Alert archive / Florida / Lake Wind Advisories in 2018
Lake Wind Advisory 1, NWS Melbourne, FL
NWS Melbourne, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Jan 2, 2018, 4:21 AM EST for Volusia County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 2, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2018, 4:21 AM EST (09:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Melbourne, FL
County Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 607 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Jan 1, 8:15 PM EST, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 8:15 PM EST, 8 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 8:52 PM EST, 7 hours 29 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Melbourne FL 852 PM EST Mon Jan 1 2018 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-021215- 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- 852 PM EST Mon Jan 1 2018 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. .HIGH WIND IMPACT... Gusty north winds will persist behind the cold front. Wind gusts of 30 to 35 mph will continue along the Volusia county and Space coasts this evening and overnight. A wind advisory is in effect for Brevard and coastal Volusia counties this evening through early Tuesday morning. Gusts 25 to 30 mph could also reach inland to the Interstate 4 corridor late into this evening, as well as Treasure Coast this evening and overnight. .EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... Wind chill values tonight are forecast to drop into the 30s near and west of Interstate 4, with some mid to upper 20s possible late mainly across Lake county. A wind chill advisory is now in effect through Tuesday morning for Lake county and in effect late tonight through Tuesday morning for inland Volusia county and western portions of Seminole and Orange counties. Make sure to dress appropriately for these much colder than normal conditions. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... Very hazardous boating conditions behind a cold front that moved through central Florida today. Gale warnings are in effect for all marine areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Hazardous beach and boating conditions will continue through mid week due to an extended period of gusty northeast to north winds. Large breaking waves and higher than normal astronomical tides could lead to minor beach erosion. There is also a potential for freezing temperatures late in the week due to a strengthening low pressure center offshore that will lift northeast and pull very cold air down into central Florida. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed tonight. Combs
The office that day
Everything else NWS Melbourne, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 7:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MLB | Volusia | 12 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:42 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MLB | 71 hr | |
| Jan 2, 9:43 AM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | MLB | Volusia | 25 hr |
| Jan 2, 4:27 PM EST | Gale Watch | MLB | 12 hr |
Nearby
Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2018Every lake wind advisory in 2018
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.