HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 728 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 800 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A FRONTAL BAND WILL SLOWLY DRIFT BACK TO THE NORTH FROM SOUTH
FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN
THE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL.
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO IN
COMBINATION WITH A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER THE GULF WILL
APPROACH THE PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...INCREASING DEEP LAYER WIND
SHEAR AND INSTABILITY.
IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES FROM
ANY THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR ACQUIRING ROTATION...WHICH COULD PRODUCE A
BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THESE
STORMS WILL BE NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND THE TREASURE COAST IN THE
VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY AFTER 11 PM. THE THREAT FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARDS TO ENCOMPASS AREAS
SOUTHWARDS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL TO LAKE KISSIMMEE BY DAYBREAK ON
SATURDAY.
PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE WEATHER
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MAKE SURE YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALERT
FEATURE IS ON BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE DAY RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY FROM BREVARD AND OSCEOLA
COUNTIES NORTHWARD. RIBBONS OF ENHANCED RAINFALL TRAINING OVER
THE SAME AREAS WILL PRODUCE HIGHER STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES IN SOME AREAS. TEMPORARY FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW
LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED.
...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
ISOLATED STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 34 KNOTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC AND INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
...WATERSPOUT IMPACT...
STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A WATERSPOUT ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC AND INTRACOASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHWARDS INTO THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BRING A COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. A LINE OF FAST
MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PRECEDE THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY...SWEEPING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AFTER SUNRISE
SATURDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
AS THIS LINE PASSES AND INTERESTS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA SHOULD
KEEP INFORMED OF THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM.
A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE COASTAL WATERS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER GULF STREAM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER OVERNIGHT AND INTO
THE MORNING ON SATURDAY AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.
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