A surface trough moved across South Florida from east to west during the day, focusing showers and thunderstorms across the region.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A surface trough moved across South Florida from east to west during the day, focusing showers and thunderstorms across the region.
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 Oct 28, 8:38 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 938 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010 .UPDATE... TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL SHIFT THE SHOWERS THAT IS ONGOING OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WESTWARD INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS THIS AFTERNOON...DUE TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE IN PLACE AND THE COLLISION OF THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES. SO WILL CONTINUE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS THIS MORNING...TAPERING DOWN TO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WESTERN AREAS OF THE CWA FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. REST OF THE FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME AND NO OTHER CHANGES ARE PLANNED. && .UPDATED...54/BNB .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 714 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010/ AVIATION...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. PLACED A TEMPO IN ALL EAST TERMINALS TIL 15Z FOR MVFR/POSSIBLY IFR CONDITIONS. WILL CONTINUE VCSH LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON WITH MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS EXPECTED ALL TERMINALS. BY 18Z THE WEST COAST SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED AND THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN PENINSULA...HOWEVER LITTLE CONFIDENCE TO ASSIGN KAPF WITH VCTS WITH SLIGHT COVERAGE EXPECTED. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 87 72 84 71 / 30 10 30 20 FORT LAUDERDALE 87 73 85 75 / 30 10 30 30 MIAMI 88 73 86 73 / 30 10 30 30 NAPLES 88 71 87 67 / 20 10 30 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && DISCUSSION/MARINE/FIRE...54/BNB AVIATION/RADAR...18/GR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 320 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-282230- 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- 320 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010 ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY... ...SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WESTERN INTERIOR AND GULF COAST... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: MAINLY EAST WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON, FOR THE WESTERN INTERIOR AND GULF COAST OF COLLIER COUNTY. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATER ON FRIDAY, WITH INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT RESULTING IN THE GULF STREAM SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FEET BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 702 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010 FLZ063-066-067-070-071-281230- GLADES-HENDRY-INLAND PALM BEACH-INLAND COLLIER-INLAND BROWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PALMDALE...MOORE HAVEN...CLEWISTON... LA BELLE...BIG CYPRESS SEMINOLE RESERVATION...PAHOKEE... SOUTH BAY...BELLE GLADE...WELLINGTON...LION COUNTRY SAFARI... SOUTH COUNTY REGIONAL PARK...IMMOKALEE... MICCOSUKEE INDIAN RESERVATION...MARKHAM PARK 702 AM EDT THU OCT 28 2010 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS THE INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA EARLY THIS MORNING... THE LOCAL SHERIFF OFFICES OVER THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA HAS INDICATED THAT PATCHY DENSE FOG HAS FORMED EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FOG SHOULD BURN OFF BY 830 AM EDT THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN THE FOG WILL BE LESS THAN 1/4 OF A MILE...AND DRIVERS NEED TO USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND REDUCE SPEED IN THE FOG. BAXTER
The Miami radar (KAMX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:02 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck a home in Coral Springs around midday. No injuries were reported from smoke inside the home. Damage is unknown, but likely was minor.
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