784  
FXUS62 KTAE 030001  
AFDTAE  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
801 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
   
..NEW UPDATE, AVIATION  
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 754 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK WITH MINIMAL CHANGES MADE TO DEW POINTS.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM  
 
(THROUGH WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 109 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
TROUGHING IS STILL HOLDING IN THE UPPER LEVELS. SURFACE HIGH  
PRESSURE TO OUR NORTH AND A SURFACE LOW TO OUR SOUTHEAST TODAY WILL  
CONTINUE THE NORTHEAST FLOW WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING FOR THE LAST FEW  
DAYS. HOWEVER, IT WON'T BE AS BREEZY AS THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH WINDS  
AROUND 5-10 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY AND  
TOMORROW WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN  
THE MID TO UPPER 60S. WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER PLEASANT  
DAY WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID-60S AND LIGHT NORTHEAST FLOW. RAIN  
CHANCES TODAY AND TOMORROW WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE POSITION OF  
THE SURFACE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURES AND THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY THAT  
IS WELL SOUTH OF US IN THE CENTRAL GULF. PWATS RANGE FROM 1.3 - 1.5  
INCHES THROUGH TOMORROW. THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE IN THE  
SOUTHEAST FL BIG BEND WHERE PWATS ARE HIGHEST AND "TECHNICALLY"  
CLOSER TO THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY. OVERALL, POPS ARE NIL AT 15% AND  
LESS.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM & LONG TERM  
 
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 109 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL PIVOT AROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGER EASTERN  
US TROUGH, SENDING A WEAK COLD FRONT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. THIS  
FRONT WILL WASH OUT AS THE PARENT TROUGH BEGINS TO LIFT. IN THE  
MEANTIME, HEAT AND MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AGAIN WITH HIGHS  
CLIMBING BACK TO THE LOW TO MID 90S. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CLIMB  
TO 100 TO 105. WHILE MOISTURE INCREASES SOMEWHAT, SHOWERS AND  
STORMS WILL LIKELY BE ISOLATED AND CONFINED TO THE COASTAL SEA  
BREEZE.  
 
ANOTHER STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE  
WEEKEND TO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE STALLING OVER NORTH OR CENTRAL  
FLORIDA. DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONT STALLS, TEMPERATURES AND  
RAIN CHANCES WILL VARY GREATLY. IF THE FRONT STALLS CLOSER TO OUR  
AREA, THEN RAIN CHANCES WILL BE HIGHER AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE  
WARMER. HOWEVER, IF THE FRONT PUSHES FARTHER SOUTH, RAIN CHANCES  
WILL BE LOWER AND CONFINED TO COASTAL AND OFFSHORE AREAS WITH  
COOLER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. ONE WAY TO QUANTIFY  
THIS DISPARITY IS IN LOOKING AT FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR  
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 10TH AND 90TH  
PERCENTILES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES IS 10-15 DEGREES. THUS, THE  
FORECAST IS RATHER LOW CONFIDENCE.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 754 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. A BIT OF  
MOISTURE IS MOVING IN FROM THE EAST AND MAY LEAD TO A BRIEF PERIOD  
OF LOWER CEILINGS OR VISIBILITY AT KVLD, BUT CONFIDENCE WASN'T  
HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS WITH THIS PACKAGE.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 109 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
NEAR CAUTIONARY LEVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE GULF  
WATERS TONIGHT AS ANOTHER EASTERLY SURGE HAPPENS. SEAS WILL BUILD  
TO 2 TO 3 FEET. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS  
THEY TURN SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE  
WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND,  
TURNING THE WINDS BACK OUT OF THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 109 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
ELEVATED TO POCKETS OF HIGH DISPERSIONS FOR THE REST OF THIS  
AFTERNOON ACROSS INLAND DISTRICTS AS WE HAVE TRANSPORT WINDS FROM  
THE NORTHEAST AT 10-15 MPH WITH MIXING HEIGHTS RANGING FROM 4500-  
5200 FEET. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD, EAST TO NORTHEAST TRANSPORT  
WINDS OF AROUND 5-10 MPH WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DURING THE  
DAY ON THURSDAY, WIND DIRECTIONS WILL BECOME VARIABLE AHEAD OF A  
WEAK FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND.  
PROVIDED THAT NORTHEAST FLOW CONTINUES, WE WILL STAY IN THE DRY  
CONDITIONS WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING. RH MINIMUMS WILL BE AROUND 40  
PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOONS. AS WE APPROACH THE WEEKEND,  
TEMPERATURES WILL BE INCREASING TO THE MID-90S WITH HEAT INDICES  
NEARING 100 DEGREES. DISPERSIONS FOR THIS PERIOD WILL BE FAIR TO  
MODERATE DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAIN/THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE LESS  
THAN 30% WITH THE BEST CHANCES RETURNING PAST MIDWEEK FOR THE SE FL  
BIG BEND DISTRICTS.  
 
 
   
HYDROLOGY  
 
ISSUED AT 109 PM EDT TUE SEP 2 2025  
 
LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DEPENDING  
ON WHERE THE FRONT STALL THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, RAIN  
CHANCES WILL INCREASE. LIKELY RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE AROUND 0.5  
TO 1 INCH WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS OF A COUPLE INCHES. THIS WOULD NOT  
BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE HYDROLOGICAL CONCERNS.  
 
 
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER, SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS  
ENCOURAGED TO SAFELY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THEY  
OCCUR BY CALLING THE OFFICE OR TWEETING US @NWSTALLAHASSEE.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
TALLAHASSEE 88 67 90 69 / 0 0 10 0  
PANAMA CITY 89 70 90 72 / 0 0 10 0  
DOTHAN 86 64 90 67 / 0 0 0 0  
ALBANY 87 64 89 68 / 0 0 0 0  
VALDOSTA 88 65 89 68 / 0 0 0 0  
CROSS CITY 91 69 92 70 / 20 10 10 10  
APALACHICOLA 86 72 87 73 / 0 0 10 10  
 
 
   
TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 2 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR FLZ115.  
 
GA...NONE.  
AL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
NEAR TERM...MONTGOMERY  
SHORT TERM...YOUNG  
LONG TERM....YOUNG  
AVIATION...REESE  
MARINE...YOUNG  
FIRE WEATHER...MONTGOMERY  
HYDROLOGY...YOUNG  
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