Rare Dry Days For South Florida
It's rare for South Florida to see any totally dry days in a row during the wet season, but that happened Saturday and Sunday for many communities.
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It's rare for South Florida to see any totally dry days in a row during the wet season, but that happened Saturday and Sunday for many communities.
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While South Florida has been able to avoid much of the hurricane activity in the last few years, it may be more difficult this year if NOAA's outlook for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season comes to fruition.
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CBS4's weather forecasts are already available on your smartphone. Now with hurricane season about to kick into high gear, the National Weather Service will provide South Floridians with another way to stay safe.
Here we go again. Check your battery, water and canned food supplies. The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season is officially underway.
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Wednesday could be another soggy day across South Florida. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for Miami-Dade.
Much like a monsoon, a rain packed weather system hunkered down over west Miami-Dade Tuesday afternoon, dumping nearly 10 inches of rain on West Miami and shattering the old Miami rainfall record. The downpour caused widespread flooding and turned rush hour into a hot mess.
Based on the last week or so of unsettled weather, most believe that rainy season has started and it turns out they are correct.
Early forecasts for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season have not been as bad as year's past and the ending of a weather phenomenon may keep the overall numbers down.
Sunday afternoon will be great time to stay inside and watch a movie or walk the mall. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to blow across our area all day long.
While the sun is out and warming the skies Friday morning, the weather could take a turn for the worse over the weekend as a significant severe weather threat exists for Saturday.
People in South Florida woke up to some minor flooding and plenty of heavy rain across the area. But while the sun came out across South Florida, residents in the Central Plains were experiencing a major severe weather outbreak.
Anyone who has been through a hurricane knows it won't make much of a difference but there's a minor change coming to the five-category Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Gusty winds will continue to whip across South Florida on Wednesday. CBS4 meteorologist Lissette Gonzalez said we can expect sustained winds out of the East in the 20 to 25 mile per hour range. Early Wednesday morning some areas saw gusts as high as 40 mph.
Cooler temps are on the way after a rather blustery Sunday afternoon. Early Sunday the National Weather Service issued a Wind Advisory for South Florida through 5 p.m. Just before 3 p.m., the advisory was cancelled as the winds settled a bit.
Torrential rains from a weather system moving through South Miami-Dade have flooded streets in Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay, and spawned two tornado warnings after forecasters spotted signs of a possible funnel cloud around Black Point Marina, headed north. Those warnings were canceled shortly after 9:15 pm.
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