000 FPUS72 KMFL 230510 NOWMIA SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 1158 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2002 AMZ610-650-670-FLZ063-066>070-GMZ656-230700- CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH OUT 20 NM-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OUT- JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH OUT 20 NM-LAKE OKEECHOBEE-PALM BEACH EASTERN- PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN COLLIER- 1158 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2002 .NOW... AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD TOWARD THE NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. HEAVIER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS BY 2 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 2 AM WILL BE MAINLY A TENTH OF AN INCH. $$ AMZ630-651-671-FLZ071>075-GMZ657-230700- BISCAYNE BAY-BROWARD METROPOLITAN-BROWARD WESTERN- DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF 20 TO 60 NM OUT- DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF OUT 20 NM- EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE OUT 20 NM-MAINLAND MONROE- MIAMI DADE METROPOLITAN-WESTERN MIAMI DADE- 1158 PM EST FRI FEB 22 2002 .NOW... A RATHER LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH THROUGH MOST OF MIAMI DADE AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES. THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY WILL REACH THE METROPOLITAN AREAS OF BROWARD COUNTY BY 1 AM. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO 25 OR 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 2 AM WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS TO NEAR AN INCH AND A HALF. $$