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Old 08-30-2008, 07:41 AM
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Default Wx Hazards this weekend?

Thanks to Hurricane Gustav and a system to the north we have a nice pressure gradient across Florida and wind to go with.


From: http://sun-sentinel.com/

Those are feeder bands spreading out from south to north up the Florida peninsula from Gustav. You can see embedded squalls in the bands. You can also see an eye forming in Gustav and that is TS Hanna moving in from the east, joy.



From: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mfl/radar.php
Here are some of the squalls moving in to Ft. Lauderdale and Key Largo. Key West has been getting some strong storms blowing through since last night.


It also shows up in the above intellicast.com radar but in poorer resolution. I would recommend using the NWS radar for closer work.

So, lots of squalls and maybe some wind. If you decide to go out, (may be a day to sit out especially for new kiters), check the radar, having one at the beach isn't a bad idea either. React well and early to incoming hazardous weather, get in fully secure early . Down in the Keys and Southern Florida the holes may be a lot smaller and less frequent as the day wears on. We'll see. These are not easy conditions and have built in hazards.

Be careful out there. Don't want any repeats of the TS Fay debacles.

There are lots of weather planning resources for consideration for the various parts of Florida in stickies like:
http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=6733
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