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FXUS62 KMFL 182309 AAA  
AFDMFL  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
609 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(REST OF TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1237 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
MID-LEVEL AND UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING REMAINS PRESENT TODAY WITH SURFACE  
HIGH CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS EXTENDING INTO THE WESTERN  
ATLANTIC. THIS RIDGE WILL HOLD BEFORE BEGINNING TO BREAK DOWN LATE  
ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL MAINTAIN LIGHTLY BREEZY WINDS OUT OF THE EAST  
AND KEEP THE ABUNDANTLY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE. THIS MORNINGS 12Z  
SOUNDING CONFIRMED THE DRY AND STABLE AIR MASS AND HIGHLIGHTS ONLY  
~0.7" OF PRECIPITABLE WATER (PWAT). THUS, EXPECT DRY WEATHER  
CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EARLY WEEK PERIOD. A PATTERN CHANGE COMES ON  
WEDNESDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY CLOSES IN ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA  
REGION.  
 
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND TUESDAY WILL RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID  
80S WITH THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES IN SW FLORIDA GIVEN THE  
EASTERLY FLOW PATTERN. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM  
THE LOWER 60S ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO  
THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTH FLORIDA.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)  
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN AND PUSH  
SOUTHEASTWARD HEADING INTO WEDNESDAY AS DEEP MID LEVEL TROUGHING  
PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY. AT THE  
SURFACE, A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST  
AND IT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS  
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALSO INTERACT WITH REMNANT MOISTURE FROM  
SARA WHICH WILL CAUSE A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
TO PUSH ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS  
WEDNESDAY PROGRESSES. WITH THE BEST DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY  
REMAINING DISPLACED TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA, THIS WILL HELP  
TO LIMIT THE CHANCES OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE  
REGION. HOWEVER, WITH THIS LINE POSSIBLY PUSHING THROUGH SOUTH  
FLORIDA DURING PEAK DIURNAL HEATING, ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM  
DEVELOPMENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT AND THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE  
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL  
CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. HIGH  
TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S  
WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE LOW TO MID 80S ACROSS THE EAST  
COAST METRO AREAS.  
 
BEHIND THE FRONT, A MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR MASS WILL PUSH INTO  
THE REGION FOR THURSDAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE ALONG  
THE NORTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO  
THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND AS THE DRY AIR MASS REMAINS IN  
PLACE. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE COOLEST AIRMASS WE HAVE SEEN ACROSS  
SOUTH FLORIDA SINCE LAST WINTER AS OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR  
THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND COULD DROP INTO  
THE MID TO UPPER 40S ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION AND INTO  
THE LOWER TO MID 50S ELSEWHERE. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE  
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN  
IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND  
INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM  
AROUND 70 ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION TO THE LOWER TO MID  
70S ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 608 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
WINDS WILL REMAIN EASTERLY TONIGHT AT 5 MPH OR LESS OVER ALL OF  
THE TAF SITES ALONG WITH VFR CONDITIONS IN THE CEILINGS AND VIS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 1237 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
A GENTLE TO LIGHTLY MODERATE BREEZE WILL BE IN PLACE THROUGH THE  
EARLY WEEK PERIOD ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. THESE WINDS WILL  
GRADUALLY VEER AND BECOME MORE SOUTHEASTERLY LATER HEADING INTO  
TUESDAY BEFORE BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK  
OUT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEAS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC  
WATERS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2-4 FEET TODAY AND FALL TO 2 FEET OR LESS  
ON TUESDAY. SEAS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WILL RANGE FROM 1-3 FEET  
DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME.  
 
 
   
BEACHES  
 
ISSUED AT 1237 PM EST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES FOR THE PALM BEACHES FOR THE  
REST OF TODAY WITH A MODERATE RISK FOR BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE  
BEACHES. AN ELEVATED RISK IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE  
ATLANTIC BEACHES FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. IN TERMS OF COASTAL FLOODING,  
THE LAST PEAK OF THIS KING TIDE CYCLE OCCURRED THIS MORNING AND  
TIDES CONTINUE TO LOWER. FUTURE HIGH TIDES THE REST OF THIS WEEK ARE  
NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. HOWEVER, STANDING WATER FROM  
PREVIOUS CYCLES MAY LINGER A WHILE LONGER.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
MIAMI 72 82 71 84 / 0 0 0 40  
WEST KENDALL 68 84 68 85 / 0 0 0 40  
OPA-LOCKA 70 84 70 84 / 0 0 0 50  
HOMESTEAD 71 83 70 84 / 0 0 0 40  
FORT LAUDERDALE 71 81 71 83 / 10 0 0 50  
N FT LAUDERDALE 71 82 71 83 / 10 0 0 50  
PEMBROKE PINES 71 85 70 86 / 10 0 0 50  
WEST PALM BEACH 70 83 70 83 / 0 0 0 50  
BOCA RATON 71 83 70 85 / 10 0 0 50  
NAPLES 66 84 70 81 / 0 0 0 40  
 
 
   
MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR FLZ168.  
 
AM...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...REDMAN  
LONG TERM....CWC  
AVIATION...BNB  
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