394  
FXUS62 KMLB 171900  
AFDMLB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
300 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION, MARINE  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
- COVERAGE OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING STORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE  
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH LATE WEEK; LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL  
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST THURSDAY.  
 
- TEMPERATURES REMAIN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL THIS WEEK AND  
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH, WHERE HIGHER  
COVERAGE OF CLOUDS AND RAIN ARE FORECAST  
 
- A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXISTS AT ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN  
COUNTY BEACHES TODAY, WITH A MODERATE RISK AT VOLUSIA, BREVARD,  
AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BEACHES.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
CURRENT-TONIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS  
OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY FOCUSED ACROSS THE  
GREATER ORLANDO AREA. LOWER CLOUD COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH ALLOWING  
FOR EFFICIENT DAYTIME HEATING PAIRED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE HAS  
HELPED THESE SHOWERS EASILY DEVELOP. ACTIVITY FARTHER SOUTH HAS BEEN  
STRUGGLING AS A RESULT OF A PERSISTENT CLOUD SHIELD ACROSS THE AREA,  
WHICH HAS LIMITED DAYTIME HEATING AND THEREFORE, AVAILABLE ENERGY.  
HOWEVER, CAM GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE  
TREASURE COAST AND NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE  
EVENING HOURS AS WELL AS INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE  
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE A LACK OF INSTABILITY  
MAY BE AN INHIBITING FACTOR FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT, SHEAR, DRY AIR  
ALOFT, AND INCREASING PWATS WILL STILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR  
STORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ANY STORMS  
THAT DO MANAGE TO DEVELOP MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING  
STRIKES, GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. MINOR LOCALIZED  
FLOODING IN AREAS THAT SEE TRAINING OR MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS  
AND STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT, AND A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TREASURE  
COAST.  
 
ACTIVITY FROM THIS AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY DIMINISH INTO THE  
OVERNIGHT HOURS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA, WITH ONGOING  
DEVELOPMENT ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. PERSISTENT  
EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW MAY HELP SOME ACTIVITY MOVE ONSHORE, WITH  
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND EVEN A STORM OR TWO POSSIBLE ALONG THE  
IMMEDIATE COAST OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER IS FORECAST TO REMAIN HIGH AS  
A RESULT OF THE INCREASING MOISTURE LOCALLY, WITH TEMPERATURES  
OVERNIGHT FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S.  
 
THURSDAY-WEDNESDAY...A PERSISTENT MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS  
THE EASTERN US WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ON  
THURSDAY, WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT FORECAST  
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA FRIDAY INTO THE EARLY WEEKEND. THIS  
FLOW WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER TROUGH BEGINS TO BUILD TOWARDS  
THE AREA AS A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH GRADUALLY WORKS ITS WAY  
EASTWARD ACROSS CANADA AND TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. A MID TO UPPER  
LEVEL CUTOFF LOW THEN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL US, RESULTING IN A  
RETURN OF SOME MID-LEVEL RIDGING ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA  
TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AT THE SURFACE, THIS PATTERN WILL  
ALLOW FOR THE REESTABLISHMENT OF A SURFACE BOUNDARY THAT WILL  
MEANDER NEAR TO JUST SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO  
EARLY NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN INCREASING MOISTURE LOCALLY. BY THE  
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, THE BOUNDARY IS ANTICIPATED TO DIMINISH, WITH  
LINGERING MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS THE AREA.  
 
THIS INCREASING MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN GREATER RAIN CHANCES ACROSS  
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND (30 TO 70 PERCENT). THE  
GREATEST RAIN CHANCES ARE FOCUSED ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE  
FORECAST AREA, WHERE PWATS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE HIGHEST (1.8 TO  
2.0"). LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH THE PERIOD,  
AND THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR PORTIONS OF  
THE TREASURE COAST ON THURSDAY. WEAK STEERING FLOW ALOFT COMBINED  
WITH THE HIGHER MOISTURE MAY SUPPORT TRAINING ACTIVITY AND/OR  
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SLOW-MOVING SHOWERS. BY NEXT WEEK, DISCREPANCIES  
IN MOISTURE BETWEEN GLOBAL MODELS LEAD TO SOME VARYING POPS, SO  
STUCK WITH THE NBM AT 30 TO 50 PERCENT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
STORM DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH DAILY ACTIVITY ACROSS  
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA, WITH LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS THE  
MAIN CONCERNS ASIDE FROM HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. ACTIVITY IS  
FORECAST TO DIMINISH LATE EACH EVENING ACROSS THE PENINSULA, WITH  
ONGOING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE  
LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS.  
 
OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS, EAST TO NORTHEAST FLOW IS FORECAST TO  
PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK,  
GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAY AND BECOMING LIGHTER  
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN  
NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S THROUGH  
EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 300 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS WILL LEAD TO HIGH RAIN  
CHANCES (50 TO 70 PERCENT) THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK AND INTO THE  
WEEKEND. STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THIS ACTIVITY, AND ANY THAT  
MANAGE TO DEVELOP MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING STRIKES,  
GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT  
REDUCE VISIBILITIES, AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS. ONSHORE FLOW AROUND 10  
KNOTS WILL BE ENHANCED EACH AFTERNOON AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE  
DEVELOPS AND MOVES ACROSS THE PENINSULA, WITH WINDS REACHING 10 TO  
15 KNOTS. SEAS OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH THE  
END OF THE WORK WEEK, WITH BUILDING SEAS ANTICIPATED TO REACH UP TO  
5 FEET ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS THIS WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 154 PM EDT WED SEP 17 2025  
 
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS IS INCREASING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA  
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VCSH IS MENTIONED AT MOST TERMINALS TO  
START THE 18Z TAF WHILE PREVAILING LIGHT RAIN HAS BEEN INCLUDED  
AT SUA. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THUNDER IS LOW TODAY, AND HAVE  
REMOVED MENTION OF THUNDER FROM MLB SOUTHWARD. FURTHER NORTH,  
BREAKS IN CLOUD COVER HAVE ALLOWED SOME SURFACE HEATING AND THERE  
IS A REASONABLE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORMS. THEREFORE  
HAVE KEPT A LOW CONFIDENCE VCTS AT MCO/ISM/LEE/SFB/TIX AFTER 19Z.  
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE  
INTERIOR AROUND 04Z WHILE CONTINUED ROUNDS OF ISOLATED TO  
SCATTERED SHOWERS (VCSH) WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST  
OVERNIGHT. HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO AT SUA (20Z/23Z) FOR VIS  
REDUCTIONS IN MODERATE RAINFALL. OTHERWISE, GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TOO  
VARIABLE TO INCLUDE TEMPOS AT THIS TIME. EAST WINDS INCREASE TO  
AROUND 9-12 KTS THIS AFTERNOON, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE  
OVERNIGHT. CLOUD COVER PERSISTS THROUGH THE PERIOD, REMAINING VFR.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
DAB 72 86 73 86 / 30 40 20 40  
MCO 73 89 73 89 / 30 50 20 40  
MLB 74 86 75 86 / 50 60 40 50  
VRB 72 87 74 87 / 50 70 50 60  
LEE 71 90 71 89 / 20 30 10 20  
SFB 72 88 73 88 / 20 40 20 40  
ORL 73 89 73 88 / 30 50 20 40  
FPR 71 87 73 87 / 50 70 50 60  
 
 
   
MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...NONE.  
AM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...TOLLEFSEN  
AVIATION...LAW  
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