Evening Spot Reports and Other Notes

Miami…cloudy, wind west 10, gusts 18
Nassau (Bahamas) …Cloudy, wind SW, Gusts 31 (much lighter than mid-day
Sombrero Key…Wind north, gusts 35
Long Key…wind NW 18, SST (sea surface temperature 87, very warm ocean water)
Daytona…steady rain, wind NE 20, gusts 44
Data Buoy at 28.9N, 78.5W, sea surface temperature 85, wind NE 45, gusts 54 mph, 29 foot waves
Settlement Point (SE Fla.)…wind NW 47, gusts 54 mph
Rockledge (Brevard County)… 2.83 inches of rain in 45 minutes this afternoon…

(FROM NWS JACKSONVILLE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
821 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011
DUVAL-FLAGLER-ST. JOHNS-
821 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

..A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ST. JOHNS

FLAGLER AND DUVAL COUNTIES FOR STRONG WINDS VALID UNTIL 900 PM EDT…

THE FIRST ESTABLISHED OUTER RAINBAND FROM HURRICANE IRENE WAS
APPROACHING THE DUVAL COUNTY EAST COAST…AND THE BAND WAS MOVING
INLAND ACROSS SAINT JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES AROUND 40 MPH. WIND
GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN MEASURED WITH THIS BAND OF RAIN.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM
MAYPORT TO ST. AUGUSTINE TO PALM COAST THROUGH THE HOUR. THE BAND
WILL AFFECT INLAND AREAS INCLUDING ARLINGTON… DURBIN…
BAKERSVILLE… HASTINGS…AND BUNNELL THROUGH 900 PM. MINOR WIND
DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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