Southerly wind flow with abundant moisture across South Florida ahead of an approaching cold front. Showers and a few storms were able to form ahead of a cold front over the east coast.
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Southerly wind flow with abundant moisture across South Florida ahead of an approaching cold front. Showers and a few storms were able to form ahead of a cold front over the east coast. One of these showers west of homestead was able to form a funnel cloud.
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 Nov 1, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 335 PM EDT Fri Nov 1 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT BEACHES OF PALM BEACH COUNTY... .Short Term... (This Afternoon through Saturday)... The front which has moved down the state today has made it down to an area broadly defined from northern Palm Beach County across Lake Okeechobee to Fort Myers. Short-range guidance is not as aggressive in showing higher PoPs this afternoon as low-level convergence south of the front is limited to along the seabreezes pushing slowly inland. For the rest of the afternoon, scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm will likely be oriented from southern Palm Beach County south to inland Miami-Dade County, then NW along the Gulf seabreeze to western Collier County. This evening, the front will pretty much stall over the aforementioned area, which may serve as a focus for a few showers to develop over the near shore Atlantic waters and move onshore the east coast, mainly north of Miami. On Saturday, the front should temporarily drift north of the area, and with the loss of any focus from the boundary, any showers/isolated thunderstorms will be driven primarily by mesoscale/sea breeze interactions. Areas with highest PoPs on Saturday will be from inland Palm Beach County to eastern Collier County. As far as temperatures go in the short term, the only effect of the front will be in slightly cooler lows Saturday morning west of Lake Okeechobee where readings are expected to drop to the upper 60s. Elsewhere, lows will stay well in the 70s. As the front retreats north on Saturday, South Florida remains in the warm sector and high temperatures will once again reach the upper 80s most areas, with near 90 over inland Collier County. .Long Term... (Sunday through Wednesday)...The stationary front over Lake okeechobee region will move back northward as a warm front early next week allowing for the ridge of high pressure over the Atlantic waters to build westward across the Florid Peninsula. This will allow for the steering flow to shift from a south southwest direction late this weekend to a easterly direction early to middle next week. Therefore, scattered showers and some thunderstorms will be possible over the interior and east coast metro areas late this weekend before shifting more to the western areas of South Florida for the early to middle next week. There could still be a few showers and thunderstorms possible along the east coast areas for next week mainly in the late night and morning hours on the easterly flow. (Thursday and Friday)...Another cold front is forecast by the long range models to work into the region late next week from the north. This will allow for the steering flow to swing back to a south southwest direction focusing the showers and thunderstorms back to the east coast metro areas. && .Marine... Winds will briefly become NE around 15 knots just north of the front over Lake Okeechobee and the Palm Beach and Collier County waters Saturday night and Sunday. Otherwise, a general E-NE wind wind around 10-12 knots will prevail through the early part of next week. Seas will be generally in the 2-3 ft, except for an area of NE swell of 2-4 ft off Palm Beach County this weekend which will help increase seas to around 6 feet. The outer Gulf waters off Collier County will also build to 4 feet Saturday night and Sunday. An increase in the east winds is possible by the middle of next week when winds could reach 15 knots area-wide. The majority of the showers and thunderstorms expected this forecast period will be this weekend mainly near the front over the Palm Beach County waters. && .Aviation... Through 23z, most SHRA should be over the interior, but close enough to east coast sites to include VCSH. Any TSRA will be isolated and not enough to mention in TAFs. Periods of ceilings 030-050. Slight increase in SHRA chances 00z-06z along east coast, with perhaps a brief BKN025 along the east coast. Slightly drier on Saturday with continued surface wind E-NE 8-10 knots. && .Beach Forecast... The lingering NE swell will likely maintain a high risk of rip currents at the northern Palm Beach County beaches through Sunday, but the risk tapers off as you go south down the coast, where only a slight risk is anticipated for most of the Miami-Dade beaches as well as Collier County beaches. && .Preliminary Point Temps/PoPs... West Palm Beach 75 86 72 84 / 30 40 40 50 Fort Lauderdale 77 86 74 85 / 30 30 30 50 Miami 76 87 75 85 / 20 30 30 40 Naples 72 86 70 85 / 20 30 30 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...High Rip Current Risk through Sunday evening for FLZ168. AM...None. GM...None. && Marine...59/RM Aviation...59/RM Beach Forecast...BNB/RM Short Term...59/RM Long Term...54/BNB
Hazardous Weather Outlook for South Florida National Weather Service Miami FL 402 PM EDT Fri Nov 1 2019 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 020815- 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- 402 PM EDT Fri Nov 1 2019 ...High Risk of Rip Currents For Palm Beaches... ...Scattered Thunderstorms Across South Florida Today... This hazardous weather outlook is for South Florida. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Rip currents: There is a high rip current Risk for the northern portion of the Palm Beach County beaches. There is a moderate risk for rip currents elsewhere along the Florida East Coast. Thunderstorms: There is a slight chance of thunderstorms over most of South Florida and the adjacent waters. Waterspouts: There is a slight chance of waterspouts for all South Florida waters today. Wind: Wind gusts from showers or thunderstorms of 20 to 30 kts are possible across all South Florida waters today. Waves: The Atlantic waters off northern Palm Beach County will build to around 6 feet today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY The risk for rip currents is forecast to remain elevated for the Atlantic beaches through at least Sunday evening, with a high rip current risk in effect for the Palm Beach County beaches through Sunday evening. The enhanced risk of rip currents may persist into next week. There will be a chance for thunderstorms over portions of South Florida through the weekend and into early next week. Main concerns will be lightning, as well as potential for locally heavy rain which could result in flooding of low lying areas and streets. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. However, spotters should still report any significant weather to the National Weather Service Miami office. For more information...visit the National Weather Service in Miami website at www.weather.gov/miami.
The Miami radar (KAMX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Local media reported various social media reports of a funnel cloud west of Homestead in southwest Miami-Dade, associated with a showers in the area.
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