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FXUS62 KMFL 250546  
AFDMFL  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL  
1246 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 1242 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026  
 
- A FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR HENDRY, GLADES, AND INLAND  
COLLIER COUNTIES UNTIL 8AM THIS MORNING AS CONDITIONS ARE  
FAVORABLE FOR FROST DEVELOPMENT.  
 
- ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT  
FEW DAYS AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE  
30-40% RANGE EACH AFTERNOON AND THE AREA REMAINS IN A SEVERE  
TO EXTREME DROUGHT.  
 
- REDUCED VISIBILITY IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR  
SW FLORIDA NEAR THE NATIONAL FIRE.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 129 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
07Z MESOANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTINUATION OF AN ANHYDROUS  
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH OBSERVED DEWPOINT  
VALUES THIS MORNING BELOW THE 10% PERCENTILE WHEN COMPARED TO  
HISTORICAL NORMS. THE CONTINUED ADVECTION OF THE AXIS OF STOUT  
SURFACE RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND GULF HAS  
RESULTED IN A GRADUAL LESSENING OF SURFACE WINDS OVER THE LAST  
SEVERAL HOURS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOCTURNAL SURFACE INVERSION  
ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW DEWPOINTS, CLEAR  
SKIES, AND LIGHT PENINSULAR DRAINAGE WIND FLOW HAS SET THE STAGE  
FOR AN EFFICIENT BOUT OF RADIATIONAL COOLING ACROSS INLAND LOCALES  
THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. THE LATEST NBM  
HAS CONSEQUENTLY TRENDED SLIGHTLY COLDER ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF  
SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE NBM 25TH  
PERCENTILE EVEN DEPICTING THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED MINIMUM  
TEMPERATURE VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS GLADES COUNTY IN THE  
USUAL SHELTERED SPOTS THAT OVER PERFORM THE LOW TEMPERATURE  
FORECAST. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY,  
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES FROM 3AM TO 9AM THIS MORNING WHILE A  
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH  
FLORIDA (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAINLAND MONROE, METRO AND COASTAL  
BROWARD & MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES) ALSO FROM 3AM TO 9AM THIS MORNING  
AS MINIMUM APPARENT (FEELS-LIKE) TEMPERATURES AT DAYBREAK WILL  
RANGE FROM THE MID 20S WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE MID TO UPPER  
30S ACROSS COASTAL BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.  
 
OUTSIDE OF COLD WEATHER IMPACTS, OUR OTHER MAJOR FORECAST CONCERN TO  
DISCUSS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO BE THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE  
NATIONAL WILDFIRE (AND SURROUNDING HOT SPOTS) OVER THE PAST 24  
HOURS. WHILE COLDER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS OVERNIGHT HAVE  
SLOWED THE SPREAD OF THE WILDFIRE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS, THE  
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION AND LESSENING OF THE MIXING  
HEIGHT HAS RESULTED IN DENSE SMOKE REMAINING CLOSE TO THE GROUND.  
THIS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT DOWNSTREAM LOCATIONS  
SOUTH OF THE FIRE WHICH COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS  
THROUGH 9AM THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SURFACE WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST  
TO CONTINUE TO LESSEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TODAY, ENHANCED FIRE  
BEHAVIOR WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON  
AS VEGETATION REMAINS EXTREMELY DRY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES  
WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW THE 10% PERCENTILE (PERHAPS EVEN NEAR THE  
DAILY MINIMUM) FOR TODAY'S DATE!  
 
RETURNING TO THE SYNOPTIC SCALE, A DEPARTING POSITIVELY TILTED MID-  
LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARDS FURTHER INTO THE WESTERN  
ATLANTIC TODAY AS MID-LEVEL FLOW REMAINS OUT OF A NORTHWESTERLY  
DIRECTION. THE COMBINATION OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR ALOFT AND  
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW THE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF  
WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY OF BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE  
REGION AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70S ACROSS ALL  
OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN FIRM CONTROL,  
PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW WILL KEEP WINDS OUT OF A NORTHERLY  
DIRECTION FOR MOST OF TODAY BEFORE WINDS VEER ONSHORE ALONG BOTH  
COASTS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
 
