MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0289
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0941 AM CST MON MAR 14 2005
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL FL PENINSULA
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 
   
   VALID 141541Z - 141645Z
   
   CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INLAND BETWEEN PIE AND CTY AND
   MAY PRODUCE ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR SEVERE LEVELS. THREAT
   APPEARS TO BE ISOLATED AND CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA...SO WW NOT
   ANTICIPATED ATTM. THE SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE NRN FL PENINSULA WILL
   BE MOVED SWD INTO THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA AREA ON THE 1630Z
   OUTLOOK.
   
   STORMS ARE MOVING EWD AT 35-40 MPH ONTO THE FL COAST WITH
   STRENGTHENING UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY FLOW ABOVE THE BOUNDARY LAYER
   RESULTING IN 50-60 KT DEEP LAYER SHEAR. LAPSE RATES ARE NOT VERY
   STEEP AND INSTABILITY IS WEAK ATTM.  HOWEVER...THE SPEED OF STORMS
   AND STRONG WINDS ALOFT MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED GUSTS TO NEAR 60
   MPH...ESPECIALLY AS STORMS MOVE EWD ACROSS THE PENINSULA WHERE
   TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR 80 DEGREES.
   
   ..IMY.. 03/14/2005
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...MLB...TBW...JAX...
   
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