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National Situation Update: Saturday, November 5, 2005

Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (ELEVATED).

Weather Across The Nation

High pressure is bringing nice weather to the Southeast and Upper Midwest. Low pressure off the Pacific Northwest continues to produce a strong and persistent onshore-flow. A stationary front extends across the Ohio and Mid-Mississippi River Valleys.

West: The wet weather pattern in the Pacific Northwest has been in place over 10 days and is forecast to remain in place through next week. Snow levels are forecast to range from 2,500 feet in the Washington Cascades, to 3,000 feet in the Oregon Cascades, to 7,000 feet in Northern and Central California. The Great Basin, Southern California, and the Southwest will enjoy warm temperatures and mostly sunny skies this weekend.

Midwest: High pressure anchored over the East is pumping warm, moist air into the Midwest so afternoon high temperatures are forecast to run 10-15 degrees above average. The stationary front that extends across the Ohio and Mid-Mississippi River Valleys will be reinvigorated by a storm system that is moving out of the Rockies producing thunderstorms tonight from western Ohio to southeastern Missouri.

South: Midwest storm system will produce rain Saturday night into Sunday over Kentucky and Tennessee. The majority of the Southeast will remain dry with above average temperatures into the middle of next week.

Northeast: Another day of above average temperatures with southerly winds bringing mild southern air into the region. A storm system that is forecast to intensify over the Midwest will move into the Northeast by Sunday afternoon bringing showers and thunderstorms. (NWS, Media sources)

Recovery of Electric Service in Florida

Florida power and Light (FPL) has provided the following power restoration data, and full restoration dates, weather permitting, of the remaining 369,400 outages (reduced from 456,800 November 3), as of 8:00 pm EST November 4

(Florida Power & Light, Florida State Emergency Operations Center)

Tropical Activity

There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Pacific or Central Pacific Ocean.(NHC/TPC, Joint Typhoon Warning Center)

Earthquake Activity

No significant activity. (USDOI/USGS, National Earthquake Information Center)

Preliminary Damage Assessments

No new activity. (FEMA HQ)

Disaster Declaration Activity

FEMA-1609-Florida; Amendment No. 4. As of November 4, 2005, the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida dated October 24, 2005, is amended to include the following areas among those areas determined to have been adversely affected:

Charlotte County for Public Assistance [Categories C-G] (already designated for debris removal and emergency protective measures [Categories A and B] under the Public Assistance program, including direct Federal assistance.)

Brevard, Indian River, and Lee Counties for Public Assistance [Categories C-G] (already designated for Individual Assistance and debris removal and emergency protective measures [Categories A and B] under the Public Assistance program, including direct Federal assistance.) (FEMA HQ)