000 FLUS42 KMLB 231515 HWOMLB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1115 AM EDT WED MAY 23 2012 AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141- 144-147-240315- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 1115 AM EDT WED MAY 23 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THE ATLANTIC RIDGE AXIS WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY...SLOWING SHIFTING THE STEERING FLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY. ONGOING SHOWERS AND LIGHTNING STORMS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WILL MOVE INTO THE TREASURE COAST BY NOON. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE INTERACTS WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BOUNDARY. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD ALONG THE SEA BREEZE ALONG THE SPACE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR NEAR LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES THIS EVENING AS THE EAST AND WEST COAST SEA BREEZES COLLIDE. THE PRIMARY CONCERN FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THE ATMOSPHERE IS NOT AS UNSTABLE ALOFT AS IT WAS YESTERDAY SO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS CONTAINING LARGE HAIL IS LOWER. HOWEVER...THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF DRY AIR IN THE MID LEVELS WILL PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. STORMS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. .MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT... SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE TREASURE COAST AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE AS BY MID DAY AS THE EAST COAST AND LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZES DEVELOP. MORE ISOLATED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING OVER THE NORTH INTERIOR AS A RESULT OF THE EAST AND WEST SEA BREEZE COLLISION. STORM MOTION WILL BE TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS...MAINLY OSCEOLA COUNTY NORTHWARD. OUTDOOR BURNING MAY BE PROHIBITED IN YOUR AREA. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE EAST WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A WEAK TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN AND SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND...LEADING TO INCREASING CHANCES FOR ONSHORE MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE IN THE WEEKEND. A LINGERING LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL KEEP AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. $$ KELLY/MOSES