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Small Craft Advisory 7, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 27, 2016, 3:14 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 27, 2016, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016, 3:14 AM EST (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2016, 7:33 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
The text
As transmitted.
723 WHUS72 KMLB 270814 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 314 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016 AMZ555-572-575-280300- /O.NEW.KMLB.SC.Y.0007.160127T1200Z-160128T0300Z/ SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM- 314 AM EST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
463 WHUS72 KMLB 280033 MWWMLB URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 733 PM EST WED JAN 27 2016 AMZ555-572-575-280145- /O.CAN.KMLB.SC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160128T0300Z/ SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM- 733 PM EST WED JAN 27 2016 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. $$
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 26, 10:00 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 10:00 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 10 PM EST TUE JAN 26 2016 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT...CONSIDERABLE HIGH CLOUDINESS THIS EVE BUT OTHERWISE MILD AND RAIN FREE. SURGE OF MOISTURE IS LIFTING NORTH FROM THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INTO THE SE GULF OF MEXICO TOWARD CENTRAL FL. WE WILL SEE LOWERING AND THICKENING CLOUDS WITH INCREASING RAIN CHANCES OVERNIGHT REACHING 60 TO 70 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN/SPRINKLES BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIER/STEADIER RAINS DEVELOPING LATER OVERNIGHT AND WED MORNING. HAVE KEPT THUNDER OUT OF THE FORECAST AS MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND SFC LOW REMAIN WELL TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... WED...WIDESPREAD RAIN/EMBEDDED TS EXPECTED ALL DAY AS INCREASINGLY HIGH MEAN PWAT AIR COUPLED WITH STRONG JET FORCED ASCENT OVERSPREAD THE RGN AND SATURATE THE LOCAL AIR MASS. POPS HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO 100 PERCENT WITH QPF AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNSET RANGING FROM A LITTLE BELOW 0.75" TO AROUND 2.0" SOUTH. EMBEDDED CELLULAR CONVECTION WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH SOME LTG AND AT LEAST A MODEST POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS. SHADED MAX TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO LOWER THAN GUIDANCE...NEAR 70 NORTH TO M70S SOUTH. WED NIGHT... CONTINUED CATEGORICAL RAIN CHANCES AS THE ELONGATED SHORT WAVE FRONTAL TROF SLIDES INTO THE DEEP SOUTH/WRN GOMEX. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION WITH MODELS SOUNDINGS INDICATING A NEARLY SATURATED AIRMASS WITH PWAT VALUES BTWN 1.6"-1.8". BRISK S/SW FLOW ACRS THE BNDRY WILL SET THE STATE FOR RESPECTABLE ISENTROPIC LIFT...WHILE A 100-120KT H30-H20 JET STREAK WORKS ITS WAY ACRS THE GOMEX AND PROVIDES MODERATE TO STRONG UPR LVL DIVERGENCE. WILL PAINT THE CWA WITH 90-100PCT POPS...FOCUSING HEAVIEST RAIN THREAT ALONG THE TREASURE COAST WITH PRECIP BTWN 0.75"-1.00"...LCL AMNTS UP TO 2.00" PSBL WITH EMBEDDED TSRAS. MINS U50S/L60S N OF I-4...L/M60S TO THE S. THU-THU NIGHT... SHORT WAVE TROF WILL INTENSIFY SLIGHTLY AS THE NRN BRANCH OF THE JET STREAM DIGS OVER THE NRN TIER STATES AND FEEDS ITS ENERGY TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROF. LATEST GFS/ECM RUNS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A SFC LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE ERN GOMEX AHEAD OF THE TROF BEFORE RACING UP THE W ATLC THRU THE DAY. THE ADDITIONAL TORQUE WILL PULL THE TRAILING FRONT THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AS LOW-MID LVL WINDS VEER FROM SW TO W THRU THE DAY...THEN TO NW OVERNIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES REMAIN LKLY THRU THE DAY...A CHC FOR MRNG TSRAS AREAWIDE TRANSITIONING SOUTHWARD BY LATE IN THE DAY. ADDITIONAL PRECIP BTWN 0.25"-0.50" N OF CAPE CANAVERAL/LAKE KISSIMMEE...0.50"-0.75" TREASURE COAST AND THE NE SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE WILL BRING RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1.5" TO 3.0" INCHES FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FL FOR THE WED-THU TIME FRAME. