Convergence of the Lake Okeechobee and Atlantic sea breezes led to the formation of funnel clouds in interior Palm Beach County.
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Convergence of the Lake Okeechobee and Atlantic sea breezes led to the formation of funnel clouds in interior Palm Beach County.
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 Mar 31, 1:55 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 255 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES INTO THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE BUT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY SUNDAY. && .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... LLVL RDG AXIS NEARLY OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON...AND NOT EVEN CU FIELD PRESENT IN SOUTHERN CWA. EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES ARE HEADING INLAND...OTHERWISE NO SENSIBLE WEATHER VARIATION OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR 80F. NEAR-ZONAL FLOW AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS WILL ALLOW SURFACE RIDGING TO REMAIN DOMINANT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE WEEK. CURRENT HIPRES WILL WEAKEN AND SLIDE A BIT S/W AS ANOTHER SURGE SPILLS IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER WESTERN INTERIOR THURSDAY...BUT ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY OVER NE/EC FLORIDA WHERE BETTER CONVERGENCE AND DYNAMICS ARE FORECAST. EASTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE MAY LEAD TO A GREATER RISK FOR EAST COAST RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. EXPECT HIGHS IN LOW TO MID 80S THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM UPPER 50S INTERIOR TO AROUND 70F ALONG THE EAST COAST. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... WINDS ALOFT GENERALLY WESTERLY THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL PRECLUDE SIGNIFICANT FRONTS OR STORM SYSTEMS REACHING SOUTH FLORIDA. A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES N/E OF THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...WHICH MAY SEND A MODEST BOUNDARY/FRONT INTO THE REGION AS SFC RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY. WITH THE INCREASED CONVERGENCE AND MOISTURE POOL...LOW POPS IN FORECAST FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN. TEMPERATURES EXHIBIT A SLOW WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION... STABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAIL WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES ARE FORMING...BUT THE MORE INLAND TERMINALS COULD STILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR LIGHT WESTERLY FROM TIME TO TIME OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. && .MARINE... LIGHT WINDS OVER WATERS UNTIL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN INDUCES EASTERLY WINDS AT 10-15 KTS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GENERALLY BENIGN MARINE CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... WEST PALM BEACH 63 83 68 83 / 0 0 0 10 FORT LAUDERDALE 65 83 70 82 / 0 0 0 0 MIAMI 65 83 70 83 / 0 0 0 0 NAPLES 62 81 64 84 / 0 0 0 10 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. AM...NONE. GM...NONE. && SHORT TERM...23/SK LONG TERM....23/SK AVIATION...60/BD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 451 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 010000- 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- 451 AM EDT TUE MAR 31 2015 ...SLIGHT RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PALM BEACH BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY RIP CURRENTS RISK WILL INCREASE LATE IN THE WEEK AND AGAIN LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
TV media relayed a picture of a funnel cloud west of Lion Country Safari. The funnel was observed from the Wellington/Loxahatchee area.
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