Florida Wind Zones

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Florida wind zones. Broward and dade counties have not registered individual maps but are in wind zones above 130 mph and require the extreme weather line of skylights to meet building code requirements. High velocity hurricane zone of miami dade and broward counties. Windspeedbyzip is a tool for architects engineers and builders to easily determine the 3 second gust basic windspeed figure 6 1 of asce 7 05 and now design wind speed per asce 7 10 maps for any location in the continental united states to determine the basic windspeed fill in the address below. Synop codes from weather stations and buoys.

Except the florida panhandle where the region lies within 1 mile of the coast. Those counties are calhoun dixie flagler nassau. Protection from wind borne debris in. Wind speed maps 2010 fbcb the wind speed maps in the 2010 fbcb have been revised significantly from the 2007 florida building code.

Wind borne debris region where design speeds are greater than 120 mph or greater than 110 mph if within 1 mile of the coast. In the continental u s a large part of the southern coast of louisiana and florida as well as the complete length of the alaskan coast falls within zone 3. Counties marked as map not available need to make changes to their wind maps. Broward charlotte collier dade franklin gulf hendry lee manatee martin monroe palm beach pinellas and sarasota counties.

Each county has its own specific wind guidelines. The florida wind zone map is only a general guideline for florida wind zones. Weather radar wind and waves forecast for kiters surfers paragliders pilots sailors and anyone else. The florida wind mitigation also known as the florida uniform wind mitigation report is a standard form that is made up of 7 questions each question is a chance to receive a discount on your homeowner s insurance based on what you have.

What is the wind mitigation. A current wind map was not provided by the county please contact the local government building department for wind speed information. Wind maps by county. The primary changes are as follows.

There are no zone 1 counties in florida. The following counties shown in gray in the map below are wind zone 3. Wind speed maps are provided for each risk. Worldwide animated weather map with easy to use layers and precise spot forecast.

Strength design level ultimate wind speeds replace the asd level wind speeds in the 2007 florida building code. Forecast models ecmwf gfs nam and nems. All wind maps are in pdf format. Once again we re lucky as zone 3 is by far the smallest of the three wind zones.

There are only 6 states with even a foot in zone 3 and even then it s a tiny area. Metar taf and notams for any airport in the world.