TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 800 PM EDT WED AUG 25 2010 FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO... THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS ISSUING ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE DANIELLE...LOCATED ABOUT 685 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...AND ON TROPICAL STORM EARL...LOCATED ABOUT 520 MILES WEST OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. A LARGE AREA OF DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. DEVELOPMENT...IF ANY...OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR AS IT DRIFTS WESTWARD OR WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD. THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. PUBLIC ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM EARL ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT32 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCPAT2. FORECAST/ADVISORIES ON TROPICAL STORM EARL ARE ISSUED UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT22 KNHC AND UNDER AWIPS HEADER MIATCMAT2. water restoration certification
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hazardous Weather Outlook for chicago
Hazardous Weather Outlook for chicago
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 88. South wind between 10 and 15 mph.
Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 86.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Hazardous Weather Outlook for chicago
Hazardous Weather Outlook for chicago
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 88. South wind between 10 and 15 mph.
Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. West southwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. North wind between 5 and 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 88.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 86.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 81.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
What is a fire support coordination line?
What is a fire support coordination line?
A fire support coordinating measure that is established and adjusted by appropriate land or amphibious force commanders within their boundaries in consultation with superior, subordinate, supporting, and affected commanders.
Fire support coordination lines (FSCLs) facilitate the expeditious attack of surface targets of opportunity beyond the coordinating measure.
An FSCL does not divide an area of operations by defining a boundary between close and deep operations or a zone for close air support.
The FSCL applies to all fires of air, land, and sea-based weapons systems using any type of ammunition.
Forces attacking targets beyond an FSCL must inform all affected commanders in sufficient time to allow necessary reaction to avoid fratricide.
Supporting elements attacking targets beyond the FSCL must ensure that the attack will not produce adverse attacks on, or to the rear of, the line.
Short of an FSCL, all air-to-ground and surface-to-surface attack operations are controlled by the appropriate land or amphibious force commander.
The FSCL should follow well-defined terrain features.
Coordination of attacks beyond the FSCL is especially critical to commanders of air, land, and special operations forces.
In exceptional circumstances, the inability to conduct this coordination will not preclude the attack of targets beyond the FSCL.
However, failure to do so may increase the risk of fratricide and could waste limited resources. Also called FSCL.See also fires; fire support.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
800 PM EDT TUE AUG 17 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED OVER EASTERN HISPANIOLA AND EXTENDING
SOUTHWARD OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
CLOUDINESS AND DISORGANIZED SHOWER ACTIVITY. DEVELOPMENT OF THIS
DISTURBANCE...IF ANY...SHOULD TO BE SLOW TO OCCUR OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO UNFAVORABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THERE
IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AS IT MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD
AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS. water restoration certification
Monday, August 16, 2010
SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
410 PM EDT MON AUG 16 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE FOUND A WEAK SURFACE
CIRCULATION LOCATED ABOUT 120 MILES EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. HOWEVER THE ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN DISORGANIZED AND MOSTLY REMOVED TO THE
SOUTHWEST OF THE LOW-LEVEL CENTER. UPPER-LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN MARGINALLY CONDUCIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT...AND ONLY A SMALL
INCREASE IN ORGANIZATION WOULD RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS THE SYSTEM MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD OR WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THERE IS A HIGH
CHANCE...60 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE
BEFORE MOVING INLAND OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON TUESDAY.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS
OF THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO COAST THROUGH TUESDAY. SEE
STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CHICAGO
Friday, August 13, 2010
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Thursday, August 5, 2010
TROPICAL STORM COLIN DISCUSSION NUMBER 6
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042010
500 PM EDT TUE AUG 03 2010
THE CENTER OF COLIN PASSED NEAR OR OVER THE WOODS HOLE NTAS BUOY
ABOUT 15Z...WHICH REPORTED A MINIMUM PRESSURE OF 1007 MB AND A
SMALL LOW PRESSURE CENTER. HOWEVER...NEITHER THAT BUOY NOR THE
NEARBY NOAA BUOY 41040 REPORTED WINDS SUPPORTING A CLOSED
CIRCULATION...AND WESTERLY WINDS ARE NOT CURRENTLY APPARENT IN LOW
CLOUD MOTIONS SOUTH OF THE CENTER. ADDITIONALLY...THE ASSOCIATED
CONVECTION HAS BECOME VERY DISORGANIZED. BASED ON THIS...COLIN HAS
DEGENERATED INTO A REMNANT LOW WITH GALE-FORCE WINDS OVER A SMALL
AREA NORTH OF THE CENTER.
IN THE SHORT TERM...REGENERATION APPEARS UNLIKELY AS THE REMNANTS OF
COLIN ENCOUNTER WESTERLY VERTICAL SHEAR CAUSED BY THE STRONG
LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND WESTERLY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPLEX
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...NONE
OF THE DYNAMICAL MODELS FORECAST THE REMNANTS OF COLIN TO DISSIPATE
DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...AND THEY FORECAST THAT THE SYSTEM
COULD REACH A MORE FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES BY DAY 5. BASED ON THIS...THE INTENSITY
FORECAST CALLS FOR THE REMNANTS OF COLIN TO DROP BELOW GALE FORCE
DURING THE NEXT 12 HR AND CONTINUE AS A 30 KT REMNANT LOW THROUGH
96 HR. AFTER THAT...THE DISTURBANCE COULD REGENERATE INTO A
TROPICAL CYCLONE AS SHOWN IN THE 120-HR FORECAST.
