HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 405 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
Expiration: 715 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009

...STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE NORTH THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
...HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
RIP CURRENTS: ALTHOUGH THE WIND DIRECTION WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE
FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE LOCAL ATLANTIC OR GULF BEACHES, THE
STRONG WINDS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO CREATE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP
CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA ATLANTIC AND GULF BEACHES.
THUNDERSTORMS: A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE AREA THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO
LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AND MOVE ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTH PORTIONS
OF THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A FEW STRONG
STORMS THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.
WIND: THERE IS A CHANCE OF WIND GUSTS FROM 4O TO 50 MPH WITH THE
OCCURRENCE OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION, WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS
OR JUST ABOVE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOCAL GULF AND ATLANTIC
WATERS TODAY, CREATING HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS.
FLOODING: LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING, BUT IS MAINLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
SOUTH FLORIDA PENINSULA. THIS MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS FOR SOUTH
FLORIDA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
BUT DECREASES BY SUNDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE FRONT FINALLY
MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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