1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Melbourne, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 155 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005 .DISCUSSION...AS OF 17Z...NASA 915MHZ VERTICAL WIND PROFILERS AT KSC WERE DETECTING SOLID 10 KNOTS ESE FLOW THROUGH 9000 FEET. VISIBLE SATELLITE LOOP SHOWED MARINE LAYER STRATOCU OVER THE ATLANTIC FROM THE COAST WELL EAST OF THE NORTHERN BAHAMA ISLANDS. OF NOTE IS THAT THERE IS MORE STRATOCU FROM THE BREVARD-MARTIN COAST EAST DUE TO BETTER MOISTURE/SPEED CONVERGENCE AS EVIDENCED BY THE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WIND SPEEDS AT COASTAL METAR STATIONS FROM VERO BEACH TO JUPITER INLET. OVERNIGHT...EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO LINGER ACROSS WESTERNMOST CWA...LAKE COUNTY...UNTIL EARLY EVENING...WITH SHOWERS/STORMS ENDING/MOVING WEST OF CWA ELSEWHERE BY LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO DEEP ESE FLOW. CURRENT OVERNIGHT MIN TEMP FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. WILL CONTINUE WITH ISOLATED SHOWER/STORM CHANCE ALONG THE COAST FOR LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING COASTAL SHOWERS. MON-WED...LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE AS DEEP EASTERLY FLOW DOMINATES THANKS TO RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE ATLANTIC ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MOISTURE LEVELS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN NORMAL...AND COMBINED WITH SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE PUSHING INLAND BEFORE CHANCE FOR MUCH CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...DAYTIME POPS WILL BE 20/30 PERCENT FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND 30/40 OVER THE INTERIOR. ONSHORE GRADIENT APPEARS JUST STRONG ENOUGH FOR ISOLATED LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING COASTAL SHOWERS...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE CAPE. MAX TEMPS NEAR CLIMO...MINS SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE GIVEN ONSHORE FLOW. THU-FRI...AS TUTT AXIS WORKS EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE STATE AND INTO THE GULF...INCREASED MOISTURE AND LOW LEVEL RELECTION IN THE FORM OF A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND OF RAIN CHANCES. EXPECT STORM COVERAGE TO RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL FOR MID JULY WITH SOME INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER AS WELL. DIURNAL PRECIP COVERAGE WILL REMAIN DRIVEN BY MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES. SAT-SUN...SURFACE RIDGE SINKS SOUTHWARD TOWARD CENTRAL CWA ALLOWING GRADIENT FLOW TO BECOME LIGHT. INTERACTION OF EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES WILL PROVIDE MAIN FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON STORMS...WITH POSSIBLE SEA BREEZE COLLISIONS ACROSS CENTRAL/INTERIOR CWA. LINGERING MOISTURE TO EAST OF TUTT AXIS AND MOISTURE POOLING ACROSS NORTHERN PENINSULA AHEAD OF MID LATITUDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL KEEP POPS NEAR NORMAL ACROSS NORTH/CENTRAL CWA. POCKET OF DRYING SOUTH OF THE SUB TROPICAL RIDGE AXIS APPEARS DESTINED FOR SOUTHERNMOST CWA...AND HAVE THUS INDICATED SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS IN VICINITY OF LAKE OKEE. && .MARINE...OTHER THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS/STORMS MOVING WEST ACROSS MARINE AREA...TRANQUIL BOATING CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. ONSHORE FLOW WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 KT TONIGHT...THEN 10 KT OR LESS THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH LOCAL SEA BREEZE ENHANCEMENTS NEAR SHORE EACH AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES WILL REMAIN 3 FEET OR LESS. && .AVIATION...LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS NEAR LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS MAINLY FROM ORLANDO AREA AIRPORTS WEST. VFR CONDITIONS AFTER MID EVENING. LOCAL MVFR CEILINGS IN/NEAR ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY DAYLIGHT MORNING HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DAB 77 89 76 90 / 20 20 10 30 MCO 77 94 76 93 / 10 30 20 40 MLB 78 89 77 89 / 20 20 10 30 VRB 78 90 77 90 / 20 20 20 30 && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WIMMER LONG TERM....SPRATT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 433 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 171900- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 433 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE... ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A DEEP LAYER OF EASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL PUSH THE CHANCES FOR STRONG LIGHTNING STORMS TOWARDS THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PENINSULA TODAY. ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM ON THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND PUSH INTO WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA BY EARLY EVENING. MOST OF THE STORMS WILL FORM INLAND OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG OVER THE INTERIOR WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE MAIN DANGER. A ROOFER WAS INJURED BY LIGHTNING YESTERDAY IN WESTERN ORANGE COUNTY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF AN APPROACHING STORM. ...FLOOD IMPACT... STORM MOTION TO THE WEST AT AROUND 10 MPH SHOULD LIMIT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE INTERIOR TO AROUND AN INCH. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY PRODUCE AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING LIGHTNING STORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY WITH AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE BY LATE IN THE WEEK. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY STORM THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. LASCODY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A 23 year old man was injured by lightning while clearing trees.
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