Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze in Broward. These storms had several reports of several funnel clouds in Southwest Ranches and Weston area.
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Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed along the sea breeze in Broward. These storms had several reports of several funnel clouds in Southwest Ranches and Weston 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 14, 2:51 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 351 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS... Moisture will gradually increase next week, bringing better chances for showers and thunderstorms to the region. && .SHORT TERM /Tonight through Monday night/... Light synoptic flow over South Florida this weekend will allow a sea-breeze dominant regime. this afternoon...a few showers developing along the Gulf breeze over Hendry and eastern Collier counties, with a few more showers over the Everglades. Thus far, most populated areas along the east coast have stayed dry, but can't rule out some early evening activity propagating eastward toward the metropolitan areas with the westerly flow aloft. delayed sea-breeze onset on the east coast has let temperatures reach near 90 degrees most locations. Weakening cold front/surface boundary over Central Florida will dissipate overnight as it reaches South Florida tonight. Thus, Sunday will be slightly drier and less unstable. A few showers are possible over the interior during the afternoon, but activity should be more sparse than today. By Monday, easterly flow takes hold, increasing moisture again and focusing afternoon convection chances over the interior and west coast. Temperatures will be slightly above normal through the short term, with maxima mainly in upper 80s, expect for low 90s interior. Low temperatures will be 70s in urban areas, 60s interior. .LONG TERM /Tuesday through Friday night/... Synoptic features for much of next week will consist of subtropical ridge building into South Florida from the east, with a broad longwave trough over the eastern United States. This trough will trigger a series of cold front to pass north of Florida over the southeastern U.S. As deeper moisture spreads north and west into Florida. A more summer-like pattern over South Florida consisting of diurnal showers and thunderstorms developing along sea-breeze boundaries is expected to initiate Tuesday and continue to the remainder of the week. With easterly flow, rain chances will be lowest along the east coast, with likely POPs in place over the interior through the period. Atmospheric support for strong convection is low, but certainly frequent cloud-to- ground lightning will be a concern. Temperatures beneath the sub- tropical ridge over South Florida will remain a degree or two above normal on average...with maxima just shy of 90 degrees (low 90s interior) and minima mainly in the 70s. && .AVIATION... Afternoon sea breeze boundary now pushing inland along the Atlantic coast, bringing veering winds to a more southeasterly flow over the Atlantic terminals through the rest of the afternoon hours. Some MVFR periods may affect most of the Atlantic terminals under low cloud coverage, along with some possible VCSH. Kept mention of thunder out of the forecast since lightning is more likely over interior areas. Winds are expected to again become light and variable later tonight and through the overnight hours. APF should remain VFR through the forecast period with westerly flow also becoming light. && .MARINE... Easterly flow will dominate into next week with speeds less than 15 knots. A few showers and thunderstorms are possible this and Monday afternoons over Lake Okeechobee, with better chances, including for the nearshore Gulf and Atlantic waters, Tuesday through the remainder of the week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... West Palm Beach 73 88 74 86 / 10 10 10 20 Fort Lauderdale 74 88 76 86 / 10 10 10 10 Miami 74 89 75 87 / 10 10 10 20 Naples 71 87 71 90 / 0 0 0 30 && .MFL Watches/Warnings/Advisories... FL...None. AM...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...23/SK LONG TERM....23/SK AVIATION...17/AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 408 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 150815- 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM EXCLUDING THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF 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- WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 408 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2016 ...ISOLATED EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY INTERIOR... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS: A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING, MAINLY OVER INTERIOR PARTS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY, WITH BETTER CHANCES TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ACTIVITY IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE NEXT WEEK ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES. .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 Miami radar (KAMX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:00 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Several members of the public called to report several funnel clouds in western Broward county in Southwest Ranches.
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