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[HURAKAN]

Frequent thunder.

[x-y-no]

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It's starting to rain here now, but I'm afraid it looks like the heavy stuff is sting west of here.

[artist]

interesting bit from the Miami NWS Forecast Discussion-
(never seen them include a hydrology forecast before)

000
FXUS62 KMFL 201857
AFDMFL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
257 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...


...THE LATEST SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT A UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL DEVELOP IN THE THROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO...AND DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...THE NORTHERN PORTION
OF THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMA ISLANDS WILL MOVE
NORTHWEST AND THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER
TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLAND WILL ALSO MOVE
NORTHWEST AND THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
KEEP THE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE CWA...AND ALLOW FOR DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE TO WORK INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE CARIBBEAN
SEA DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE TROPICAL
WAVES WILL BE DISCUSS IN THE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW...


...
&&

.HYDROLOGY...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS...DUE
TO THE TWO TROPICAL WAVES AND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA...WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ON THE WEST COAST
METRO AREAS TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. SOME
ISOLATED AREAS COULD EVEN SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL
WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS. THE PWAT VALUES WILL ALSO BE
ABOUT 2 INCHES STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO
WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE ZONES.

[artist]

sounds like we could be in for quite a bit of rain again. From this last week our pond is getting close to spilling over its bank again. Don't need a whole lot omore for that to happen.

[JonathanBelles]

Dry air from that front has made its way all the way down here. Amazing for July. But tomorrow, a day of dryness, will be short lived as the winds turn with the Bermuda High toward a late stormy pattern at the West Coast.

[artist]

interesting bit from the Miami NWS Forecast Discussion-
(never seen them include a hydrology forecast before)

000
FXUS62 KMFL 201857
AFDMFL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
257 PM EDT MON JUL 20 2009

...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...


...THE LATEST SHORT RANGE MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT A UPPER LEVEL LOW
WILL DEVELOP IN THE THROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO...AND DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...THE NORTHERN PORTION
OF THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMA ISLANDS WILL MOVE
NORTHWEST AND THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER
TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLAND WILL ALSO MOVE
NORTHWEST AND THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
KEEP THE SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW OVER THE CWA...AND ALLOW FOR DEEP
TROPICAL MOISTURE TO WORK INTO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE CARIBBEAN
SEA DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE TROPICAL
WAVES WILL BE DISCUSS IN THE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW...


...
&&

.HYDROLOGY...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS...DUE
TO THE TWO TROPICAL WAVES AND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA...WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ON THE WEST COAST
METRO AREAS TO 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. SOME
ISOLATED AREAS COULD EVEN SEE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL
WITH THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS. THE PWAT VALUES WILL ALSO BE
ABOUT 2 INCHES STARTING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SO
WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE ZONES.

fortunately, seems they missed the mark this time! We didn't need it. I was wondering how it was going to get through that dry air I saw pushing its way down here.

[jinftl]

Lower rain chances to continue in south florida (both Miami and West Palm running below normal for the month to date in rainfall...and no surprise, above normal in temps)


....forecast for the weekend, partly dusty skies, with most storms staying to our west

From NWS Miami:

..BELOW NORMAL POPS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY OVER SOUTH FLORIDA BEFORE
INCREASING BACK TO NORMAL POPS THIS WEEKEND...

EXTENDED FORECAST...
THE HIGH WILL THEN MOVE NORTH THIS WEEKEND AND SHOULD BE OVER
CENTRAL FLORIDA NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE STEERING FLOW
TO SWING FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION EARLY THIS WEEKEND TO A
SOUTHEAST DIRECTION BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE
SCATTERED POPS OVER THE CWA THIS WEEKEND INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE AREA THIS
WEEKEND SHIFTING TO THE WEST COAST METRO AREAS NEXT WEEK.

AT THE SAME TIME...THERE IS A LAYER OF AFRICAN DUST LOCATED JUST
EAST OF THE WINDWARD AND LEEWARD ISLANDS THAT WILL BE MOVING WEST.
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS DUST COULD WORK INTO SOUTH FLORIDA
THIS WEEKEND. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HAZY CONDITIONS FOR THIS
WEEKEND OVER SOUTH FLORIDA.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Dry today meaning a good beach day

[Scorpion]

Woo just saw a waterspout in Daytona. Never seen a tornado before so that was awesome.

[JonathanBelles]

Do you have any pictures? I was watching it on Klystron 9/NWS radar.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Pretty cool picture I found on the News Channel 13 website...

http://www.cfnews13.com/uploadedImages/Stories/Weather/Local_Weather_Headlines/Ormond%20Funnel%20Cloud%20(Danny%20Phillips).jpg

[JonathanBelles]

Pretty cool picture I found on the News Channel 13 website...

http://www.cfnews13.com/uploadedImages/Stories/Weather/Local_Weather_Headlines/Ormond%20Funnel%20Cloud%20(Danny%20Phillips).jpg

WOW!!! thats amazing!

[JonathanBelles]

From the news:

Tornado on the EC of FL (Port Orange) caused quite a bit of damage. Pieces of metal from blocks away was stacked 1-2 stories high around a tree. Many cars were buried. Many roads are closed to prevent looters (a measure usually reserved for hurricanes)! Many people sitting in a community sat on their front porches watching it go by like a rainstorm. This tornado started out as a waterspout inland in a lake, then a rope tornado with 70-90mph winds, and then went out to sea. Up to 200 people went out to the beach to wish it bon voyage!

[HURAKAN]

Rainy day across South Florida

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Strong Winds in association with a thunderstorm;
Not Much Rain, Light Rain
Easily NE 30 G 40 mph visual

Strong Outflow boundary should generate a few more storms over central pinellas by 5 I think.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.p ... +Statement

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
317 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

FLZ050-051-252000-
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-
317 PM EDT SAT JUL 25 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH AND EASTERN
PINELLAS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES
THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT SOUTH TAMPA AND
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE

...UNTIL 400 PM EDT.

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME
DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS
EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND
A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO
AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

[JonathanBelles]

I dont see that storm having any 40 mph winds. All its done here is interrupt pool time. XD

[boca]

I dont see that storm having any 40 mph winds. All its done here is interrupt pool time. XD

Fact789 we haven't had pool time today at all here in S FL. At 11am till now at 5:26pm its been overcast and light rain. My wife took the kids to the movies instead of the pool.

[JonathanBelles]

Nontropical rain right now. Pretty dull conditions out there.

Added: Still raining, but its dwindled down to a sunshower.

[JonathanBelles]

Be careful near the eastern gulf today and in Tampa Bay. Conditions are right for tornadoes and waterspouts, so says TBW, and I think there was a warning in Hillsborough already today.

[JonathanBelles]

Four waterspouts spotted around Tampa Bay area

TAMPA, FL -- A tornado warning was issued late Monday morning after two waterspouts was reported near the Courtney Campbell Causeway and the Howard Frankland Bridge.

A total of four water spouts were reported between 10:46 a.m. and 12:58 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Ruskin

The other two were spotted off Clearwater Beach and Anclote Key.

There were no reports of damage or injuries.

The National Weather Service says waterspouts become tornadoes as they move ashore and should be considered dangerous.