THE LOSS OF INSOLATION AND CLEAR SKIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR  
ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY AS PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW DEVELOPS ONCE AGAIN. FORECAST  
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THIS MORNING ALONG  
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 30S REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS  
INLAND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARMER ALONG  
THE COAST WITH VALUES IN THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS THE NAPLES METRO  
AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S ALONG THE EAST COAST.  
WITH LIGHT WINDS, CLEAR SKIES, AND A REBOUND IN SURFACE MOISTURE,  
FROST COULD BE A CONCERN ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH DAYBREAK ON  
WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLADES AND HENDRY  
COUNTIES FROM 2AM TO 8AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
THE AXIS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STOUT SURFACE RIDGING WILL TRANSIT  
ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS MID-LEVEL FLOW VEERS TO A WESTERLY  
TO SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THIS SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT SHIFT IN THE  
PLACEMENT OF THE AXIS OF SURFACE RIDGING WILL HAVE BEGIN THE ONSET  
OF A MORE GRADUAL WARMUP ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER A CHILLY MORNING  
WITH PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW, WINDS WILL VEER OUT OF A  
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EAST COAST AND SOUTHWESTERLY  
DIRECTION ALONG THE GULF COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS WILL  
RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES INCREASING BACK INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE  
REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A FEW INLAND LOCALES  
POTENTIALLY REACHING 80 AS A GRADUAL UPTICK IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE  
RETURNS TO THE REGION.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 154 PM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
PLEASANT CONDITIONS PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AS MOST AREAS HAVE  
WARMED UP INTO THE 60S. ANOTHER NIGHT OF BELOW AVERAGE  
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE LOW ENOUGH TO NEED  
ADDITIONAL COLD PRODUCTS. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT  
TONIGHT FOR HENDRY AND GLADES COUNTIES AND AM HOLDING STEADY WITH  
THESE PRODUCTS FOR THIS UPDATE. OTHER THAN COLD, THE NATIONAL  
WILDFIRE NEAR BIG CYPRESS CONTINUES TO BURN THIS AFTERNOON AND  
WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF SMOKY CONDITIONS WITHIN THE VICINITY. A  
WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTH, SHOULD KEEP SMOKE AWAY FROM MOST  
POPULATED AREAS.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 129 AM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
07Z MESOANALYSIS HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTINUATION OF AN ANHYDROUS  
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA WITH OBSERVED DEWPOINT  
VALUES THIS MORNING BELOW THE 10% PERCENTILE WHEN COMPARED TO  
HISTORICAL NORMS. THE CONTINUED ADVECTION OF THE AXIS OF STOUT  
SURFACE RIDGING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND GULF HAS  
RESULTED IN A GRADUAL LESSENING OF SURFACE WINDS OVER THE LAST  
SEVERAL HOURS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NOCTURNAL SURFACE INVERSION  
ACROSS INLAND AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW DEWPOINTS, CLEAR  
SKIES, AND LIGHT PENINSULAR DRAINAGE WIND FLOW HAS SET THE STAGE  
FOR AN EFFICIENT BOUT OF RADIATIONAL COOLING ACROSS INLAND LOCALES  
THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. THE LATEST NBM  
HAS CONSEQUENTLY TRENDED SLIGHTLY COLDER ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF  
SOUTH FLORIDA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH THE NBM 25TH  
PERCENTILE EVEN DEPICTING THE POTENTIAL OF ISOLATED MINIMUM  
TEMPERATURE VALUES IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS GLADES COUNTY IN THE  
USUAL SHELTERED SPOTS THAT OVER PERFORM THE LOW TEMPERATURE  
FORECAST. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY,  
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES FROM 3AM TO 9AM THIS MORNING WHILE A  
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MAJORITY OF SOUTH  
FLORIDA (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAINLAND MONROE, METRO AND COASTAL  
BROWARD & MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES) ALSO FROM 3AM TO 9AM THIS MORNING  
AS MINIMUM APPARENT (FEELS-LIKE) TEMPERATURES AT DAYBREAK WILL  
RANGE FROM THE MID 20S WEST OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE TO THE MID TO UPPER  
30S ACROSS COASTAL BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.  
 
