Hydrologic Outlook - Palm Beach Eastern (Florida)

Updated: 03/11/2010 9:37am
HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH ISOLATED URBAN FLOODING POSSIBLE...

DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE NORTH INTO SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INCREASES
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO TOO WILL THE RAIN CHANCES...ALONG WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAINS.

MOISTURE WILL BE AT ITS HIGHEST LATE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...SOME 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND LIFT...LEADING TO A
GOOD CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL LEADING TO URBAN
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH MOST
OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...ARE FORECAST TO
AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES AT MOST LOCALES. HOWEVER...STEERING WINDS
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BECOME SOUTHWEST AT ALL
LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. THIS COULD LEAD TO THUNDERSTORMS
TRAINING...OR MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SHOULD
THIS OCCUR...MUCH HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS WOULD BE
POSSIBLE...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 5 INCHES...LEADING TO THE
POTENTIAL OF URBAN FLOODING AT ISOLATED LOCALES.

STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MIAMI ON THIS DEVELOPING HEAVY
RAINFALL POTENTIAL.

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Short Term Forecast - Palm Beach Eastern (Florida)

Updated: 03/11/2010 9:37am

ISOLATED SHOWERS SHOULD START TO DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR
AND EAST COAST METRO AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AND MOVE TO
THE NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...AND
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL OCCUR WITH THE
HEAVIEST SHOWERS.

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