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME STANDING WATER/MINOR FLOODING ISSUES IN AREAS THAT SEE THE HIGHEST TOTALS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE TREASURE COAST WHERE JANUARY RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE WELL EXCEEDED THE 30YR AVG. MAX TEMPS IN THE M/U60S N OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR...L/M70S TO THE S. SHRA ACTIVITY WILL LINGER WELL INTO THU EVNG AS THE MID LVL TROF AXIS CRANKS THE SFC FRONT THRU THE CENTRAL PENINSULA. FRONT SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE FL STRAITS OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A GRADUAL END TO THE PRECIP FROM NW TO SE. AREAS N OF CAPE CANAVERAL/LAKE KISSIMMEE BCMG RAINFREE AFT MIDNIGHT. COOLER MIN TEMPS WITH AREAS ALONG AN N OF I-4 FALLING INTO THE M/U40S...SPACE/TREASURE COASTS HOLDING IN THE L/M50S. && .AVIATION... THRU 12Z MVFR CIGS WITH MVFR-IFR VSBYS SPREADING NWD ACROSS ALL AERODROMES WITH LCL IFR CIGS BKN-OVC005-008 MAINLY FROM 12Z ONWARD. && .MARINE... TONIGHT-WEDNESDAY...MODERATELY LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE WANED TO WHERE COMBINED SEAS ARE NOW 5-6FT OFFSHORE. WAVE MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS CONTINUED DECAY IN SWELL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SEAS DROPPING FURTHER TO 3-5FT. WILL MAINTAIN CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR SEAS BEYOND 20NM BUT INCREASING SOUTH WINDS MAY REQUIRE CAUTION TO REMAIN IN PLACE ON WED. && .CLIMATOLOGY... RECORD JAN PRECIP JAN 2016 PRECIP (THRU 1/26) DAYTONA BEACH 7.16" (1986) 4.12" ORLANDO INTL 8.54" (1912) 2.98" MELBOURNE 8.17" (1979) 5.93" VERO BEACH 9.08" (1957) 5.46" FORT PIERCE 6.90" && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 59 69 60 65 / 60 90 100 80 MCO 62 72 63 71 / 70 90 100 80 MLB 64 73 64 73 / 70 100 100 80 VRB 65 75 64 75 / 70 100 100 80 LEE 60 70 60 67 / 60 90 90 80 SFB 60 72 61 69 / 60 90 100 80 ORL 62 72 62 70 / 60 90 100 80 FPR 65 74 64 75 / 70 100 100 80 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && KELLY/SEDLOCK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 26, 6:00 PM EST, 9 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 600 PM EST TUE JAN 26 2016 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-271100- FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE 0-20 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 0-20 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 0-20 NM-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20-60 NM-VOLUSIA- BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20-60 NM- SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20-60 NM-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY- NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 600 PM EST TUE JAN 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... EAST TO NORTHEAST SWELLS WILL MAINTAIN SEAS UP TO 6 FEET OFFSHORE SOUTH FROM THE VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE AND NEAR SHORE SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET...PRODUCING POOR BOATING CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS REACHING TWO TO THREE INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP WITH GUSTY WINDS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS WILL BUILD SEAS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE AND GULF STREAM WATERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. SEDLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 5:45 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | MLB | Volusia | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:45 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | MLB | Volusia | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Martin | 41 min |
| Jan 27, 7:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 94 min | |
| Jan 27, 7:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 31 min |
| Jan 27, 9:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 53 min | |
| Jan 27, 9:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MLB | 2 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.