"Isaac" has been quite the forecast headache ending up far to the west of Fl. And so now it's a hit for coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. Click here for updates - "Talking the Tropics With Mike".
The First Coast obviously was spared the worst. Top wind gusts were 30-35 mph mostly along the coast & rain so far has averaged a half inch to 2". Midday & afternoon storms the through Thu. will -- in many cases -- pack a stronger punch than the outer bands of "Isaac". There has been some beach erosion. The photo below is from Action News reporter, Erica Bennett in St. Augustine.
Isolated tornadoes occurred across Central & South Fl. with one tornado reportedly hitting Vero Beach Mon. afternoon. Rainfall was especially heavy across Southern & Southeast Fl. Check out rainfall amounts from the Miami N.W.S.:
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
800 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012
...SOUTH FLORIDA RAINFALL TOTALS FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...
BELOW ARE SOME PRELIMINARY RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM TROPICAL STORM ISAAC. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE FROM MIDNIGHT SUNDAY (AUGUST 26TH) THROUGH 3 PM MONDAY (AUGUST 27TH) OR THE 24-HR TOTAL
ENDING MONDAY MORNING AT TIME INDICATED...EXCEPT FOR NWS MIAMI.
...LOCATION... ...RAINFALL...
...AIRPORT OBSERVING LOCATIONS... (INCHES)
FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD 5.98
FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE 8.50
HOMESTEAD 8.06
MIAMI 4.78
NAPLES 2.06
NORTH PERRY 4.73
OPA-LOCKA EXECUTIVE 6.33
POMPANO BEACH 5.14
TAMIAMI-WEST KENDALL EXECUTIVE 4.86
WEST PALM BEACH 8.63
...OTHER OBSERVATIONS BY COUNTY...
...PALM BEACH...
THE ACREAGE 12.29
BELLE GLADE 8.76
BOYNTON BEACH (CANYON LAKES) 11.98
DELRAY BEACH 7.23
GREENACRES 13.10
JUNO BEACH (700 AM) 4.27
LANTANA 10.64
LOXAHATCHEE WILDLIFE REFUGE 12.24
PALM BEACH GARDENS 9.59
SOUTH BAY (700 AM) 5.06
WELLINGTON 12.55
WEST BOCA RATON 10.36
WEST PALM BEACH (RIVERWALK) 11.15
...GLADES...
BRIGHTON RESERVATION (700 AM) 7.00
MOORE HAVEN (600 AM) 4.31
MUSE (730 AM) 3.38
ORTONA (600 AM) 3.49
PALMDALE 3.54
...HENDRY...
CLEWISTON 4.78
LABELLE (700 AM) 4.05
...COLLIER...
IMMOKALEE 2.83
MARCO ISLAND (700 AM) 2.08
NAPLES (530 AM) 2.80
OASIS RANGER STATION 3.85
...BROWARD...
CORAL SPRINGS 10.40
FORT LAUDERDALE 6.70
FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH (700 AM) 5.60
MIRAMAR 10.86
PLANTATION 8.01
SOUTHWEST RANCHES 7.05
SUNRISE 8.29
...MIAMI-DADE...
NORTH MIAMI BEACH (700 AM) 3.94
NWS MIAMI (7 AM SUN - 3 PM MON) 4.92
HIALEAH (800 AM) 3.50
...COCORAHS DATA BY COUNTY...
...PALM BEACH...
ABERDEEN 4 NNW (700 AM) 9.14
BOCA RATON 9 W (400 AM) 4.49
BOYNTON BEACH 2 NNW (800 AM) 10.56
JUPITER 8 W (700 AM) 5.55
LAKE WORTH 1 NNW (700 AM) 6.58
LAKE WORTH 1 N (700 AM) 5.98
LAKE WORTH 9 W (600 AM) 7.57
ROYAL PALM BEACH 5 W (700 AM) 8.41
...GLADES...
BUCKHEAD RIDGE 1 SW (900 AM) 9.00
LABELLE 5 NNW (600 AM) 4.20
LABELLE 6 ENE (800 AM) 4.17
MOORE HAVEN 12 WSW (800 AM) 5.07
...HENDRY...
LABELLE 2 NNW (700 AM) 4.14
...COLLIER...
NO REPORTS
...BROWARD...
CORAL SPRINGS 1 NW (700 AM) 6.11
DEERFIELD BEACH 2 WSW (730 AM) 4.29
DEERFIELD BEACH 3 ESE (700 AM) 4.43
FORT LAUDERDALE 2 SSW (700 AM) 6.64
HOLLYWOOD 1 WNW (700 AM) 4.98
PARKLAND 2 E (700 AM) 4.25
PEMBROKE PINES 1 ENE (800 AM) 4.34
...MIAMI-DADE...
BISCAYNE PARK 0 E (700 AM) 3.32
DORAL 2 WNW (700 AM) 2.19
MIAMI LAKES 0 NNW (720 AM) 3.77
TAMIAMI 2 N (700 AM) 2.44
WEST KENDALL (615 AM) 2.52
Pretty cool NASA's hurricane website -- click here.
Radar imagery below courtesy S. Fl. Water Management Water District:
With a little more sun through Thu. but still a lot of tropical moisture & fairly strong winds aloft, there will still be periods of very heavy showers & t'storms. Don't be surprised if the storms pack more of a punch that what we've seen so far with "Isaac".
It looks like the final Jags' preseason game will be warm & muggy with a threat for some rain, especially in the first half. While not completely dry, the holiday weekend looks hot with just a few scattered showers & storms.
The first weekend of college football will be hot.
