Damaging Winds in Florida, March 17, 2003

SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI
225 PM EST SUN MAR 16 2003

.TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
CURRENT WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACCORDING TO MSAS THETA E ANALYSIS
RUNS FROM THE GULF WEST OF TAMPA EXTENDING TO MAYBE JUST NORTH OF
FMY TO NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE WITH ANOTHER WEAK NORTH-SOUTH TROUGH IN
THE ATLANTIC EAST OF THE PENINSULA. IN THE UPPER LEVELS, SHORTWAVE
CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF SETTING OFF A LARGE
CLUSTER OF TSRA WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT
AND MONDAY. ALL OF THIS SPELLS MOST OF THE DYNAMICS ALOFT WILL BE
NORTH OF OUR CWA BUT WE ARE LEFT IN THE VERY WARM, MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS SETTING OFF AFTERNOON BOOMERS. GOT A MUCH EARLIER
START TODAY DUE TO LACK OF MORNING CLOUDS SO THE ATMOSPHERE
DESTABILIZED QUICKLY. ABOUT THE SAME SCENARIO FOR MONDAY SO EXPECT
EVENING ACTIVITY TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN AFTERNOON INTO EVENING
ACTIVITY FOR MONDAY. ANOTHER STRONGER 50H TROUGH MOVING INTO THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST BECOMES A CUTOFF LOW BY TUESDAY WHICH BEGINS
BUILDING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ON MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. 50H TEMPS WARM SIGNIFICANTLY ON TUESDAY WHICH WILL
STABILIZE THE AIRMASS AND PUT A LID ON CONVECTION. AT THE SURFACE,
AFOREMENTIONED UPPER FEATURES WILL ENHANCE SURFACE TROUGHING OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE SOUTH GULF STATES ALONG WITH RIDGING IN
THE ATLANTIC EAST OF FLORIDA. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WINDS WILL
START OFF SOUTHEASTERLY TONIGHT, THEN SLOWLY VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST
BY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SO WITH THIS PATTERN, COULD POSSIBLY
SEE ONE OR TWO RECORD HIGHS FOR MONDAY AND THEN PLENTY OF RECORDS
FOR TUESDAY WITH MAV GUIDANCE SHOWING AROUND 90. THIS SEEMS
REASONABLE WHICH IS FIVE TO SEVEN DEGREES ABOVE FWC/MET GUIDANCE. SO
I COULD EITHER COMING OUT SMELLING LIKE A ROSE OR STINKING LIKE A
SKUNK (OR WHATEVER THE OPPOSITE IS OF SMELLING LIKE A ROSE).

.WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
STILL TOASTY ON WEDNESDAY AS RIDGING ALOFT REMAINS OVER US ALTHOUGH
NO DOUBT A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER AS WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY
INSTEAD OF SOUTHWEST BUT STILL WAY ABOVE NORMAL. AS WE GET INTO
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT MOVE A TAD CLOSER GRADUALLY LOWERING TEMPS. GFS EXTENDED
CONSISTENT IN BRINGING THE FRONT THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ON SATURDAY
WITH A LITTLE MOISTURE INCREASE. NOTHING TOO DRAMATIC SO WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA IN FORECAST FOR SATURDAY THEN DRYING AGAIN ON
SUNDAY ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER AIRMASS WHICH BRINGS US
BACK TO SEASONABLE LEVELS.

.MARINE...
NO HIGHLIGHTS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME AS WINDS WILL BE SOUTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY AT 15 KNOTS OR LESS. MODELS DO WANT TO SHOW
STRONGER WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BUT FEEL THAT THIS IS
A BIT OVERDONE AND TOO FAST FOR ANY KIND OF GRADIENT TO RESPOND.
THEN THEY DECREASE THE WINDS BY LATE MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT SO AT
THIS TIME I AM UNDERCUTTING THESE SPEEDS.

.FIRE WEATHER...
NO PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED.

PBI BB 070/084 070/089 072 2440
FLL BB 071/085 072/089 073 2420
MIA BB 072/086 073/090 074 2420
APF BB 069/082 072/086 072 -420

.MIA...NONE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
500 AM EST SUN MAR 16 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME
SEVERE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HANDEL