OUTSIDE OF COLD WEATHER IMPACTS, OUR OTHER MAJOR FORECAST CONCERN TO  
DISCUSS THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO BE THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE  
NATIONAL WILDFIRE (AND SURROUNDING HOT SPOTS) OVER THE PAST 24  
HOURS. WHILE COLDER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS OVERNIGHT HAVE  
SLOWED THE SPREAD OF THE WILDFIRE OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS, THE  
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NOCTURNAL INVERSION AND LESSENING OF THE MIXING  
HEIGHT HAS RESULTED IN DENSE SMOKE REMAINING CLOSE TO THE GROUND.  
THIS MAY RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT DOWNSTREAM LOCATIONS  
SOUTH OF THE FIRE WHICH COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS  
THROUGH 9AM THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SURFACE WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST  
TO CONTINUE TO LESSEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TODAY, ENHANCED FIRE  
BEHAVIOR WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON  
AS VEGETATION REMAINS EXTREMELY DRY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES  
WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW THE 10% PERCENTILE (PERHAPS EVEN NEAR THE  
DAILY MINIMUM) FOR TODAY'S DATE!  
 
RETURNING TO THE SYNOPTIC SCALE, A DEPARTING POSITIVELY TILTED MID-  
LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARDS FURTHER INTO THE WESTERN  
ATLANTIC TODAY AS MID-LEVEL FLOW REMAINS OUT OF A NORTHWESTERLY  
DIRECTION. THE COMBINATION OF MID-LEVEL DRY AIR ALOFT AND  
ANTICYCLONIC FLOW THE SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF  
WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER DAY OF BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACROSS THE  
REGION AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70S ACROSS ALL  
OF SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY. WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN FIRM CONTROL,  
PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW WILL KEEP WINDS OUT OF A NORTHERLY  
DIRECTION FOR MOST OF TODAY BEFORE WINDS VEER ONSHORE ALONG BOTH  
COASTS DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
 
THE LOSS OF INSOLATION AND CLEAR SKIES WILL SET THE STAGE FOR  
ANOTHER CHILLY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY AS PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW DEVELOPS ONCE AGAIN. FORECAST  
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN THIS MORNING ALONG  
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 30S REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS  
INLAND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARMER ALONG  
THE COAST WITH VALUES IN THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS THE NAPLES METRO  
AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S ALONG THE EAST COAST.  
WITH LIGHT WINDS, CLEAR SKIES, AND A REBOUND IN SURFACE MOISTURE,  
FROST COULD BE A CONCERN ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH DAYBREAK ON  
WEDNESDAY. A FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GLADES AND HENDRY  
COUNTIES FROM 2AM TO 8AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
THE AXIS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED STOUT SURFACE RIDGING WILL TRANSIT  
ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AS MID-LEVEL FLOW VEERS TO A WESTERLY  
TO SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. THIS SUBTLE BUT IMPORTANT SHIFT IN THE  
PLACEMENT OF THE AXIS OF SURFACE RIDGING WILL HAVE BEGIN THE ONSET  
OF A MORE GRADUAL WARMUP ACROSS THE REGION. AFTER A CHILLY MORNING  
WITH PENINSULAR DRAINAGE FLOW, WINDS WILL VEER OUT OF A  
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE EAST COAST AND SOUTHWESTERLY  
DIRECTION ALONG THE GULF COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS WILL  
RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES INCREASING BACK INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE  
REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH A FEW INLAND LOCALES  
POTENTIALLY REACHING 80 AS A GRADUAL UPTICK IN ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE  
RETURNS TO THE REGION.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 201 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, THE LATEST GLOBAL AND ENSEMBLE  
GUIDANCE SUITE HAVE TRENDED SLIGHTLY LESS PROGRESSIVE WITH A MID-  
LEVEL SHORTWAVE PROPAGATING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES  
EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHERN STREAM. HOWEVER MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO  
HINT AT THE ARRIVAL OF A SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN  
AND CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH A SURGE OF DEEPER  
ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE ACROSS OUR REGION OUT AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY  
BEGINNING DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SOUTHERLY  
WINDS IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THE BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH AND INCREASING  
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SET THE STAGE FOR ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES  
ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE REGION WITH A MENTIONABLE POTENTIAL OF 90S  
ACROSS INLAND AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA. THE LATEST FORECAST DEPICTS A  
20-40% ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE  
POTENTIAL OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER AND EAST OF LAKE  
OKEECHOBEE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
 
THE TREND OF A LESS PROGRESSIVE/DEEP MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE IN THE  
LATEST ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE (ECENS, GEFS, AI ECENS, AI GEFS) MAY RESULT  
IN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLING OUT JUST NORTH OR OVER OUR REGION  
AS THE INFLUENCE OF SYNOPTIC FORCING IS LOST. WHILE THE EXACT  
DETAILS STILL NEED TO BE IRONED OUT, THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE  
ADVECTION TAKING PLACE OUT AHEAD AND ALONG THE FRONT TO SUPPORT AN  
INCREASED CHANCE OF SHOWERS (AND PERHAPS A FEW ISOLATED  
THUNDERSTORMS) THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL CONTINUE  
TO BE MONITORED AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE  
UPCOMING WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK LOOK TO RISE ABOVE  
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1242 AM EST WED FEB 25 2026  
 
