Swells of 2 to 3 feet from a distant storm in the north Atlantic created ideal rip current conditions along the Palm Beach County coast.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Swells of 2 to 3 feet from a distant storm in the north Atlantic created ideal rip current conditions along the Palm Beach County coast.
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 Nov 9, 12:34 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1234 AM EST TUE NOV 9 2010
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT AND OFFSHORE ALONG THE COASTAL AREA TONIGHT AND
TURN NNE DURING THE MID MORNING HRS. AROUND SUNSET A LIGHT
LAND BREEZE WILL AGAIN DEVELOP. /TINGLER
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 945 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010/
UPDATE...
A LOWER TO MID LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS PUSHING SOUTH
THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA THIS EVENING AROUND THE DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC WATERS. THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN TONIGHT PUSHING THE LOW TO MID LEVEL TROUGH SOUTH INTO
THE FLORIDA KEYS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE LOW LEVEL CLOUDS
SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA. SO THE SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO
CLEAR OUT OVER THE EAST COAST AREAS THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS
AND BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR BY MIDNIGHT...WHILE REST OF THE CWA WILL
REMAIN CLEAR.
THIS LOW TO MID LEVEL TROUGH HAS ALSO MADE THE LOW TO MID LEVEL
WINDS OVER THE CWA NORTHERLY DIRECTION INSTEAD OF A NORTHEAST
DIRECTION THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DRIER AIR OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO FILTER INTO SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
SO HAVE LOWER THE TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT OVER THE CWA TONIGHT.
THE INTERIOR AREAS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET DOWN TO AROUND 50...WHILE
THE METRO AREAS SHOULD GET DOWN TO AROUND 60. THE ONLY EXCEPTION
TO THIS IS THAT THE NORTHWEST INTERIOR AREAS SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET
DOWN TO THE MID TO UPPER 40S TONIGHT.
MARINE...
THE WINDS WILL BE NORTHERLY TONIGHT AT LESS THAN 15 KNOTS WHICH
WILL KEEP THE SEAS IN THE GULF SIDE AT LESS THAN 4 FEET.
HOWEVER...THE SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC SIDE WHERE STILL RUNNING AT 5
TO 7 FEET THIS EVENING. THESE SEAS WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO COME
DOWN TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE AROUND 4 TO 6 FEET BY MORNING TIME. SO
WILL CONTINUE THE SCA FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM TONIGHT.
THE LATEST WAVE MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW SOME MODERATE TO
POSSIBLE LARGE NORTHEAST SWELLS WORKING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA LATE
THIS WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND FROM THE LOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
WATERS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AND
UPDATE THE HWO WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE NORTHEAST
SWELLS.
FIRE WEATHER...
THE LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW THAT THE DEW POINTS ARE A LITTLE BIT
LOWER THAN EARLIER FORECASTED OVER SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY...WITH
MID TO UPPER 40S MOST AREAS EXCEPT LOWER TO MID 50S EAST COAST
AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF THE LOWER DEW POINTS
AND THE WARMER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL ALLOW FOR THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE INTERIOR AREAS TO FALL INTO THE LOWER TO MID
30S FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS ON TUESDAY...WITH THE EAST COAST AREAS BEING
IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S. HOWEVER...WILL NOT ISSUED ANY RED FLAG
WARNINGS FOR THE CWA FOR TUESDAY AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER RUN OF THE
MODELS TO SEE IF THIS TREND CONTINUES BEFORE ISSUING ANY WARNINGS.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 706 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010/
AVIATION...VFR WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SKIES
OVER THE EAST TERMINALS GOING SCT AND SKC ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING.
LIGHT LAND BREEZE WILL PREVAIL AGAIN OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME
MORE NE AT ARND 8 KTS BY 18Z AND AT KAPF, NW AT 8 KTS SAME TIME.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
WEST PALM BEACH 78 60 80 66 / - - - -
FORT LAUDERDALE 78 66 80 69 / - - - -
MIAMI 79 64 80 67 / - - - -
NAPLES 78 57 81 60 / 0 - - -
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING FOR COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN
REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH
TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL
WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.
GM...NONE.
&&
DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...70/DD
AVIATION/RADAR...04/ATHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 955 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-091200- 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- 955 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010 ...HAZARDOUS SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WAVES: NORTHERLY WINDS OF AROUND 15 KNOTS WILL COMBINE WITH SWELLS OF UP TO 3 FEET TO CREATE COMBINED SEAS OF UP TO 7 FEET TONIGHT IN THE GULF STREAM. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE BELOW 7 FEET BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK AND THE COMING WEEKEND. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH SWELLS THAT WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL BEACH EROSION, ESPECIALLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 46-year-old Canadian businessman, in town for a conference, drowned at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel beach in Manalapan during an overnight swim. Seas were rough, with rip currents likely occurring along with swells of up to 3 feet.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Coastal Palm Beach County | 2010-11-09 | 46 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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