THE INITIAL MOTION IS AN EXTREMELY RAPID 285/30. ALL GUIDANCE
AGREES THAT THE REMNANTS OF COLIN SHOULD CONTINUE WEST-
NORTHWESTWARD FOR THE NEXT 48-72 HR WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED. THE NEW FORECAST TRACK IS SIMILAR IN DIRECTION TO
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...BUT IS MUCH FASTER. AFTER THAT TIME...THE
SYSTEM SHOULD TURN NORTHWESTWARD INTO A BREAK IN THE SUBTROPICAL
RIDGE NEAR THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. MOST OF THE
DYNAMICAL MODELS HAVE SHIFTED THEIR 96-120 HR FORECASTS WESTWARD...
AND THE OFFICIAL FORECAST WILL DO LIKEWISE.
INTERESTS IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
SHOULD FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF THE REMNANTS OF COLIN.
THIS IS THE LAST ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON
THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
THIS SYSTEM CAN BE FOUND IN HIGH SEAS FORECASTS ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...UNDER AWIPS HEADER NFDHSFAT1 AND WMO
HEADER FZNT01 KWBC.
FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS
INITIAL 03/2100Z 15.8N 53.8W 35 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
12HR VT 04/0600Z 16.8N 57.2W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
24HR VT 04/1800Z 18.4N 60.8W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
36HR VT 05/0600Z 20.0N 63.8W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
48HR VT 05/1800Z 21.7N 66.5W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
72HR VT 06/1800Z 25.0N 70.0W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
96HR VT 07/1800Z 28.0N 72.5W 30 KT...POST-TROP/REMNT LOW
120HR VT 08/1800Z 30.0N 73.5W 30 KT...TROPICAL DEPRESSION
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
TROPICAL STORM COLIN ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042010
1100 AM EDT TUE AUG 03 2010
CORRECT TYPO IN WARNING SECTION
...COLIN MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
STRENGTH...
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...14.2N 49.5W
ABOUT 840 MI...1355 KM ESE OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 280 DEGREES AT 24 MPH...39 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
INTERESTS IN THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF COLIN.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 49.5 WEST. COLIN IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 24 MPH...39 KM/HR...AND A GRADUAL TURN
TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF COLIN SHOULD PASS TO
THE NORTHEAST AND NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY AND
EARLY THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES
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Monday, August 2, 2010
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
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-
437 AM EDT MON AUG 2 2010
...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS INTERIOR AND WEST...
...HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 105 OR HIGHER INLAND...
...WATERSPOUTS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BROWARD MIAMI DADE, AND COLLIER WATERS...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS: SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY, BUT MAINLY
ACROSS INTERIOR SECTIONS AND THE WEST COAST. A FEW STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG, CONTAINING GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
WATERSPOUTS: LIGHT LOW LEVEL WINDS AND CLOUD BOUNDARIES ACROSS
THE COASTS OF BROWARD, MIAMI DADE, AND OFFSHORE COLLIER COUNTIES
WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT RISK OF WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY TODAY WITH ANY
SHOWER OR STORM THAT DEVELOPS ALONG THE BOUNDARIES.
WIND: THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
FLOODING: SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR
MINOR FLOODING OF STREET AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES: HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 105 AND 109 DEGREES WILL
BE FELT ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH
HEAT INDICES UP TO 105 NEAR THE COAST.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
PERIOD, MOST FAVORED ACROSS THE INTERIOR.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
800 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2010
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 900 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION
...BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE CENTER.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AND A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM AT ANY TIME DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AT 10 TO 15
MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...90 PERCENT...OF TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORMATION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
A TROPICAL WAVE LOCATED A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE COAST OF
NICARAGUA IS PRODUCING DISORGANIZED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS. SIGNIFICANT
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS UNLIKELY BEFORE IT MOVES INLAND IN
THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND THERE IS A LOW CHANCE...10 PERCENT...OF THIS
SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS. WATER DAMAGE
Friday, July 30, 2010
FLOOD STATEMENT
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...
AT CANTON LOCK AND DAM 20...AFFECTING ADAMS AND LEWIS COUNTIES
AT QUINCY...AFFECTING ADAMS AND MARION COUNTIES
AT QUINCY LOCK AND DAM 21...AFFECTING ADAMS AND MARION COUNTIES
AT HANNIBAL...AFFECTING PIKE AND MARION COUNTIES
AT SAVERTON LOCK AND DAM 22...AFFECTING PIKE AND RALLS COUNTIES
AT LOUISIANA...AFFECTING PIKE COUNTY
AT CLARKSVILLE LOCK AND DAM 24...AFFECTING CALHOUN AND PIKE COUNTIES
AT WINFIELD LOCK AND DAM 25...AFFECTING CALHOUN AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
AT GRAFTON...AFFECTING JERSEY AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES
AT ALTON LOCK AND DAM 26...AFFECTING MADISON AND ST. CHARLES COUNTIES
AT ST. LOUIS...AFFECTING ST. CLAIR...ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS CITY COUNTIES
AT CHESTER...AFFECTING RANDOLPH COUNTY
.THIS FLOOD WARNING IS BASED ON HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE BASIN OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS...WITH A BASIN-WIDE
AVERAGE OF 0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FORECAST IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION
AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS CONDITIONS OR FORECASTS CHANGE.
SAFETY MESSAGE...NEVER DRIVE CARS...TRUCKS OR SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE
PASSAGE.