Locally dry conditions permitted a wildfire to persist for several days in early August 2025 over portions of inland Palm Beach County.
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The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
Locally dry conditions permitted a wildfire to persist for several days in early August 2025 over portions of inland 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 Aug 1, 6:05 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Miami FL
705 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
...New AVIATION...
.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Saturday)
Issued at 103 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
Latest analysis shows surface high pressure starting to build into
the upper Great Lakes region, and a frontal boundary over the SE US.
At the upper levels a trough is digging in the eastern US, while
upper level high pressure remains over FL and the Gulf. Our sensible
weather today will continue to be dominated by some scattered
coastal showers this morning and then scattered thunderstorms this
afternoon into early evening aided by the east and west coast sea-
breezes. Highest PoPs will be over interior and SW FL, with lower
chances along the Atlantic coast. The heat will continue to be the
story today as well, as afternoon high temps will once again reach
the lower 90s across the metro and middle 90s over inland South FL.
Heat index values will once again peak at 105-110, and while not
high confidence that advisory criteria will be reached everywhere
today, the persistence of this stretch of above normal temps
combined with very mild overnight lows led to the decision to issue
a heat advisory once again today for all areas except coastal
Collier and mainland Monroe, as the cumulative effect of these
heat index values will start to take a toll on vulnerable
individuals.
Low temps tonight will remain mild only dropping to the middle 70s
over inland South FL and around 80 closer to the coasts. Some
occasional coastal showers are possible in the hours around dawn.
On Saturday the frontal boundary over the SE US will sag further
south and settle across northern FL. While moisture is expected to
increase in the mid and upper levels, our overall pattern will
remain the same with scattered showers and thunderstorms during the
afternoon and early evening, mainly over inland areas. High temps
will be similar to what we've seen all week, and max heat indices
will again straddle advisory criteria.
&&
.LONG TERM...
(Saturday night through Thursday)
Issued at 103 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
South FL will start to see a bit of a pattern change the end of the
weekend and through at least the middle of next week. The upper
level high starts to lose control while a trough builds down through
the deep south into the northern Gulf and sits there for much of the
extended period. Meanwhile, several upper level impulses will
traverse South FL through the early to middle portion of next week.
While convection will still follow the typical diurnal pattern each
day, the added upper level support will likely result in a greater
coverage of storms across South FL each day, although the highest
PoPs will remain over inland and SW FL with the low level flow
remaining out of the E/SE.
Temperatures in the extended period will remain above normal with
highs each day generally in the lower 90s across the east coast
metro, to mid and upper 90s over inland South FL. Overnight lows
will remain mild ranging from the middle 70s to around 80. Heat
index values of 105-110 will continue to be expected through at
least the middle of next week.
&&
.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 702 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
VFR conditions will continue in the near term as light and
variable winds begin to pick up out of a southeasterly direction
by late morning. An afternoon westerly Gulf breeze is expected at
KAPF between 17-19z. SCT TSRA late this afternoon into the early
evening hours may result in sub MVFR cigs/vis at KAPF. Light and
variable winds will prevail once again shortly after sunset with
SHRA/TSRA waning in coverage.
&&
.MARINE...
Issued at 103 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025
Gentle southeasterly winds will prevail through the weekend, with
west to southwesterly winds over the Gulf waters developing each
afternoon. Seas generally a foot or less in both the Atlantic and
Gulf waters. Scattered thunderstorms are expected each day, which
may result in locally hazardous winds and seas.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Miami 93 80 93 80 / 40 10 20 10
West Kendall 94 76 93 76 / 30 10 20 10
Opa-Locka 94 79 94 79 / 40 10 30 10
Homestead 92 78 92 78 / 20 10 20 10
Fort Lauderdale 91 79 91 80 / 40 10 20 10
N Ft Lauderdale 93 80 93 81 / 40 10 30 10
Pembroke Pines 96 81 96 81 / 40 10 30 10
West Palm Beach 94 78 94 78 / 40 20 30 10
Boca Raton 94 78 94 79 / 40 10 30 10
Naples 93 79 92 79 / 40 30 40 20
&&
.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Heat Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening
for FLZ063-066>068-070>074-168-172>174.
AM...None.
GM...None.
&&
SHORT TERM...CMF
LONG TERM....CMF
AVIATION...HadiThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Florida Forest Service reported that the Rattlesnake Wildfire burned 3,700 acres of inland Palm Beach County from August 1st to 4th.
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