A cluster of thunderstorms moved across the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) after interaction with the east coast sea breeze farther to the west. A brief funnel cloud formed in association with a thunderstorm near the coast north of Cape Canaveral.
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A cluster of thunderstorms moved across the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) after interaction with the east coast sea breeze farther to the west. A brief funnel cloud formed in association with a thunderstorm near the coast north of Cape Canaveral. The funnel was observed by a weather observer at the Shuttle Landing Facility and was also observed and photographed by several KSC employees.
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 6, 9:00 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1000 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 .DISCUSSION... CORRECTION TO READ EAST VS WEST OF ORLANDO CURRENT...SURFACE RIDGE AXIS POSITIONED OVER SOUTHERN FLORIDA WILL RESULT IN A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. VERTICAL WIND PROFILERS AT THE SPACE CENTER DETECTING SOUTHERLY WINDS TO AROUND 3000 FEET THEN SOUTHWEST TO WEST ABOVE THAT LEVEL SHOWING THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WAS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH. WINDS DO NOT APPEAR STRONG ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY DELAY SEA BREEZE FORMATION BUT SHOULD INHIBIT INLAND/WESTWARD MOVEMENT THEREFORE KEEPING ANY SEA BREEZE AND SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW INTERACTIONS EAST OF ORLANDO I.E. COASTAL COUNTIES. LOCAL SMALL SCALE WRF MODEL RUNS ILLUSTRATE THIS QUITE WELL AS THEY TRY TO SHOW THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE AND ASSOCIATED WEATHER ONLY MAKING IT TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF SEMINOLE... ORANGE... OSCEOLA AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTIES BEFORE BEING PUSHED BACK TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. MORNING UPDATE PRIMARILY FOR AFTERNOON WEATHER TRENDS. && .AVIATION...VFR WILL GIVE WAY TO SCT MVFR-IFR VSBYS/MVFR CIGS IN SHRA/TS STARTING AROUND 17Z-18Z...MAYBE A BIT EARLIER INVOF MLB-VRB. ACTIVITY SHOULD END BY AROUND 02Z. && .MARINE...NOAA AND SCRIPPS BUOYS RECORDING SOUTH WINDS AT 10 TO 12 KNOTS AND 1 TO 2 FOOT LONG PERIOD (SWELL) SEAS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. SAT-TUE...INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELLS (> 11 SECONDS) FROM TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST FLORIDA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND. SEAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 5 FEET WELL AWAY FROM THE COAST SAT-SAT NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEADING TOWARDS A NEW MOON ON THE 10TH OF AUGUST...LONG PERIOD SWELLS & THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE CYCLE WILL FAVOR AN INCREASED THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK THROUGH THE PERIOD...SO OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION WINDS SHOULD NOT POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO SMALL CRAFT BOATING CONDITIONS. A FEW STORMS MOVING OFFSHORE COULD AFFECT BOATING INTERESTS OVER THE INTRACOASTAL & NEAR SHORE WESTERN ATLC WATERS BOTH SAT/SUN LATE IN DAY. && .MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. && WIMMER/MOSES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 958 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-062000- 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- 958 AM EDT FRI AUG 6 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE COAST AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE BY LATE MORNING AS THE EAST COAST AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZES FORM. SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE INTERIOR COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON. WEAK SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY STEERING FLOW PRESENT ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY WILL LIMIT THE INLAND MOVEMENT OF THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. AS A RESULT...A LATE DAY COLLISION OF THE SEA BREEZES IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BASIN. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. MOVE INDOORS TO SAFETY AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...HEAD INDOORS. ...FLOOD IMPACT... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A 60 TO 90 MINUTE PERIOD WILL CAUSE TEMPORARY FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN SOME AREAS. THIS THREAT WILL BE HIGHER OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A SLOWLY INCREASING SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. LOCAL BEACH PATROLS HAVE REPORTED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RESCUES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. ALWAYS CHECK WITH A LIFEGUARD BEFORE ENTERING THE SURF AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. ...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...SHIFTING TO ALONG THE SAINT JOHNS RIVER BASIN DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON OVER THE REMAINDER OF INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 35 KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. ACTIVITY WILL GENERALLY MOVE TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF FLORIDA REMAINS WEAK...WITH DEEP MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. A FEW STRONG STORMS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THE COMBINATION OF SWELL FROM DISTANT TROPICAL STORM COLIN AND THE APPROACHING NEW MOON EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BRING A MODERATE TO HIGH THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MOSES
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:23 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Observers at the Shuttle Landing Facility saw a brief funnel cloud develop just off to the northeast.
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