High pressure over north Florida produced a moderate east to southeast wind flow across the area.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
High pressure over north Florida produced a moderate east to southeast wind flow across the area.
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 9, 1:35 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 235 PM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT-SUNDAY NIGHT) THE LATEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE REMAINS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THIS PERIOD AND INDICATES MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL. DESPITE THE DRY CONDITIONS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SOUTHEAST LOW-LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE...DAYTIME HEATING AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE (PWS 1.25- 1.5" NW INTERIOR) BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO AROUND THE LAKE REGION THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING PERIODS SATURDAY AS THE GULF COAST SEA BREEZE PENENTRATES INLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND NORMAL FOR THE DAYTIME HIGHS...BUT AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOWS...WHICH WILL NEAR SOME OF THE WARMEST MINIMUM RECORDS FOR SOME OF THE EAST COAST LOCATIONS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY-FRIDAY) THE GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INVERTED TROUGH MOVING INTO THE BAHAMAS WITH POSSIBLE LOW DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS SHOWN BY BOTH MODELS TO FORM TO OUR EAST AND MOVE NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE MODELS HAVE TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THE ECMWF KEEPING THE TROUGH AROUND AND NOT DEPARTING FROM THE BAHAMAS UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK. EITHER WAY, RIGHT NOW WE LOOK TO HAVE SOME INCREASING MOISTURE, BUT THE DEEPER MOISTURE WOULD STAY OFF TO THE EAST. CONTINUED CHANCE POPS MID WEEK. /GREGORIA && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SE WINDS. && .MARINE... MODERATE EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL OVER THE REGION. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE WATERS FROM THE BAHAMAS EARLY NEXT WEEK, CAUSING THE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 77 84 76 85 / 10 10 10 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 79 86 79 85 / 10 10 10 10 MIAMI 78 87 77 86 / 10 10 10 10 NAPLES 73 91 71 90 / 10 10 10 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...SK SHORT/LONG TERM/MARINE....85/AG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 717 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 101130- LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-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- COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM- GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 717 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND FOR ATLANTIC BEACHES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR AREAS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK. .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. KONARIK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
Five people were rescued from rip currents at an unguarded beach north of Dania Beach Pier. A man and a women, both in their 20s, were taken to a local hospital for observation. Time is estimated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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