892  
FNUS72 KMLB 061550  
FWSMLB  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TIDAL PREPARATIONS...VOLUSIA COUNTY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
1150 AM EDT MON APR 6 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 06.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
GOOD MORNING. RAIN AND STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE INTO THIS  
AFTERNOON, WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAIN AND STORM CHANCES CONTINUING  
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT SETTLES ACROSS THE FLORIDA  
PENINSULA TODAY AND STALLS ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA ON TUESDAY. THE  
FRONT WILL THEN SHIFT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  
 
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AT 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS  
20-25 MPH WILL BRIEFLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT BEFORE BECOMING WINDY  
AND GUSTY ON TUESDAY, CONTINUING THROUGH MID-WEEK. WINDS WILL  
DIMINISH EACH NIGHT TO AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BEFORE  
INCREASING TO 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30-35 MPH EACH AFTERNOON  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY ON THURSDAY,  
WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 15-20 MPH AND GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH BY THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
THESE WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THE WAVE HEIGHTS FROM 4FT THIS  
AFTERNOON TO 6-7FT TONIGHT, 8-11 FT TUESDAY, AND 10-12 FT BY  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON  
THURSDAY AS SEAS SUBSIDE TO 9-10 FT. RUNUP TO SEAWALLS AND DUNES  
WILL BE LIKELY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. HIGH TIDES WILL BE  
TUESDAY AT 12:07 PM, WEDNESDAY AT 12:28 AM AND 12:51 PM, AND  
THURSDAY AT 1:14 AM AND 1:40 PM. THE PEAK HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR  
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY  
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.  
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.  
WAVE HEIGHT.........5 FEET.  
WAVE PERIOD.........9 SECONDS.  
 
TIME (EDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM  
SKY (%).........79 74 84  
WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE LIKELY  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 50 70  
TEMP............71 71 71  
RH..............93 93 93  
WAVE PERIOD (S).9 9 9  
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)4 4 4  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH THE  
NIGHT. SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
WAVE HEIGHT.........7 FEET.  
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM  
SKY (%).........93 93 94 96 96 95  
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY DEFNTE  
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR  
TSTM COV........CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY  
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 40 60 80 70 90  
TEMP............70 71 71 71 70 69  
RH..............95 90 90 90 90 97  
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 6 6 7 8 8  
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)5 6 6 7 7 7  
   
TUESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY  
IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.  
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.  
WAVE HEIGHT.........11 FEET.  
WAVE PERIOD.........8 SECONDS.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........96 96 93 89 90 92 93 94 96 96 95 95  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 90 90 90 90 80 80 80 80 70 60 60  
TEMP............69 69 69 68 68 68 68 68 68 69 68 68  
RH..............94 94 94 95 93 93 96 96 95 91 92 89  
WAVE PERIOD (S).8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8  
WAVE HEIGHT (FT)7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 11  
 

 
FORECASTER...WATSON  
REQUESTED BY...JS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...MARINE  
.TAG 2609132.0/MLB  
.DELDT 04/06/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JSCHMIDT@VOLUSIA.ORG  
 
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