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. Red Flag Warning for: Escambia Inland; Escambia Coastal; Santa Rosa Inland; Santa Rosa Coastal; Okaloosa Inland; Okaloosa Coastal

11. Red Flag Warning for: North Walton

12. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Franklin

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

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

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

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

17. Rip Current Statement for: Coastal Volusia

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

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

20. Wind Advisory for: Coastal Martin; Inland Martin

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

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

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

24. Wind Advisory for: Inland Volusia; Coastal Volusia

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

26. Wind Advisory for: Okeechobee

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

Next Topic: Condensation

Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds

A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds