STORM2K

I was trying to check out what the reason for cloudy conditions here as the forecast calls for clear skies. I pulled up the radar and it appears there must be a wildfire in western palm beach county.

Tonight: Clear, with a low near 67. North wind between 5 and 13 mph.




Nothing posted here at the NOAA website but, I'll see what i can find.

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
233 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

FLZ063-066-067-070-071-122300-
/O.NEW.KMFL.FW.A.0030.060513T1600Z-060513T2200Z/
/O.CON.KMFL.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-060512T2300Z/
GLADES-HENDRY-PALM BEACH WESTERN-EASTERN COLLIER-WESTERN BROWARD-
233 PM EDT FRI MAY 12 2006

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING
FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LOWER THAN 35 PERCENT, AND 20 FOOT WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES LOWER THAN 35 PERCENT FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE...

DRIER AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND
A COLD FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S ALONG
WITH DEW POINTS FALLING INTO THE 50S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR AT LEAST A FEW HOURS THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AT NEAR 15 MPH. THEREFORE...
THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES...HENDRY...
EASTERN COLLIER...WESTERN PALM BEACH...AND WESTERN BROWARD
COUNTIES FROM 2 PM EDT UNTIL 7 PM EDT.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
WIND... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE
EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI HAS ALSO ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR GLADES...HENDRY...EASTERN
COLLIER...WESTERN PALM BEACH...AND WESTERN BROWARD COUNTIES.

THE DRIER AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON SATURDAY WITH DEW POINTS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 50S. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO WARM UP INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 80S SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER THIS SAME AREA.
THEREFORE...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR
FOUR HOURS OR MORE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLADES...HENDRY...EASTERN
COLLIER...WESTERN PALM BEACH...AND WESTERN BROWARD COUNTIES.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR.

I just got back from the store and just before I left I went out side and I saw ash flying all over the place and my windshield was just about covered. Being that I have a skywarn ID i called it into the NWS and they acknowledged what I thought was happening. They said there was/is a brush fire on the southwestern county line in palm beach.

SouthFloridawx wrote:I just got back from the store and just before I left I went out side and I saw ash flying all over the place and my windshield was just about covered. Being that I have a skywarn ID i called it into the NWS and they acknowledged what I thought was happening. They said there was/is a brush fire on the southwestern county line in palm beach.

I was wondering why I was smelling smoke yesterday evening. This is a great link to the fires in Florida. Hillsborough has several fires burning which I wasn't aware of.
http://flame.fl-dof.com/wildfire/tools_fmis.html#FMIS

Cookiely wrote:

SouthFloridawx wrote:I just got back from the store and just before I left I went out side and I saw ash flying all over the place and my windshield was just about covered. Being that I have a skywarn ID i called it into the NWS and they acknowledged what I thought was happening. They said there was/is a brush fire on the southwestern county line in palm beach.

I was wondering why I was smelling smoke yesterday evening. This is a great link to the fires in Florida. Hillsborough has several fires burning which I wasn't aware of.
http://flame.fl-dof.com/wildfire/tools_fmis.html#FMIS

Thanks for the link...

Ya know that is pretty cool it shows all the current fires in florida.

This must have been the areas the smoke was coming from.