578  
FXUS62 KMLB 170840  
AFDMLB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
340 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
   
..NEW KEY MESSAGES, DISCUSSION, MARINE  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
ISSUED AT 340 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
- DANGEROUS SURF AND POOR TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS  
CONTINUE TODAY. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE ADVISED TO STAY OUT  
OF THE OCEAN DUE TO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF.  
 
- MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS  
MORNING'S HIGH TIDE CYCLE.  
 
- REMAINING DRY THROUGH TUESDAY, WITH RAIN CHANCES INCREASING INTO  
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH  
EARLY THIS WEEK AND THEN TURNING MUCH COOLER INTO LATE WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 340 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
TODAY-TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION WILL  
BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS WEEK AND THEN  
SHIFT FARTHER OFFSHORE INTO TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE  
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES. WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT OUT OF  
THE EAST-NORTHEAST TODAY, AND THEN VEER TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ON  
MONDAY AND THEN SOUTH-SOUTHEAST ON TUESDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A  
GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGHS WILL STILL BE AROUND  
SEASONABLE VALUES TODAY IN THE UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES, AND  
THEN WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL IN UPPER 70S TO  
LOW 80S ON MONDAY AND LOW 80S ON TUESDAY. LOWS TONIGHT AND MONDAY  
NIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. HOWEVER, NORMALLY  
COOLER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR, INCLUDING NORTHWEST OF I-4  
AND SOUTH OF THE ORLANDO METRO AREA MAY STILL SEE MIN TEMPS IN THE  
MID TO UPPER 50S TONIGHT.  
 
RIDGE ALOFT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND ACROSS THE REGION, AND A DRY  
AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH PW VALUES BELOW AN INCH. THIS WILL  
CONTINUE DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER, A SHALLOW LAYER OF  
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE, WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ONSHORE  
MOVING MARINE STRATOCU CLOUD DECK NEAR TO SOUTH OF THE CAPE TODAY  
MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A FEW SPRINKLES THAT REACH THE COAST AND  
SHIFT INLAND. HOWEVER, NOT EXPECTING ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL WITH  
THIS ACTIVITY, AND THEREFORE RAIN CHANCES REMAIN BELOW MENTIONABLE  
LEVELS.  
 
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS MORNING'S  
HIGH TIDE CYCLE, FROM AROUND 8 TO 9 AM, AS HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES  
CONTINUE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY  
THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING SWELLS WILL ALSO CONTINUE A HIGH RISK OF  
RIP CURRENTS AND ROUGH SURF AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. ENTERING THE SURF  
IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.  
 
TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY...SOME REMNANT ENERGY/MOISTURE FROM  
DISSIPATED TC SARA WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AND ACROSS FLORIDA INTO  
MID WEEK AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS WILL LEAD TO  
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT,  
AND THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SOME DIFFERENCES CONTINUE  
BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF IN REGARDS TO OVERALL MOISTURE AND  
INSTABILITY, WITH THE GFS SHOWING LOWER QPF/CAPE COMPARED TO THE  
ECMWF. LEANED CLOSER TO NBM/ECMWF AND INCREASED RAIN CHANCES TO 60  
PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY AND ADDED A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND A STRONGER STORM OR TWO WILL BE  
POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY, WITH THIS ACTIVITY SHIFTING OFFSHORE INTO  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA.  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD INTO TUESDAY NIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING  
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S, AND THEN INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND  
RAINFALL WILL HOLD MAX TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S DURING THE DAY. AS COLD  
FRONT CROSSES THE AREA, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 50S LATE  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MORNING THURSDAY.  
 
THURSDAY-SATURDAY...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL MOVE  
INTO THE AREA INTO LATE WEEK BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT, AND WILL  
BE REINFORCED THROUGH EARLY WEEKEND AS W/NW FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS  
THE AREA. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S  
OVER MUCH OF THE AREA EACH DAY, AND OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO  
RANGE FROM THE 40S TO LOW 50S EACH NIGHT. DRIER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO  
FILTER INTO THE AREA, KEEPING RAIN CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 340 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
TODAY-TONIGHT...LINGERING SWELLS UP TO 7-8 FEET ARE SLOWER TO  
SUBSIDE THEN WHAT THE GUIDANCE IS CURRENTLY INDICATING, SO HAVE  
EXTENDED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE GULF STREAM WATERS THROUGH  
10 AM THIS MORNING. ACROSS THE NEARSHORE WATERS, NORTH OF SEBASTIAN  
INLET SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STILL EXERCISE CAUTION FOR LINGERING SEAS  
UP TO 6 FEET. AFTER THE SCA EXPIRES, POOR BOATING CONDITIONS WILL  
LINGER ACROSS THE GULF STREAM WATERS AS SEAS UP TO 6 FEET WILL  
PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. INTO TONIGHT,  
SEAS WILL DIMINISH TO 3-5 FEET.  
 
WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT, AROUND 5-10 KNOTS OUT OF THE  
NORTHEAST TODAY, VEERING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST TONIGHT.  
 
MONDAY-THURSDAY...FAVORABLE BOATING CONDITIONS FORECAST THROUGH  
EARLY THIS WEEK, WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION GRADUALLY  
SHIFTING FARTHER OFFSHORE. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 5-10  
KNOTS OUT OF THE E/SE ON MONDAY AND S/SE ON TUESDAY, WITH SEAS  
FALLING TO 2-4 FEET TOMORROW AND 2-3 FEET TUESDAY.  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH CENTRAL FLORIDA MID WEEK, WITH  
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR OFFSHORE MOVING  
THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO  
DETERIORATE AS SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE UP TO 15-20 KNOTS AND SEAS  
BUILD TO 3-4 FEET DURING THE DAY. POOR TO HAZARDOUS BOATING  
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THEN FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY  
AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE WATERS. WINDS WILL BECOME NW AROUND  
15-25 KNOTS AND SEAS WILL BUILD FURTHER, UP TO 6-8 FEET MAINLY  
OFFSHORE.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1240 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH SCT-BKN  
CLOUDS AT 040-050. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO  
SUN AFTERNOON AT 5-10KTS FROM THE NE BEFORE WEAKENING AFTER  
23-02Z AS EXPANSIVE HIGH PRESSURE (1023MB) BUILDS OVER THE E  
CONUS.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
DAB 77 60 79 62 / 0 10 0 0  
MCO 79 61 80 62 / 0 0 0 0  
MLB 79 63 79 64 / 10 10 0 0  
VRB 80 64 80 64 / 10 10 0 0  
LEE 80 58 81 61 / 0 0 0 0  
SFB 80 59 81 61 / 0 0 0 0  
ORL 79 61 81 62 / 0 0 0 0  
FPR 80 64 80 64 / 10 10 0 0  
 
 
   
MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FLZ141-  
154-159-164-347-447-647-747.  
 
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR  
AMZ552.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR AMZ555-570-  
572-575.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...WEITLICH  
AVIATION...FEHLING  
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