High Point Country Club, FL Hazardous Weather Outlook

High Point Country Club, Florida

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1028 PM EDT SUN OCT 12 2008
Expiration: 1015 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
...INCREASING SHOWERS ATLANTIC COAST WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED...
...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY GULF STEAM WATERS OVERNIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: INCREASING EASTERLY WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL RESULT IN A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF PALM
BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES. SWIMMING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE DANGER POSED FROM THE RIP CURRENTS.

THUNDERSTORMS: ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT OVER THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS AND THE ADJACENT
WATERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE GULF STREAM. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS BEFORE DISSIPATING
OVERNIGHT. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS, AND HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE THE IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS.

WIND: INCREASING LOW LEVEL WINDS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN AN
INCREASING RISK OF GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS IN THE SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND
BISCAYNE BAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH
AT LEAST MID WEEK. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES, RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SWIMMING
CONDITIONS. FOR THIS REASON, SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS WINDS INCREASE.
INCREASING SEAS OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
MID WEEK.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON
MONDAY WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES BEING THE MAIN RISK.

.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.