Very dry and windy conditions led to a brush fire in East Naples.
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Very dry and windy conditions led to a brush fire in East Naples.
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 Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 8, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1000 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009
.UPDATE...NO MAJOR CHANGES PLANNED TO MORNING UPDATES. THE 12Z MFL
SOUNDING SHOWS THE SUBSIDENCE CAP NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS 24 HOURS
AGO BUT SIMILAR TO THE 00Z SOUNDING. ALL IN ALL, NOT MUCH CHANGE
WITH PWAT STILL AROUND ONE INCH AND VERY DRY ABOVE 10K FEET. SO
WITH LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 10 KT,
SIMILAR PRECIP PATTERN TO THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THAT BEING SAID,
EXPECT ISOLATED SHRA TO DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF WEST AND
EAST COAST SEA BREEZES ACROSS INTERIOR ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING. MARINE ZONES ARE ALSO IN GOOD SHAPE.
30/KOB
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 748 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009/
AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD, AND WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS S FL, HOWEVER AT
APF THE SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND AROUND MID DAY TO
VERY EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SWITCHING WINDS TO THE SW UNTIL AROUND
SUNSET.
AT/DD
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 408 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009/
DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE FROM 29N TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL SLIDE
SOUTH TO 28N TO SOUTH FLORIDA. ANYWAY, THE RIDGE IS FAIRLY WEAK
OVER FLORIDA WHICH MEANS THE SEA BREEZES WILL BE ACTIVE TO PRODUCE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY OVER THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR WHERE
THE SEA BREEZES MEET. THE SAME SCENARIO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK, EXCEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDER STARTING
SATURDAY WITH MORE INSTABILITY AND HIGHER MEAN LAYER MOISTURE.
A COLD FRONT WILL COME OFF THE CAROLINA COAST MIDDAY MONDAY AND
ENTER NORTH FLORIDA LATER MONDAY. MID LEVEL HEIGHTS LOWER ENOUGH
THAT THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA BY WEDNESDAY
AND STALL THURSDAY. PREVIOUS MODEL RUNS HAVE SHOWN THIS AND THERE
MAY BE THUNDER POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. THE HIGHEST POPS WILL ONLY
BE 30 PERCENT OVER THE INTERIOR BUT THAT DOESNT RULE OUT A SLIGHT
CHANCE OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS. WITH THE FRONT IN THE AREA, SOME
CLOUDS AND RAINFALL WILL KEEP THE HIGH TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE
MID TO UPPER 80S AND THE LOWS IN THE 60S INTERIOR AND WEST AND
NEAR 70 TO THE LOWER 70S EAST COAST MID TO LATE WEEK.
MARINE...MAINLY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF LESS THAN 15 KT WILL
RESULT IN SEAS OF LESS THAN 4 FEET THROUGH THE PERIOD.
FIRE WEATHER...UPGRADED FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A RED FLAG WARNING
FOR GLADES, HENDRY AND EASTERN COLLIER COUNTIES TODAY FOR MIN
RHS BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HRS OR MORE. EVEN WITH THE POSSIBILITY
OF DEW POINT RISING A BIT, THE AFTN MIN RHS HAVE NOT SHOWN MUCH
OF AN INCREASE LAST FEW DAYS AND NAM12 AND LOCAL WRF STILL SHOW
MIN RHS BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HRS OR MORE. THINK THE DEW POINTS
MAY INCREASE A BIT AND THE MIN RHS WILL BE BETWEEN 37 AND 40
PERCENT FOR SUNDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 87 75 86 75 / - - - 10
FORT LAUDERDALE 87 77 87 76 / - - - 10
MIAMI 88 76 88 75 / - - - 10
NAPLES 85 70 86 71 / - - - 10
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FLZ063-FLZ066-
FLZ070.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR FLZ063-FLZ066-FLZ070.
AM...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1134 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-090300- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER- INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE- METRO MIAMI DADE-MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH- COASTAL BROWARD-COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE- 1134 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST COAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: SOUTHEASTERLY ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ONSHORE FLOW ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL CONTINUE SOME RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI. 70/DD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A brush fire burned 125 acres in the East Naples area about 4 miles north of the intersection of Tamiami Trail and Collier Boulevard. The fire spread north to the Sabal Palm Road and Brandy Lane areas. A Jeep was destroyed along with an abandoned trailer.
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