Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Coastal Broward County
Updated: 3:48 am EST on November 8, 2009
Wind Advisory in effect from 8 am this morning to 7 PM EST this evening...
High risk of rip currents...
Today
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Windy. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds around 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Windy. Lows 75 to 79. East winds 20 mph inland to around 25 mph near the coast. Gusts 30 to 35 mph near the coast. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Windy. Highs in the mid 80s. East winds 20 to 25 mph. Gusts 30 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Breezy. Lows in the mid 70s over the inland areas to the upper 70s near the coast. East winds 15 to 20 mph becoming southeast 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Sustained east winds from 25 to 30 mph across the Atlantic waters will generate strong and dangerous rip currents along the beaches of Miami-Dade... Broward... and Palm Beach counties today. For this reason... swimming is not advised. Strong and dangerous rip currents will continue through Monday as strong easterly winds continue.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A rip current is a 10 to 30 yard wide channel of water that can pull even a strong swimmer from near or inside The Sand Bar into deeper water. Due to the life threatening dangers that these strong currents of water pose... swimming is not advised.
If you do go into the water... swim at guarded beaches and heed the advice of the beach patrol. If caught in the seaward pull of a rip current do not attempt to move directly toward shore. Instead... move sideways across the rip current until the pull eases.
An alternate method of escape is to let the rip current pull you seaward 50 to 100 yards... where the force weakens... and then swim toward the beach at an angle away from the current.
Wind Advisory
Statement as of 3:34 AM EST on November 08, 2009
... Wind Advisory in effect from 8 am this morning to 7 PM EST this evening...
The National Weather Service in Miami has issued a Wind Advisory... which is in effect from 8 am this morning to 7 PM EST this evening.
Sustained east winds of around 25 mph with gusts of 35 to 40 mph are expected across Palm Beach... Broward... and Miami-Dade counties from 8 am this morning through 7 PM this evening. Sustained winds of around 30 mph are even possible along the immediate coast.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Wind Advisory means that sustained winds of 30 mph or higher or frequent gusts of 35 mph or higher are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Make sure to secure loose objects as they can be blown around by winds this strong.