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH DRY AND VFR  
CONDITIONS PREVAILING ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL VEER TO A  
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION BY LATE THIS MORNING, VEERING AND REMAINING  
SWRLY AT KAPF AND SERLY ALONG THE EAST COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA  
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AFTER SUNSET, WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN  
BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN NATURE.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 201 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
HAZARDOUS MARINE CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE  
COURSE OF TODAY AS SURFACE WINDS GRADUALLY WANE IN INTENSITY WHILE  
NORTHEASTERLY SWELL CONTINUES TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS  
OF SOUTH FLORIDA. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR ALL LOCAL  
GULF WATERS THROUGH 9AM THIS MORNING WHILE THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  
FOR THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL REMAIN UNTIL 1PM THIS AFTERNOON. WAVES  
ACROSS THE GULFSTREAM WATERS WILL LESSEN FROM 8 TO 10 FEET AT  
DAYBREAK TO 5 TO 6 FEET BY THIS EVENING. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE  
TO SUBSIDE ACROSS ALL LOCAL WATERS THROUGH THE MID-WEEK PERIOD AS  
NORTHEASTERLY SWELL GRADUALLY WANES IN INTENSITY.  
 

 
   
BEACHES
 
 
ISSUED AT 201 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT GULF COAST  
BEACHES THROUGH MID MORNING WHILE THE RISK WILL PERSIST ALONG THE  
EAST COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING AS NORTHEASTERLY  
SWELL GRADUALLY LESSENS IN STRENGTH. WHILE THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL  
CONTINUE TO LESSEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, RESIDUAL  
NORTHEASTERLY SWELL MAY RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS  
PERSISTING AT PALM BEACH & BROWARD BEACHES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK  
WEEK.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 201 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY AS  
SEVERE TO EXTREME DROUGHT CONTINUES ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE  
REGION. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND VERY DRY  
VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF ENHANCED FIRE  
BEHAVIOR POTENTIAL. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON  
ARE FORECAST TO RANGE IN THE LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS INLAND AREAS WITH  
SOME NON-ZERO POTENTIAL OF EVEN LOWER VALUES IN THE 10S. THE ONLY  
EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE EAST COAST WHERE  
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 30 AND 35  
PERCENT AS LIGHT WINDS VEER ONSHORE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO LESSEN IN STRENGTH THROUGHOUT THE  
DAY, CONDITIONS ARE STILL CONDUCIVE FOR THE GROWTH OF EXISTING AND  
NEW FIRES.  
 
THE NATIONAL WILDFIRE THAT CONTINUES TO BURN IN BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL  
PRESERVE THIS MORNING HAS CONSIDERABLY EXPANDED IN SIZE OVER THE  
PAST 24 HOURS. THE SIZE OF THE WILDFIRE MAY RESULT IN MESOSCALE  
CHANGES TO ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE.  
DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND DAYBREAK HOURS, DENSE SMOKE MAY REDUCE  
VISIBILITIES DOWNSTREAM OF THE FIRE. DURING THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON HOURS, ENHANCED WINDS AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES  
MAY MATERIALIZE NEAR THE FIRE DUE TO AIR CIRCULATIONS.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
MIAMI 74 62 79 69 / 0 0 0 10  
WEST KENDALL 75 56 82 64 / 0 0 0 10  
OPA-LOCKA 75 60 81 67 / 0 0 0 10  
HOMESTEAD 75 61 81 68 / 0 0 0 10  
FORT LAUDERDALE 73 62 79 68 / 0 0 0 10  
N FT LAUDERDALE 73 62 79 68 / 0 0 0 10  
PEMBROKE PINES 76 60 82 67 / 0 0 0 10  
WEST PALM BEACH 75 57 80 67 / 0 0 0 10  
BOCA RATON 75 60 80 67 / 0 0 0 10  
NAPLES 73 55 80 64 / 0 0 0 10  
 

 
   
MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR FLZ063-066-070.  
 
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FLZ168.  
 
AM...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...HADI  
LONG TERM....HADI  
AVIATION...HADI  
 
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