Florida Weather

[KWT]

Yeah thats interesting as that would mean its a right mover...
I wonder why that would be the case though unless its become a supercell?

[HURAKAN]

It's pouring heavily hear at FIU. Wow!!!

[Evil Jeremy]

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1455
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1033 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...FL PENINSULA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 181533Z - 181700Z

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/ERN PORTIONS OF THE FL PENINSULA.

THOUGH ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS/SHEAR ARE WEAK...RELATIVELY COLD
TEMPERATURES ALOFT WERE RESULTING IN STRONG INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPES
UP TO 2000 J/KG. THE AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE WITH
ADDITIONAL HEATING. THE DEEP WLY WINDS ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN
NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG SEA BREEZE MOVING EWD ACROSS
THE PENINSULA. ALSO...CONVECTION MAY BE ENHANCED BY CONVERGENCE
ALONG STATIONARY FRONT IN THE NRN PENINSULA...PLUS FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH MID LEVEL CIRCULATION IN SRN FL AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH
APPROACHING FROM THE NW. THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT STORM
ORGANIZATION SINCE SHEAR IS WEAK AND ALSO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL
RESULT IN PLENTY OF OUTFLOWS. HOWEVER...IF IT APPEARS STRONG
UPDRAFTS CAN BE MAINTAINED...A WATCH WOULD BE NEEDED.

[KWT]

Yep plenty of CAPE for these storms to work with so going to be fairly strong storms about today I'd imagine.

[HURAKAN]

Pouring heavily once again in FIU. Incredible amounts of rain. I will know exactly when I get home.

[KWT]

Thats good news Hurakan, didn't a lot of S.Florida have a dry May?

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1259 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008
FLZ037-038-040-181730-
FLAGLER-MARION-PUTNAM-
1259 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008
...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN
MARION...CENTRAL PUTNAM AND NORTHERN FLAGLER COUNTIES FOR STRONG
WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING VALID UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
AT 1259 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLLISTER
TO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 18 MPH. THESE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND WELAKA...POMONA
PARK...MANNVILLE...LAKE COMO...INTERLACHEN...HOLLISTER...CRESCENT
CITY...SATSUMA...ANDALUSIA AND SAN MATEO THROUGH 130 PM EDT. HAIL UP
TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING
AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE
MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. IF FURTHER
INTENSIFICATION OCCURS A WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED.
REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
$$
HESS

[HURAKAN]

Very dry after a wet April.

[KWT]

Well at least the wet April probably helped to buffer up the levels a little and hopefully we can get a fairly wet next 30-45 days.

[JonathanBelles]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
241 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

FLC099-181900-
/O.CON.KMFL.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080618T1900Z/
PALM BEACH FL-
241 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY...

AT 237 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF NORTH PALM BEACH GENERAL
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FAU NORTH CAMPUS BY 245 PM EDT...
JUNO BEACH BY 250 PM EDT...
AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU ARE NEAR THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY
BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS AND WINDOWS.
GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 2681 8014 2685 8023 2698 8013 2697 8010
2698 8010 2698 8007 2697 8007 2692 8006
2690 8004 2684 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 239DEG 28KT 2686 8013

$$

GREGORIA

[KWT]

Oh very interesting a tornado warning!

[artist]

000
NWUS52 KMFL 181910
LSRMFL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
310 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

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

0240 PM TSTM WND DMG PALM BEACH GARDENS 26.83N 80.10W
06/18/2008 PALM BEACH FL EMERGENCY MNGR

DOWNED POWER LINES IN THREE AREAS IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

0242 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NNW RIVIERA BEACH 26.83N 80.10W
06/18/2008 E62.00 MPH PALM BEACH FL TRAINED SPOTTER

AT PGA BOULEVARD AND I-95 IN PALM BEACH GARDENS.

0245 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE JUPITER 26.88N 80.07W
06/18/2008 PALM BEACH FL EMERGENCY MNGR

LARGE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF DONALD ROSS AND
ELLISON WILSON ROADS.


&&

$$

MOLLEDA



It is beginning to rebuild here. It was like a tropical storm for about 30 minutes here. There is a trampoline wrapped around a telephone pole down the block from us. We saw the low clouds and think there may have been a funnel in the area where the above reports are from. Being from tornado country, you learn to recognize the potential.

[KWT]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
310 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

FLZ044>046-053-144-182000-
NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY-
310 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY...ORANGE COUNTY...
NORTHERN OSCEOLA COUNTY...WESTERN SEMINOLE COUNTY...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AROUND 20 MPH FOR THESE STORMS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER
STORMS IN THIS AREA WERE AROUND UMATILLA...OKAHUMPKA...MASCOTTE AND
SOUTHEAST LAKE COUNTY.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...WHICH MAY CAUSE UNSECURED
OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TEMPORARILY REDUCE
VISIBILITY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL...PEA TO DIME SIZE...WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE IN LOCALIZED AREAS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED...CAUSING TEMPORARY PONDING ON
SOME ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD SLOW DOWN IN HEAVY RAINFALL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING
AND LEAVE SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN OTHER VEHICLES.

$$

SEDLOCK

[HURAKAN]

[KWT]

Wow good cells there Hurakan though some parts of the SW are missing out on the cells, probably due to the wind direction meaning that there isn't enough instablity until a certain distance inland I guess.

[HURAKAN]

I come home and find out that the rain gauge was clogged and therefore it didn't get a fair measurement of the rainfall. Still, I have a Vantage Pro2 and it was filled with rainfall to the top. Now I have to remind myself to clean the rain gauge at least once a month. I had it installed last November and had not done any cleaning.

[KWT]

Oh well how much does the vantage gauge hold?

[HURAKAN]

Oh well how much does the vantage gauge hold?

Don't know exactly but this is what I found in the internet.

Rain Collector Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tip bucket, 0.01" per tip (0.2 mm with metric rain adapter), 33.2 in2 (214 cm2) collection area

Maybe the owner of another Vantage Pro2 has a better idea.

Miami Airport is reporting 1.21 inches and more rain is on the way.

[HURAKAN]

A lot more rain still on the way.

[Evil Jeremy]

Getting ready for a big storm here in Plantation. Look at the line in Broward County!

http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid= ... 11&loop=no

[HURAKAN]

Homestead reporting more than 5 inches of rain and more is falling. Unfortuntely this won't help Lake Okeechobee.