East to northeast winds of 15 to 20 knots along the southeast Florida coast led to a high risk of rip currents along all Atlantic beaches.
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East to northeast winds of 15 to 20 knots along the southeast Florida coast led to a high risk of rip currents along all Atlantic beaches.
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 Sep 17, 7:23 PM EST, 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 823 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010 .UPDATE... THE CURRENT FIRST PERIOD FORECAST IS IN GOOD SHAPE...WITH THE ONLY REQUIRED CHANGE BEING A MINOR UPWARD ADJUSTMENT IN POPS TO LOW CHANCE ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO A CONTINUATION OF WIDELY SCATTERED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THIS REGION IN STRONG EAST-NORTHEASTERLY FLOW. OTHERWISE... NO UPDATES ARE NECESSARY FOR THE REMAINING FORECAST ELEMENTS. AN SCEC HEADLINE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT...WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST BEACHES. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TRANSMITTED. 70/DD && .AVIATION DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 710 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010/ AVIATION...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD, HOWEVER A FEW SHRA WILL MOVE FROM THE ATLANTIC AND INTO THE EAST COAST TONIGHT. VERY BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR WITH ANY QUICKLY PASSING SHRA ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS INTO THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. /TINGLER .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 209 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010/ DISCUSSION...IN THE SHORT TERM PERIOD THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO ANCHOR ITSELF ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/ARKLATEX TO THE FL PENINSULA AND THE SFC RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE CONTINUATION OF DEEP NORTHEAST FLOW WITH DRIER AIR ALOFT TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HURRICANE IGOR PASSING WELL NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS. AS WITH ANY EPISODE OF DEEP NORTHEAST FLOW, THERE WILL BE EMBEDDED AREAS OF MOISTURE FROM THE ATLANTIC WHICH ARE VERY DIFFICULT IN FORECASTING THE TIMING OF THESE FEATURES. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW ONE SUCH SURGE MOVING ACROSS S FLA ON SATURDAY BUT AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE WITH THE NAM IT IS SUFFERING FROM ITS MESOSCALE BIAS WITH HIGHER POPS. THE GFS TENDS TO HANDLE THESE FEATURES BETTER BUT THERE COULD BE A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE OVERALL MOISTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. SO WILL CALL FOR SCT POPS ON SATURDAY BUT GO LOWER THAN THE MET GUIDANCE. AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES MORE NORTHERLY ON SUNDAY, FORECAST SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWING PWAT WELL BELOW SEPTEMBER AVERAGES SO WILL CONTINUE THE TREND FOR LOWER POPS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE ATLANTIC BEACHES AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES WITH MODERATE NORTHEAST SWELLS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC WATERS ESPECIALLY OFF THE COASTS OF PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES WHICH ARE BEING GENERATED BY IGOR. FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, THE DRIER AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH A SLOW RETURN OF MOISTURE TOWARDS MIDWEEK AS THE LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW VEERS MORE TO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BE A RESULT FROM THE ATLANTIC RIDGE BUILDING TO THE WEST AS IGOR MOVES INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND THE SFC RIDGE BUILDS EAST. IN FACT, THE GFS FORECAST SOUNDING SHOWS PWAT INCREASING TO ABOVE 2 INCHES ONCE AGAIN BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE SWELLS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL ALSO HANG ON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND SLOWLY DIMINISH AS IGOR BEGINS TO RACE TO THE NORTHEAST. MARINE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION INTO SUNDAY. WINDS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE SO A PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS. AS HURRICANE IGOR TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE REGION...LONG PERIOD NORTHEAST SWELLS ARE FORECAST TO ENTER REGIONAL ATLANTIC WATERS BY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY WITH THE SWELLS EXPECTED TO MAINLY AFFECT THE WATERS TO THE EAST OF PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTIES. SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM WATERS COULD REACH NEAR 7 FEET BY SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY TO NEAR 8 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT. FIRE WEATHER...NO PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 80 89 78 89 / 20 30 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 81 89 81 89 / 30 30 10 10 MIAMI 79 90 78 90 / 30 30 10 10 NAPLES 75 93 75 93 / 10 20 10 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && LONG TERM...70/DD SHORT TERM/AVIATION...04/AT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 744 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010 FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-180930- 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- 744 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS OVERNIGHT SOUTHEAST COAST... ...HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS IN THE ATLANTIC THROUGH NEXT WEEK... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: AN EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA OVERNIGHT, RESULTING IN A HIGH THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE THREAT FOR LARGE AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AS A SWELL ORIGINATING FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IGOR ENTERS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS SWELL, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE MOST PRONOUNCED FROM SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, WILL ALSO LEAD TO VERY ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS ON THE ATLANTIC WATERS, WHICH WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AND MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. OTHERWISE, THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA ON TUESDAY, AND FOR THE ENTIRE AREA ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .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 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 16 year old male was pulled from the water near the Lake Worth pier. Fire rescue officials said the boy was foaming at the mouth when crews arrived, but was conscious by the time he arrived at JFK Medical Center.
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