618  
FXUS62 KMLB 220314  
AFDMLB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
1014 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
   
..NEW UPDATE
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
ISSUED AT 352 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
- POOR TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT  
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.  
 
- BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEEK  
AND INTO THIS WEEKEND, AND WILL BE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF  
THE SEASON SO FAR.  
 
- REMAINING DRY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, WITH FIRE SENSITIVE  
CONDITIONS CONTINUING LATE WEEK INTO THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 1004 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK WITH NO CHANGES NEEDED. A REINFORCING  
COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO FLORIDA TONIGHT, PUSHING OVERNIGHT LOWS  
ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA DOWN INTO THE 40S, WITH JUST  
COASTAL MARTIN COUNTY HOLDING ONTO THE LOW 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS  
5-10 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 5 DEGREES COOLER  
THAN THE AIR TEMPERATURE, GENERALLY DOWN TO AROUND 40 DEGREES  
(L-M40S IN COASTAL MARTIN), BUT POSSIBLY INTO THE U30S IN THE  
USUALLY COOLER SPOTS. CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS.  
 

 
   
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 352 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
TONIGHT-FRIDAY...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL  
FORCE A DRY REINFORCING COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. THIS  
WILL CONTINUE AN ELEVATED NORTHWEST WIND FLOW ACROSS THE REGION  
THROUGH TOMORROW. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 MPH TONIGHT, UP  
TO 10-15 MPH ALONG THE COAST, AND THEN BECOMING BREEZY AGAIN INTO  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS WILL CONTINUE  
TO USHER IN DRIER AND MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA. IT WILL TURN  
COLDER INTO TONIGHT, WITH LOWS IN THE 40S AND WIND CHILL VALUES AS  
LOW AS THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S TOWARD DAYBREAK. HIGHS ON FRIDAY  
WILL BE AROUND 7 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR,  
RANGING FROM THE MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL FL,  
EXCEPT NEAR 70 DEGREES ALONG THE TREASURE COAST.  
 
FRIDAY NIGHT-SUNDAY...TROUGH ALOFT SHIFTS OFF THE EASTERN U.S.  
COAST, WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE SETTLING SOUTHEAST AND  
ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL MAINTAIN DRY  
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AND ALLOW NORTHWEST WINDS TO WEAKEN.  
LIGHTER WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO  
BE EVEN A TAD COLDER INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, BUT LOWS ARE STILL  
FORECAST IN THE LOW TO MID 40S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS  
WILL BE AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS THAT NIGHT, BUT WILL STILL EQUATE TO  
WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING. HIGHS WILL REMAIN COOLER THAN NORMAL IN THE MID TO UPPER  
60S ON SATURDAY. LOWS WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE 40S SATURDAY NIGHT,  
AND HIGHS WILL BE A TAD HIGHER, BUT STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL,  
IN THE LOW TO MID 70S ON SUNDAY.  
 
MONDAY-THURSDAY...(PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) A WARMING TREND RESUMES  
EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ZONAL MID LEVEL FLOW BUILDS OVER THE CENTRAL AND  
EASTERN CONUS. DRY WEATHER CONTINUES AS MOISTURE FIELDS ARE SLOW TO  
RECOVER UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK. LIGHT ONSHORE WINDS BECOME  
ESTABLISHED AS DAYTIME HIGHS PUSH INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S.  
MORNING LOWS MONDAY WILL STILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S NORTH OF I-  
4, REBOUNDING INTO THE 50S AND LOW 60S AREAWIDE TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODEL OUTPUT DIVERGES REGARDING THE SYNOPTIC  
PATTERN OVER THE CONUS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY, WHICH HAS DOWNSTREAM  
IMPLICATIONS REGARDING WHAT SENSIBLE WEATHER WE EXPERIENCE FROM  
THANKSGIVING DAY ONWARD. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ANTICIPATE NEAR TO  
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE HOLIDAY, ALONG WITH  
MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 352 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
TONIGHT...A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS  
TONIGHT, WITH NW WINDS INCREASING BACK UP TO 20-25 KNOTS, WHICH WILL  
MAINTAIN SEAS UP TO 6-8 FEET OFFSHORE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR  
THESE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS.  
 
FRIDAY-MONDAY...(PREVIOUS DISCUSSION) HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS  
ARE FORECAST TO LAST THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY, WITH GRADUAL  
IMPROVEMENT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS WINDS AND SEAS SLOWLY  
DECREASE. 10-14 KT NW FLOW IS ANTICIPATED ON SATURDAY, FALLING  
BELOW 10 KT FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SEAS FRIDAY AROUND 5-8 FT IN  
THE GULF STREAM FALL BELOW 7 FT SATURDAY MORNING, DECREASING  
FURTHER TO 2-3 FT BY SUNDAY. FAVORABLE BOATING LOOKS TO PERSIST  
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES CENTERED  
OVER THE FL PENINSULA AND LOCAL WATERS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 624 PM EST THU NOV 21 2024  
 
VFR AND DRY CONDITION PREVAILING THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.  
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KT THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN ELEVATED  
OVERNIGHT BEFORE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN TO 10-15KT WITH GUSTS  
20-25KT BY MID-MORNING. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE TO AROUND 10 KT  
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND THEN TO AROUND 5 KT OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
DAB 45 65 42 66 / 0 0 0 0  
MCO 47 67 44 66 / 0 0 0 0  
MLB 47 69 45 67 / 0 0 0 0  
VRB 48 70 45 68 / 0 0 0 0  
LEE 46 66 42 66 / 0 0 0 0  
SFB 45 66 42 66 / 0 0 0 0  
ORL 48 67 45 68 / 0 0 0 0  
FPR 46 70 44 68 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...NONE.  
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR AMZ550-552-555.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY FOR AMZ570-572-575.  
 

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...HALEY  
AVIATION...WATSON  
 
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