Ralph's Tropical Weather-RTW

Saturday, December 23, 2017

THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

Anniversary of the 1989 "Christmas Freeze": A cold air outbreak across the entire state of Florida December 22nd-26th. A hard freeze below 28 degrees occurred in every county in Florida #FLwx

Friday, December 22, 2017

HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA PRODUCING FOG

Look at these disgusting humidity levels across South Florida this Friday morning. This is one of the things I hate about South Florida high humidity levels.

DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH 900 AM EST DEC 22, 2017

Hazardous Weather Outlook Text

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HWOMFL

Hazardous Weather Outlook for South Florida
National Weather Service Miami FL
328 AM EST Fri Dec 22 2017

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
222030-
Lake Okeechobee-Biscayne Bay-
Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM
excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-Glades-Hendry-
Inland Palm Beach-Metro Palm Beach-Coastal Collier-Inland Collier-
Inland Broward-Metro Broward-Inland Miami-Dade-Metro Miami-Dade-
Mainland Monroe-Coastal Palm Beach-Coastal Broward-Coastal Miami-
Dade-Far South Miami-Dade-
Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
328 AM EST Fri Dec 22 2017

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH 9AM...

This hazardous weather outlook is for South Florida.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Visibility: Areas of dense fog are occurring this morning across most
of South Florida. A dense fog advisory is in effect for Glades, 
Collier, Hendry, inland Palm Beach, inland Broward and inland Miami-
Dade Counties. The visibility in fog may drop to 1/4 mile or less at
times in some locations. Patchy to areas of fog are also possible 
across the east coast metro areas of South Florida.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Fog will be likely again early Saturday morning and early Sunday 
morning and possibly Christmas morning across portions of South
Florida.  Locally dense fog is possible at times.

The rip current risk may increase along the Atlantic Coast early next
week behind the cold front.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed tonight.

For more information...visit the National Weather Service in 
Miami website at www.weather.gov/miami.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

MIAMI AND VICINITY 7-DAY FORECAST

Tonight Dec 21

Mostly clear. Lows around 66°F. Light wind.

Friday Dec 22

Day: Mostly sunny. Highs around 81°F. North wind to 6 MPH.

Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 69°F. Light wind.

Saturday Dec 23

Day: Partly cloudy. Highs around 81°F. East wind to 7 MPH.

Night: Mostly clear. Lows around 67°F. Light wind.

Sunday Dec 24

Day: Mostly sunny. Highs around 81°F. Light wind.

Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 67°F. Light wind.

Monday Dec 25 Christmas Day

Day: Partly cloudy. Highs around 78°F. North northeast wind to 7 MPH, gusting to 17 MPH.

Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 66°F. North northeast wind to 7 MPH, gusting to 16 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Tuesday Dec 26

Day: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs around 79°F. Northeast wind to 10 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 68°F. East northeast wind to 8 MPH, gusting to 13 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Wednesday Dec 27

Day: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs around 79°F. East northeast wind to 10 MPH, gusting to 18 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Night: Partly cloudy with isolated showers. Lows around 74°F. East northeast wind 7 to 17 MPH. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

THE NEW GOES-16 IS NOW OPERATIONAL AS OF DECEMBER 18, 2017

‏Verified account @NOAASatellites

NEW! You can access imagery from NOAA's #GOESEast satellite (#GOES16) which officially went operational today through our GOES-East Image Viewer: https://go.usa.gov/xnQt8 .