Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

2017-10-04 · near Plantation Key, Florida Bay Including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of Mexico

Event narrative

A wind gust of 34 knots was measured by an automated WeatherFlow station on Upper Matecumbe Key.

Wider weather episode

The combination of a strong surface high pressure area along the U.S. east coast and a slow-moving inverted trough crossing from the Bahamas through the Straits of Florida produced a two-day duration period of numerous showers and thunderstorms containing gale-force wind gusts. The episode ended as the inverted surface trough of low pressure passed west of the Straits of Florida.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 725772. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.