HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 1026 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008Expiration: 130 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2008 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY GLADES/HENDRY COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY FOR ATLANTIC WATERS... ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF EASTERLY WINDS NEAR 10 MPH AND LOW TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND MORE CONCENTRATED IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL GULF WATERS TODAY. WATERSPOUTS: THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND THE PRESENCE OF CLOUD CONVERGENCE BANDS OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THESE WATERS. WIND: DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR, LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAIL: DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR, THE FORMATION OF SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING: THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND CHANCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ISOLATED AREAS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF URBAN TYPE FLOODING TODAY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VISIBILITY: AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO TUESDAY, WITH DRIER AIR ENTERING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY GLADES/HENDRY COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT... ...MODERATE RISK OF LIGHTNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON... ...MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS TODAY FOR ATLANTIC WATERS... ...SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF EASTERLY WINDS NEAR 10 MPH AND LOW TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES. THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY, MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND MORE CONCENTRATED IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA. ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL GULF WATERS TODAY. WATERSPOUTS: THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND THE PRESENCE OF CLOUD CONVERGENCE BANDS OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS OVER THESE WATERS. WIND: DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR, LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAIL: DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL DRY AIR, THE FORMATION OF SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING: THE COMBINATION OF A LIGHT VERTICAL WIND PROFILE AND CHANCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN ISOLATED AREAS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF URBAN TYPE FLOODING TODAY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. VISIBILITY: AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES THROUGH NOON EDT. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THE REST OF THE WEEKEND INTO TUESDAY, WITH DRIER AIR ENTERING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
