Prolonged periods of dry weather across much of South Florida during the winter and spring months led to the continuing and intensification of drought conditions through the end of May.
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Prolonged periods of dry weather across much of South Florida during the winter and spring months led to the continuing and intensification of drought conditions through the end of May.
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 30, 11:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL Issued by National Weather Service Key West FL 1255 AM EDT Thu May 1 2025 ...New AVIATION... .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Thursday) Issued at 1209 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Deep-layer ridging has settled in across the region today as the surface ridge axis remains entrenched across the western Atlantic waters. Drier low level air will continue to advect into the region via anticyclonic flow, reinforcing the status quo, a period of dry and quiet weather lasting for the rest of the work week. Given the continued lack of any synoptic flow aloft, the daytime weather regime will once again be dictated by mesoscale processes such as the typical sea-breeze circulations. Winds will veer onshore along the gulf coast each afternoon as easterly flow keeps the gulf sea-breeze boundary over inland southwestern Florida late in the day. Outside of some shallow low-level boundary layer cumulus, Subsidence and a consequent capping inversion will keep any vertical development (and rainfall) to a minimum. A temperature gradient will remain with us both afternoons as breezy easterly onshore flow keeps temperatures cool along the east coast (low to mid 80s) with warmer temperatures across the western half of South Florida. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday night through next Tuesday) Issued at 239 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025 The deep mid level ridging across the region begins to break down during the day on Friday and surface high pressure slowly starts to push further away from the region into the western Atlantic. This will cause the surface winds to gradually veer to a light southeasterly to southerly component late on Friday into Saturday morning. This subtle change is due in large part to a surface frontal boundary that will be moving through the Southeast and approaching the region this weekend in combination with a mid- level trough moving across the eastern half of the United States. As the boundary washes out across the region with a deeper envelope of moisture, mesoscale processes(sea-breezes) will continue to dictate the weather regime each afternoon. Ensemble and deterministic model guidance continues to hint at the potential of a few mid-level impulses rotating around the base of the aforementioned trough and across the region late in the weekend into early next week. The combination of deeper moisture, greater instability, and convergent boundaries could potentially set the stage for the next opportunity of measurable rain across the region during this time frame. The forecast for later in the weekend heading into early next week still remains rather uncertain as this airmass currently in place has been persistently very dry. The latest global and ensemble guidance suite continue to trend slower in regards to when the best chances of showers and thunderstorms would occur across the region while also depicting lesser rainfall totals. This will continue to be monitored as the week progresses. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1253 AM EDT Thu May 1 2025 Easterly winds around 10 kts this morning becoming 10-15 kts with gusts of 20-25 kts after 15Z. An afternoon westerly Gulf breeze is expected at APF after 18Z. Isolated coastal showers are possible late in the day but chances are too low for mention with this issuance. && .MARINE... Issued at 1209 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025 A period of cautionary conditions for small craft will continue across the Atlantic waters through Thursday with periods of cautionary conditions also occurring across the local gulf waters. Seas will remain 4-5 feet across the Gulf Stream waters this morning before gradually decreasing to 2-4 feet by Thursday morning. Waves will remain in the 2-3 feet range across the Gulf waters && .BEACHES... Issued at 1209 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025 A high risk of rip currents will prevail at all east coast beaches today. As breezy to gusty easterly flow continues, the elevated risk of rip currents will continue through Friday. When in doubt, don't go out! && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 124 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025 Although winds will remain light across inland locales this afternoon, relative humidity values will drop to near or just above critical levels (mid to upper 30s) across inland southwestern Florida. This may result in enhanced fire behavior as vegetation remains quite dry across these areas. Closer to both coasts, relative humidity values will remain well above thresholds as onshore flow moderates relative humidity values as sea-breezes move inland. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Miami 72 83 73 85 / 10 20 10 30 West Kendall 68 85 69 87 / 10 10 10 30 Opa-Locka 71 85 72 87 / 10 20 10 30 Homestead 71 83 72 85 / 10 10 20 30 Fort Lauderdale 72 82 73 82 / 10 20 20 40 N Ft Lauderdale 71 82 72 83 / 10 20 20 40 Pembroke Pines 73 87 74 88 / 10 20 20 30 West Palm Beach 70 83 70 84 / 10 20 20 40 Boca Raton 71 84 72 85 / 10 20 20 40 Naples 66 86 68 87 / 10 10 20 20 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...High Rip Current Risk through Friday evening for FLZ168-172-173. AM...None. GM...None. && SHORT TERM...Hadi LONG TERM....Hadi AVIATION...CMF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Most of Hendry County began the month of May in an extreme (D3) drought which lingered until rainfall activity mid to late month allowed slight improvement to severe (D2) drought except for a western area of extreme (D3) drought.
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