1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 24, 1:45 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
SOUTH FLORIDA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 245 PM EDT WED SEP 24 2003 .DISCUSSION...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS STALLED FROM THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH NORTH FLORIDA. NO FACTOR LOCALLY AS THE SUPPORTING SHORT WAVE TROUGH LIFTS OUT TO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. DECENT MOISTURE GRADIENT IS IN PLACE OVER FLORIDA TODAY...WITH DEW POINTS RANGING FROM THE MID 60S OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE MID 70S IN THE MIAMI AREA. IN THE ATLANTIC...A LOW IS FORMING SOUTH OF BERMUDA AND MOVING NORTH TO NORTHEAST. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORMING IN THE CARIBBEAN SOUTH OF JAMAICA. FOR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...THE ATLANTIC RIDGE IS SLOWLY BUILDING IN OVER THE AREA ALLOWING A WEAK SEA BREEZE TO FINALLY SET UP. AS A RESULT THE AFTERNOON CONVECTION IS SLOWLY DRIFTING INLAND...HELPING TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. THE LIGHT SEA BREEZE PENETRATION WILL KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY EVENING SHOWERS OVER THE METRO AREAS...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING INLAND AND WEST COAST. FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MOISTURE AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN HIGH OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...WITH SEA BREEZE INFLUENCES DICTATING MOVEMENT. MODELS HINT THAT THE LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF JAMAICA WILL MOVE TO OFF THE YUCATAN. THIS WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE OVER THE AREA BY FRIDAY...ALLOWING FOR LIKELY RAIN CHANCES IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS BY AFTEROON. FOR THE WEEKDEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...ITLL BE WET. HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE MODEL DIFFERENCES REMAIN CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE EMERGING FROM THE YUCATAN. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE SIMILAR SHOWING WEAK CLOSED LOW NEAR THE YUCATAN WITH AN INVERTED TROUGH THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA. THE UKMET ALSO SHOWS A WEAK LOW IN THE AREA...MAINLY OFF THE EAST COAST. THE CANADIAN GEM ON THE OTHER HAND IS MOST BULLISH...PUTTING A 991 MB LOW ACROSS S. FLORIDA BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE SOLUTION IS THAT THERE WILL BE A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE AREA WITH DECENT TROPICAL MOISTURE. CONSEQUENTLY WILL EXTEND THE LIKELY RAIN CHANCES CURRENTLY IN THE FORECAST FOR THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY. SOME DRYING THEREAFTER THROUGH MID WEEK IN ALL BUT SOUTHEAST SECTIONS AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRING DRIER AIR THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA. .MARINE...LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS TO PERSIST UNDER INFLUENCE OF ATLANTIC RIDGE. THIS FLOW WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS BY SUNDAY AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AND THE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THE WAVEWATCH MODEL HINTS AT AT THE POSSIBILITY OF SWELLS THIS WEEKEND FROM THE LOW IN THE ATLANTIC...BUT ONLY PERIODS TO 10S NOTED SO FAR. THIS COULD EASILY BYPASS PALM BEACH BEACHES AND REMAIN NORTH. .FIRE WEATHER...NO HIGHLIGHTS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 86 75 86 / 20 50 30 50 FORT LAUDERDALE 76 86 76 86 / 20 50 30 50 MIAMI 75 87 75 86 / 20 50 30 50 NAPLES 74 87 73 87 / 30 40 30 50 .MIA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. CHRISTENSEN
FLZ063-066>075-241600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 537 AM EDT WED SEP 24 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY... ENOUGH MOISTURE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ANYTIME TODAY OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS. MAIN THREATS WILL BE LOCAL PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...DUE TO A RATHER SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND DETAILED GRAPHICS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
CBS-4 measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph at their T.V studio.
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