Florida Weather

[jinftl]

Widespread rain never materialized in my area...not a drop where i am

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
320 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008

.DISCUSSION...
LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE ANIMATION SUGGESTS THAT THE AXIS OF A
WEAK TROPICAL WAVE CONTINUE TO SHIFT WESTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A DRIER AIRMASS IN THE MID-
LEVELS CONTINUING TO SPREAD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA FROM THE EAST. THIS
HAS LIMITED THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA...AND EXPECT
THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGH EVENING...

[Cyclone1]

I just got some incredible footage of line moving into polk county right now.

[JonathanBelles]

That a lot of activity over Florida, I take it the increase in storm is due to the tropical wave that moving into the region from the east?

not really, normal storms for the most case.

[JonathanBelles]

Local Storm Report

000 NWUS52 KTBW 252109 LSRTBW PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 509 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008

.TIME: ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... .DATE: ....MAG.... .COUNTY LOCATION..ST..: SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..

0401 PM HAIL TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC DALE MABRY AND WATERS.

0401 PM HAIL 4 SSE TEMPLE TERRACE 27.98N 82.37W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT HILLSBOROUGH AVE AND DALE MABRY.

0344 PM HAIL BRANDON 27.93N 82.29W 06/25/2008 E0.50 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC MARBLE/DIME SIZE HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF I75 AND SR60.

0401 PM HAIL 5 NNW TAMPA 28.03N 82.50W 06/25/2008 E0.50 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER MARBLE/DIME SIZE HAIL AT TAMPA STADIUM.

0402 PM HAIL 4 S LUTZ 28.08N 82.47W 06/25/2008 E1.00 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER QUATER HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HILLSBOROUGH AVE AND ROME.

0403 PM HAIL 3 WNW SPRING HILL 28.45N 82.60W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HERNANDO FL TRAINED SPOTTER NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT HILLSBOROUGH AVE AND HIMES.

0408 PM HAIL TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT DALE MABRY AND WATERS.

0402 PM FUNNEL CLOUD TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W 06/25/2008 HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC FUNNEL CLOUD OVERHEAD 8521 BELLA WAY MOVING WEST

PM HAIL CARROLLWOOD 28.05N 82.49W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC NICKEL SIZE HAIL NEAR GUNN HIGHWAY.

0413 PM HAIL CARROLLWOOD 28.05N 82.49W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC

0420 PM HAIL CARROLLWOOD 28.05N 82.49W 06/25/2008 E0.88 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC NICKEL SIZE HAIL AROUND CARROLWOOD.

0420 PM HAIL SPRING HILL 28.44N 82.56W 06/25/2008 E0.50 INCH HERNANDO FL FIRE DEPT/RESCUE MARBLE/DIME SIZE HAIL AT SPRING HILL.

0452 PM HAIL SAINT PETERSBURG 27.76N 82.67W 06/25/2008 E0.50 INCH PINELLAS FL TRAINED SPOTTER MARBLE/DIME SIZE HAIL AROUND DOWNTOWN SAINT PETERSBURG. && $$ REYNES

[dizzyfish]

This is wonderful! Still raining here - although very light. Over 2" for the storm total - so far.

[HURAKAN]

[Patrick99]

Tropical wave = bust. But wow, there's a line of surprisingly strong storms continuing to hang around far S. Dade.....looks like the FL City area into the Redlands.

[NDG]

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
910 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2008

.UPDATE...
CONVECTION SLOW TO DISSIPATE OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN SECTIONS THIS
EVENING AS OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM STORMS OVER AND NEAR LAKE
OKEECHOBEE PROPAGATING SOUTHWARD AND SETTING OFF SHOWERS AND STORMS
OVER EASTERN COLLIER COUNTY. ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA REMAINS
QUITE UNSTABLE WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER AREA FROM LOCAL JET
MAXIMUM OF 40 KNOTS OVER THE SE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE IN WAKE OF THE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE SE GULF. BAND OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN PERSISTING OVER FAR SOUTH DADE
COUNTY THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE
BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS AS THE BAND OVER SOUTH
DADE SLOWLY EXPANDS NORTHWARD.

WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE AND LATEST
TRENDS...WILL RAISE POPS TONIGHT TO 40 PERCENT OVER
BROWARD/MIAMI-DADE AND KEEP 30 PERCENT POPS AT LEAST THROUGH
MIDNIGHT FOR INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS...WITH 30 POPS ALL NIGHT IN
PALM BEACHES.

[HURAKAN]

[HURAKAN]

[JonathanBelles]

Gonna be a wet one today.

[dizzyfish]

Have ya'll seen the mess coming towards the coast from the gulf?

[Cyclone1]

Ughckpshhhh! Whoa!
Is that all coming this way? If so, I've go the video camera ready.

[HURAKAN]

May look as an impressive area of convection the IR but it's not that fierce in the radar.

[dizzyfish]

Just happened to see this.

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1569
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1020 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL FL

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 261520Z - 261745Z

PRIMARY IMPETUS FOR TSTM INITIATION THROUGH THIS AFTN ACROSS CNTRL
FL WILL BE ALONG THE ECST SEABREEZE FROM KPBI NWD AND ALONG THE WCST
SEABREEZE FROM KAPF NWD INTO THE TAMPA BAY REGION. ECST INITIATION
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND TSTMS SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS NWD
TOWARD KMLB AND KDAB THROUGH 18Z. STORM MOTION WILL BE SLOWLY ENE.
MEANWHILE...LARGE CANOPY OF MID-HIGH CLOUDS WAS DELAYING/MITIGATING
HEATING OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER ALONG THE FL SW CST. EXPECT THAT A
WCST SEABREEZE WILL FORM LATER THAN USUAL WITH PRIMARY TSTM
INITIATION AFT 18-19Z WITH SLOW ENE STORM MOTIONS. 24-HR RAOB
COMPARISON SUGGESTS AN EQUALLY COOL MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURE PROFILE
WITH AN INCREASE IN PWATS TO 1.8+ IN. THIS WILL SUPPORT A SLIGHTLY
BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR STORMS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY WITH HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS LIKELY APCHG AND/OR EXCEEDING SVR LIMITS WITH ISOLD
STORMS.

..RACY.. 06/26/2008

[dizzyfish]

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
155 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

FLZ049>051-055-060-062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-261900-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT TO 20 NM-CHARLOTTE-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT TO 20 NM-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-
PASCO-PINELLAS-SARASOTA-TAMPA BAY WATERS-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 20 NM-
155 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2008

.NOW...
A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG THE COAST FROM FORT MYERS
UP THROUGH CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND THROUGH SARASOTA AND BRADENTON TO
TAMPA BAY AND CLEARWATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG
THE COAST WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM BRADENTON THROUGH TAMPA
BAY TO TARPON SPRINGS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH TO
TAMPA...BRANDON...NEW PORT RICHEY AND SAINT PETERSBURG FROM 2 PM
TO 3 PM.

[JonathanBelles]

I just nearly got rained out at a quad event at SPC. We had a strong gust come through, no rain yet, but we all scattered.

[Cyclone1]

The rain starts in Polk. It's coming down.

[Cyclone1]

Just got an advisory on my phone, hail and wind of 40mph with frequent lightning expected for polk county and a few other counties as well.

Quite fun.

[NDG]

Yet another busy radar for central FL, no wonder Lake O. continues to go up.