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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1150 AM EST MON NOV 2 2009

...HOT AND DRY OCTOBER ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...

HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
DOMINATED THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA DURING THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR A VERY WARM AND DRY MONTH ACROSS
SOUTH FLORIDA. THE ONLY BREAK FROM THIS PERSISTENT PATTERN WAS A
COLD FRONT WHICH SWEPT ACROSS THE AREA ON OCTOBER 17TH, BRINGING
ABOUT THE OFFICIAL END OF THE RAINY SEASON. THE RECORD-BREAKING COOL
WEATHER FOLLOWING THE FRONT ONLY LASTED A FEW DAYS, BEFORE HOTTER
AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS RETURNED TO THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF
THE MONTH.

AN ALL-TIME HOTTEST OCTOBER RECORD WAS SET IN MIAMI WITH AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE OF 82.4 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THIS WAS 3.6
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, AND BROKE THE PREVIOUS WARMEST OCTOBER RECORD
OF 82.05 DEGREES SET IN 2002. MIAMI OBSERVED 14 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES
REACHING 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER, WHICH TIED THE RECORD FOR MOST NUMBER
OF 90-PLUS DEGREE DAYS SET BACK IN 1989.

MOORE HAVEN RECORDED A TOTAL OF 18 DAYS OF TEMPERATURES REACHING AT
LEAST 90 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 16 DAYS SET IN
1986. LABELLE REGISTERED 22 DAYS OF 90-PLUS DEGREE TEMPERATURES, ONE
DAY SHORT OF THE RECORD SET IN 2002.

FOLLOWING ARE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES, DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL AND RANK
FOR A FEW SOUTH FLORIDA LOCATIONS:

LOCATION                OCTOBER 2009      DEPARTURE     RANK

MIAMI INT`L                 82.4           +3.6         WARMEST
FORT LAUDERDALE INT`L       80.4           +1.6         8TH WARMEST
PALM BEACH INT`L            80.1           +2.0         10TH WARMEST
NAPLES REGIONAL             79.9           +2.7         6TH WARMEST
MIAMI BEACH                 80.8           +2.3         5TH WARMEST
MOORE HAVEN                 78.7           +3.0         9TH WARMEST

THE PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR DRY CONDITIONS
AREA-WIDE. OCTOBER RAINFALL TOTALS RANGED MOSTLY IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH
RANGE, COMPARED TO THE NORMAL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES. EXTREMES RANGED FROM
0.11 INCHES AT ORTONA IN SOUTHERN GLADES COUNTY TO 4.76 INCHES AT
THE REDLAND IN SOUTH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. EASTERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA WERE 4 TO 7 INCHES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH WHILE INTERIOR
AND WESTERN AREAS WERE GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

FORT LAUDERDALE ESTABLISHED THEIR ALL-TIME DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD
WITH A TOTAL OF ONLY 0.73 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS WAS 5.71 INCHES BELOW
AVERAGE. THE PREVIOUS DRIEST OCTOBER FOR FORT LAUDERDALE WAS 0.94
INCHES SET IN 1977.

FOLLOWING ARE OCTOBER RAINFALL TOTALS IN INCHES, DEPARTURE FROM
NORMAL AND RANK FOR SEVERAL SOUTH FLORIDA LOCATIONS:

LOCATION                OCTOBER 2009      DEPARTURE     RANK

MIAMI INT`L                 2.62           -3.57        13TH DRIEST
FORT LAUDERDALE INT`L       0.73           -5.71        DRIEST
PALM BEACH INT`L            1.91           -3.55        7TH DRIEST
NAPLES REGIONAL             0.45           -3.15        5TH DRIEST
MIAMI BEACH                 2.58           -1.95        12TH DRIEST
MOORE HAVEN                 0.67           -2.28        14TH DRIEST

THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE, BELOW OR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN
INCREASED LIKELIHOOD OF ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. NOVEMBER IS THE
FIRST MONTH IN WHICH AN EXISTING EL NINO CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCE
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR
NOVEMBER RANGE FROM 70 DEGREES AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO 74 DEGREES
ALONG THE LOWER SOUTHEAST COAST. AVERAGE NOVEMBER RAINFALL RANGES
FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES INTERIOR AND WESTERN AREAS TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER
EASTERN SECTIONS.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS, FORECASTS, WARNINGS, ADVISORIES
AND STATEMENTS, PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MIAMI-SOUTH FLORIDA FORECAST OFFICE`S WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/SOUTHFLORIDA.

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