MELBOURNE,
Florida - The National Weather Service of Melbourne Florida
has issued a hazardous weather outlook which forecasts an elevated rip current threat along the coast and early afternoon
thunderstorms developing in south Central Florida which are expected to move eastward towards Brevard County today:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 421 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-122000- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 421 AM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL NUDGE THE RIDGE AXIS SOUTH INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA AND INCREASE MOISTURE FROM THE NORTH. AS THE RIDGE DRIFTS SOUTH...THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WILL BE INHIBITED IN VOLUSIA COUNTY BUT FORM TO THE SOUTH. THE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH FARTHEST INLAND FROM THE SOUTHERN TREASURE COAST...AND REMAIN CLOSER TO THE COAST HEADING NORTH...ESPECIALLY BREVARD COUNTY. A FEW STORMS MAY FORM EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4... THEN STORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON AS STORMS AND OUTFLOWS FROM THE WEST COAST BOUNDARY COLLIDE WITH THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH TODAY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...A FEW STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES... SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... WEATHER AND OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL BRING AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK TO AREA BEACHES TODAY. CHECK LOCAL CONDITIONS WITH BEACH PATROLS WHEN ARRIVING AT THE BEACH. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER INLAND WATERWAYS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS THE INTRAOCOASTAL AND NEAR SHORE WATERS LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE HIGHEST COVERAGE OF OFFSHORE MOVING STORMS IS EXPECTED NORTH OF PORT CANAVERAL...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SOUTH TO AROUND SEBASTIAN INLET. STRONGER STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 35 KNOTS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE DURING THE MID WEEK AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH AND DEEPER MOISTURE SAG INTO THE AREA. THE INFLUENCE OF THE TROUGH DECREASES LATE WEEK...AND EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF ONSHORE FLOW WILL TEND TO MOVE STORMS TOWARD THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
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