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Special Weather Statement, NWS Melbourne, FL

October 8, 2018Brevard County, Florida

NWS Melbourne, FL issued this special weather statement at Oct 8, 2018, 11:33 PM EDT for Brevard County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued
Oct 8, 2018, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Melbourne, FL

County Brevard County, FL

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1217 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2018-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 8, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 8:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
845 PM EDT Mon Oct 8 2018

.UPDATE...
Strong high pressure northeast of the mid Atlantic coast and
strengthening Hurricane Michael emerging into the southeast Gulf
will continue the tight pressure gradient across the area. Low
level flow in the H9-H8 layer will remain elevated to 25-35 knots
which will continue to allow repeated rounds of scattered Atlantic
showers to move onshore. Slightly deeper low to mid level moisture
across nrn sections should favor high coverage of onshore moving
showers north of Sebastian Inlet with activity moving well into the
interior through the night. Some of the quick moving showers will be
accompanied by gusty winds to 30 to 40 mph as they move WNW.
Increased POPs some for nrn/central cstl sections (to 60 pct) where
current coverage of onshore moving showers remains highest. Breezy
winds will continue at the coast with lows in the mid 70s interior
to upper 70s to around 80 near the east coast.

&&

.AVIATION...
Should see a higher coverage of onshore moving showers mainly from
KVRB northward which will make it into the interior to Orlando area
terminals and KLEE overnight. Have included TEMPO groups for much of
the this activity. Short range guidance continues higher SHRA
chances for nrn terminals into Tue morning with a moist airmass
allowing for diurnal convection to develop as flow level flow veers
to the ESE/SE into Tue afternoon. Showers will be accompanied by
MVFR CIGs and short duration IFR VSBYs with mod-heavy rain and gusty
winds to near 30 knots possible.

&&

.MARINE...
Tonight...Easterly winds around 20KT tonight wil gradually veer to
the ESE by Tue morning. Seas will build to 6-8 feet in the nearshore
waters and peaking up to 9 ft in the offshore waters during the day
on Tuesday. Small craft advisory conditions continue for all of the
east central FL Atlc waters.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DAB  78  85  77  88 /  60  60  40  60
MCO  76  87  76  89 /  50  60  30  60
MLB  81  87  78  88 /  60  60  40  60
VRB  79  86  79  88 /  50  60  40  60
LEE  76  88  76  89 /  40  60  30  60
SFB  75  87  77  90 /  60  60  40  60
ORL  75  87  76  89 /  50  60  30  60
FPR  79  86  78  88 /  40  60  40  60

&&

.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
AM...Small Craft Advisory until 4 AM EDT Wednesday for Flagler Beach
     to Volusia-Brevard County Line 0-20 nm-Flagler Beach to
     Volusia-Brevard County Line 20-60 nm-Sebastian Inlet to
     Jupiter Inlet 0-20 nm-Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 20-
     60 nm-Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 0-20
     nm-Volusia-Brevard County Line to Sebastian Inlet 20-60 nm.

&&

Volkmer/Weitlich/Rodriguez
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 7:12 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
712 PM EDT Mon Oct 8 2018

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-091030-
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-
712 PM EDT Mon Oct 8 2018

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

.MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
Gusty isolated to scattered showers and squalls will continue to
develop over the local Atlantic waters, pushing onshore overnight
and inland up to 30 to 35 knots. These showers will be capable of
producing occasional wind gusts around 35 knots over the local
Atlantic and Intracoastal Waters, and over inland lakes. Boaters
should look be alert for squalls moving in rapidly from the east.

.WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
Easterly winds up to 20 to 25 knots will produce seas as high as
7 feet near shore and up to 9 feet well offshore through tonight.
A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for the east central
Florida Atlantic waters.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
Hurricane Michael is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane
while lifting north over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Deep moisture
will lead to increasing rain coverage along with a slight chance for
thunderstorms and squalls Tuesday through Thursday. Squalls will
potentially gust to tropical storm force in a few areas, along
with the chance of one or two tornadoes from Tuesday through
Wednesday. Minor flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas
will be possible. Beach and boating conditions will remain poor
through mid week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation will not be needed tonight.

Weitlich

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Oct 9, 12:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Oct 9, 1:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole57 min
Oct 9, 1:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia59 min
Oct 9, 3:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBVolusia62 min
Oct 9, 3:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Oct 9, 4:31 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMLBVolusia112 min
Oct 9, 5:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMLB3 hr
Oct 9, 6:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMLBSeminole23 min
Oct 9, 6:23 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMLBVolusia88 min
Oct 9, 7:51 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMLBVolusia14 hr

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Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2018Every special weather statement 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.