA. HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL
ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 3:07 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	24 hr
Jan 11, 3:12 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MLB		67 hr
Jan 11, 3:03 PM EST	Freeze Watch	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	12 hr
Jan 11, 3:48 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	MLB	Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	25 hr
Jan 11, 3:51 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	MLB	Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia	18 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.