Prolonged dry conditions led to the development of severe drought in eastern Glades County.
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Prolonged dry conditions led to the development of severe drought in eastern Glades 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 Apr 26, 6:13 AM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 713 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 .AVIATION(12Z TAFS)... VFR conditions will prevail through the period. APF will see a Gulf sea breeze again today, and convection could approach the terminal; however the lowered confidence in convective coverage and placement seems to only warrant a VCSH at this time. Outside of KAPF E-SE winds sustained 10-15kts are expected to prevail today with speeds dropping off overnight. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (Issued 337 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022) ..High Rip Current Risk For Atlantic Beaches Today... ..Increasing Rain Chances through the Week... SHORT TERM... (Today Through Wednesday)... The ridge of high pressure in the low levels in control of our pattern last few days, is forecast to move east through the period as a weakening cold front approaches northern Florida today and the Lake Okeechobee region by the end of tomorrow. However, our region is still expected to remain under the influence of the (now rather weak) western Atlantic High particularly today. Consequently easterly flow will still prevail today, however it will be weaker than previous days with the Gulf Breeze making even more progress inland this afternoon and even more so tomorrow as easterly flow collapses with generally light breezes as the area is caught in a deformation zone between ridge to the east, approaching weakening front, and ridge across the gulf with both seabreezes carrying the day. This will likely be the main focus for isolated shower development over the interior and SW Florida today. Very similar for Wednesday but the pattern would overall allow for further inland penetration of sea breezes keeping main focus of better rain chances than today there and across the Lake region with proximity of the weakening front. A slight chance of tstms today and tomorrow for the aforementioned areas each day. Lack of notable upper level forcing and/or thermodynamic profiles means that should any storms develop, there should be of the garden variety at best. But confidence in tstms developing in the next two days still remains low, particularly today. High temperatures will range from the lower 80s on the east coast to near 90 in the western interior today to mid to upper 80s tomorrow. Lows will range from low to mid 60s inland to around 70 near the coasts. LONG TERM... (Thursday Through Monday)... The ridge of high pressure over the Western Atlantic waters will continue to weaken allowing for dissipating front to move south into South Florida by the end of the week. From late week and through the weekend the ridge begins to build back up to the north of the region as the remnants of the front pivot across South Florida becoming the focus of convergence as moisture increases across the region. This will mean increasing chances of rain and even thunderstorms as a series of upper level short waves approach the area late this week and weekend in tandem with mid levels temps of -10 to -12 deg C particularly during the weekend. Yet low to mid level lapse rates remain limited and thermodynamic profiles are not necessarily in favor of organized convection. For now though, even though forecast confidence is low, there is enough to acknowledge increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms late this week and into the weekend. We will revise later model cycles and trends to see if this evolves into concerns for strong storms over the late week and weekend period. For interior and west coast, rain chances will mainly be afternoon/evenings with chances remaining in place overnight for east coast and coastal waters (particularly Atlantic) as well. Highs will be in the 80s, except upper 80s to around 90 western interior areas each afternoon. Lows will be in the 60s, except upper 60s to around 70 along the coasts. AVIATION(06Z TAFS)... VFR conditions will prevail through the period. APF will see a Gulf sea breeze again today, and convection could approach the gulf coast terminals; however lower confidence does not merit inclusion of VCTS at this time. Winds mostly E/ESE around 10 kt, weakening overnight. MARINE... Easterly winds will continue to relax over local waters today. Generally benign marine conditions will persist much of the week before winds potentially increase again in the late week period particularly along the Atlantic resulting in hazardous conditions. Scattered showers and perhaps some thunderstorms will be possible as well through the period, with the risk generally increasing into the mid-late week period particularly across the Atlantic waters. Primary hazards will be locally gusty winds and occasional lightning near thunderstorms. BEACHES... The high risk for rip currents continues for the Atlantic beaches of South Florida through at least today even though easterly winds will be decreasing. While easterly flow diminishes as the week progresses, an elevated risk of rip currents will likely persist into the mid-late week period especially for Palm Beach county before increasing once again for all the Atlantic beaches late this week and into the weekend. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Miami 72 86 71 84 / 10 30 10 50 West Kendall 68 87 68 85 / 10 30 10 40 Opa-Locka 70 86 70 85 / 10 30 20 50 Homestead 69 84 68 83 / 10 20 10 40 Fort Lauderdale 72 84 70 83 / 10 30 20 50 N Ft Lauderdale 71 84 70 82 / 10 30 20 50 Pembroke Pines 69 86 70 84 / 10 30 20 50 West Palm Beach 68 85 69 81 / 10 30 30 40 Boca Raton 69 86 70 84 / 10 30 20 50 Naples 71 86 70 87 / 20 20 0 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...High Rip Current Risk through this evening for FLZ168-172-173. AM...None. GM...None. && Update/Aviation...Carr Today through Wednesday and Marine...PS Wednesday Night through Monday...PS Visit us at weather.gov/miami Follow us on Facebook and Twitter at: www.facebook.com/nwsmiami www.twitter.com/nwsmiami
Hazardous Weather Outlook for South Florida National Weather Service Miami FL 341 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676- 271000- 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- 341 AM EDT Tue Apr 26 2022 ...High Risk of Rip Current Atlantic Beaches Today... .This hazardous weather outlook is for South Florida. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Rip currents: There is a high risk of rip currents across southeast Florida Atlantic beaches today. Swimming is not recommended. Heed the advise of the the beach patrol. No other hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY An elevated risk of rip currents will continue particularly across the Palm Beach beaches through mid/late week with risk increasing once again for all Atlantic beaches by late in the week and into the weekend. The chances for showers and thunderstorms increase by the middle to late week in association with an approaching front and redevelopment of coastal sea breezes. Hazardous marine conditions may develop again late this week as a northeasterly swell builds and easterly breezes increase again across the Atlantic waters. No other hazardous weather is expected at this time. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Low rainfall amounts since December 1st led to the development of severe drought conditions across eastern Glades County. Rainfall estimates in these areas were only in the 10-25% of normal range for that time period.
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