090  
FXUS62 KMFL 190507  
AFDMFL  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
1207 AM EST THU DEC 19 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(REST OF TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 102 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
A LOW LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST INTO THE  
WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND THE RIDGE OF HIGH  
PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE  
TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.  
HOWEVER, THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS  
OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY  
OVER THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS. THEREFORE, POPS WILL REMAIN IN  
THE SCATTERED RANGE OVER MOST AREAS EXCEPT ISOLATED OVER THE WEST  
COAST METRO AREAS.  
 
A COLD FRONT OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL ALSO BE MOVING  
SOUTHWARD INTO THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL ALSO  
BE A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH AHEAD OF THE FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING  
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA ON  
THURSDAY. THIS PREFRONTAL TROUGH WILL BE SOME DRIER AIR TO THE  
REGION ON THURSDAY WITH A NORTH TO NORTHEAST WIND FLOW. THEREFORE,  
MOST OF SOUTH FLORIDA WILL REMAIN DRY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EXCEPT  
FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS WHERE A FEW SHOWERS COULD WORK INTO  
THE AREA FROM THE ATLANTIC WATERS.  
 
FOG SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT  
HOURS TONIGHT OVER SOUTH FLORIDA, AS THE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM  
THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST DIRECTION AHEAD OF THE PREFRONTAL TROUGH. THE  
BEST COVERAGE OF THE FOG WILL BE OVER THE INTERIOR AND WEST COAST  
METRO AREAS WHERE IT COULD BE DENSE. THEREFORE, THE FOG WORDING  
HAS BEEN ADDED FOR THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND  
HAVE PUT DENSE FOG WORDING INTO THE FORECAST FOR THE WESTERN  
INTERIOR AREAS.  
 
LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 60S OVER MOST AREAS EXCEPT AROUND 70  
OVER THE SOUTHEAST METRO AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. HIGHS ON THURSDAY  
WILL BE AROUND 80 OVER THE NORTHERN AREAS WITH LOWER 80S SOUTH OF  
ALLIGATOR ALLEY.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 136 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS WITH NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY FLOW BEHIND  
THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LEADING TO A COOLER AND DRIER  
AIR MASS ADVECTING ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. DEEP TROUGHING WILL BE  
WORKING ACROSS THE EASTERN SEABOARD DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WHICH  
WILL LEAD TO NEAR ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ACROSS SOUTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH  
THE WEEKEND. WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY WILL REBOUND INTO  
THE MID TO UPPER 70S, LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 40S  
WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S  
ACROSS THE REST OF THE INTERIOR AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON  
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS COLD AIR ADVECTION INCREASES.  
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 50S ACROSS THE EAST COAST  
METRO AREAS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY  
WILL ONLY RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE  
REGION AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, AND INTO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS  
THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS.  
 
TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE STRONG  
MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PUSH OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND MID-LEVEL  
RIDGING WILL GRADUALLY BUILD OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THE EARLY  
PORTION OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL LEAD TO A VEERING SURFACE FLOW TO  
THE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY TO THE EAST BY MID-WEEK WHICH WILL  
ACT TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTION OF  
NEXT WEEK TOWARDS CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS. WITH EASTERLY FLOW  
RETURNING BY TUESDAY, WEAK ISOLATED SHOWERS COULD BEGIN TO IMPACT  
THE EASTERN METRO AREAS DURING THIS TIME FRAME THROUGH MUCH OF THE  
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE  
UPPER 70S FOR THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK WITH  
NIGHTLY LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO UPPER 60S.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1206 AM EST THU DEC 19 2024  
 
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THE REST OF TONIGHT AT ALL TERMINALS.  
VFR SHOULD PREVAIL DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS IN GENERAL, BUT THERE  
COULD BE A PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS BETWEEN 08Z AND 12Z DUE  
TO FOG, ESPECIALLY AT KAPF AND INLAND TERMINALS SUCH AS KTMB.  
WINDS SHIFT MORE NORTHERLY IN THE 6-10KT RANGE AFTER 15Z.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 102 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
THE WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE GOING  
MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. THE WINDS WILL THEN BECOME  
NORTHERLY ON THURSDAY AND REMAIN NORTHERLY THROUGH EARLY THIS  
WEEKEND. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE AROUND 10 KNOTS OR LESS THIS  
AFTERNOON THROUGH END OF THIS WEEK BEFORE INCREASING TO 10 TO 15  
KNOTS THIS WEEKEND. ATLANTIC SEAS WILL BE 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH  
END OF THIS WEEK BEFORE INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS WEEKEND.  
THE GULF SEAS WILL BE 2 FEET OR LESS THROUGH END OF THIS WEEK  
BEFORE BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
BEACHES
 
 
ISSUED AT 102 PM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DECREASING TONIGHT INTO THIS  
WEEKEND BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG THE  
ATLANTIC BEACHES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH  
THURSDAY BEFORE INCREASING SOME THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
MIAMI 83 66 81 56 / 20 10 0 0  
WEST KENDALL 84 63 82 53 / 20 10 0 0  
OPA-LOCKA 83 65 81 55 / 20 10 0 0  
HOMESTEAD 83 66 81 55 / 20 10 0 0  
FORT LAUDERDALE 81 66 79 55 / 20 0 0 0  
N FT LAUDERDALE 81 66 79 55 / 20 0 0 0  
PEMBROKE PINES 84 66 83 56 / 20 10 0 0  
WEST PALM BEACH 81 65 79 53 / 20 0 0 0  
BOCA RATON 82 65 80 54 / 20 0 0 0  
NAPLES 79 62 75 52 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR FLZ063-066-  
067-069>071-073-075.  
 
AM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR AMZ610.  
 
GM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR GMZ656-657-  
676.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...99  
LONG TERM....RIZZUTO  
AVIATION...REDMAN  
 
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