Weather Alerts for Florida

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1. Flood Watch for: Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin; Inland Indian River; Inland St. Lucie; Inland Martin

2. Flood Watch for: Inland Volusia; Coastal Volusia; Inland Northern Brevard; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Inland Southern Brevard; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

3. Flood Watch for: Metro Palm Beach County; Metro Broward County; Metropolitan Miami Dade; Coastal Palm Beach County; Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County

4. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Indian River; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

5. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Coastal Glynn; Coastal Camden

6. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin

7. High Surf Advisory for: Coastal Volusia

8. High Surf Advisory for: Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands

9. Red Flag Warning for: Central Walton; Holmes; Washington; Jackson; Inland Bay; Calhoun; Inland Gulf; Gadsden; Leon; South Walton; Coastal Bay; Northern Liberty; Southern Liberty; Dougherty; Worth; Turner; Tift; Ben Hill; Irwin; Miller; Baker; Mitchell; Colquitt; Cook; Berrien; Seminole; Decatur; Grady; Thomas; Brooks

10. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Franklin

11. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Indian River; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

12. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Coastal Glynn; Coastal Camden

13. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Palm Beach County; Coastal Broward County; Coastal Miami Dade County

14. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin

15. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Volusia

16. Rip Current Statement for: Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands

17. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Inland Indian River; Inland St. Lucie

18. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Martin; Inland Martin

19. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns

20. Wind Advisory for: Inland Flagler; Eastern Clay; Eastern Putnam; South Central Duval; Northern Inland St. Johns; Southern Inland St. Johns; Western St. Johns

21. Wind Advisory for: Inland Northern Brevard; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Inland Southern Brevard; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

22. Wind Advisory for: Inland Volusia; Coastal Volusia

23. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lake County; Orange; Seminole; Osceola; Southern Lake County

24. Wind Advisory for: Okeechobee

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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