The afternoon sea breeze triggered thunderstorms over coastal Florida.
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The episode as NWS MLB wrote it up.
The afternoon sea breeze triggered thunderstorms over coastal Florida.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 11, 9:08 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1008 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 .DISCUSSION... CURRENT-TODAY...LOW-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS REMAINS STYMIED SOUTHWARD THIS MORNING. KXMR SOUNDING CAME IN VERY WARM WITH A 500 MB TEMPERATURE OF -4.9C AND A 700 MB TEMPERATURE OF +9.2C. SUSPECT WE WILL SEE LIMITED COOLING LATER TODAY AS A SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PENINSULA. CURRENTLY...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT ARE FOUND BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. AS OPPOSED TO YESTERDAY (1.00 PWAT)...THE CAPE SOUNDING DID COME IN MORE MOIST THIS MORNING (1.64 PWAT). HAVE RESERVATIONS ON THE OVERALL RETURN OF DEEP LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTH. DEWPOINTS TO REMAIN A BIT LOWER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS (FRI/SAT) WITH UPPER 60S NORTH AND LOWER 70S SOUTH...BUT STILL EXPECTING ISOLD COVERAGE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND SCT COVERAGE SOUTHWARD LATER ON. MAIN THREATS TO REMAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN A FEW STORMS AND ISOLD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE. DUE TO THE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW...THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE MAY MAKE AN APPEARANCE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE BUT MAY NOT MAKE MUCH PROGRESS INLAND AS A RESULT. WILL NOT MAKE ANY UPDATES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE. && .AVIATION...BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR AFTERNOON STORMS SHOULD AGAIN BE ACROSS THE SOUTH. DRIER POCKET OF AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTH SHOULD LIMIT DEEP CONVECTION. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ISOLD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. && .MARINE...CURRENT/TODAY...OFFSHORE FLOW NEAR 10 KTS WITH RATHER TRANQUIL SEAS. CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS EXISTS MAINLY FROM THE CAPE SOUTHWARD. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && SEDLOCK/SHARP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 430 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-112030- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 430 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... DRIER AIR ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE AREA SHOULD LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON STORMS THERE AGAIN TODAY. A LITTLE HIGHER MOISTURE VALUES IN THE SOUTH HALF SHOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 40 MPH IN ISOLATED STRONG STORMS. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... PREVAILING WESTERLY FLOW WILL PUSH ISOLATED AFTERNOON STORMS ACROSS THE COAST...MAINLY SOUTH OF CAPE CANAVERAL. A FEW COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH MID WEEK WITH A GRADUAL DECLINE TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. LASCODY
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:55 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire caused by lightning destroyed an expensive water front home in Merritt Island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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