Loxahatchee, FL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Loxahatchee, Florida

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 328 AM EDT MON OCT 13 2008
Expiration: 800 PM EDT MON OCT 13 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
...MINOR URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...GUSTY WINDS IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: EAST WINDS OF AROUND 20 MPH OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS
WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES OF PALM BEACH, BROWARD, AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SWIMMING IS NOT RECOMMENDED DUE TO THE DANGER POSED FROM
THE RIP CURRENTS.

FLOODING: ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FAST
TODAY AND TONIGHT, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT HEAVY RAIN COULD
MOVE OVER AND PERSIST AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION. THIS WOULD LEAD TO
THE POSSIBILITY OF STREET FLOODING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AREAS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST,
WHERE A STRONG ONSHORE WIND COMBINED WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES
WILL ENHANCE THIS POTENTIAL.

THUNDERSTORMS: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE AREA TODAY. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACTS FROM THE STORMS.

WIND: GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WILL ACCOMPANY THE HEAVIER
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS TODAY.
A FEW WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER LAND AS WELL.

WAVES: SEAS OF UP TO 8 FEET ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEAS OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 7 FEET BY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

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 RATHER HAZARDOUS OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS WHERE SEAS OF AROUND
8 FEET ARE FORECAST THROUGH MID WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER,
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE, AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.