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FXUS62 KMLB 201452  
AFDMLB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
952 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..NEW UPDATE
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
ISSUED AT 416 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
- BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
- COOLING OFF THIS WEEKEND AS LOW TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE 40S  
AND WIND CHILLS INTO THE 30S.  
 

 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 950 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
FOG AND LOW STRATUS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO ERODE ACROSS THE TREASURE  
COAST THIS MORNING BUT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THROUGH LATE  
MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY DEPICTS CLEARING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,  
AND MOST LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY  
CONDITIONS BY THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO  
10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH LATER TODAY. NO MAJOR CHANGES  
WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST, WITH HIGH TEMPS FORECAST TO  
RANGE THROUGH THE 70S.  
 

 
   
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 416 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
THIS MORNING...A VERY MOIST SURFACE LAYER AND LIGHT WINDS UNDER A  
SUBSTANTIAL LOW-LEVEL INVERSION IS SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF  
DENSE FOG ACROSS MOST OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT  
ATLANTIC WATERS AGAIN THIS MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY, TRAFFIC  
CAMERAS, AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW AREAS OF FOG REDUCING  
VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A MILE, AND IN SOME CASES LESS THAN A  
QUARTER MILE. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST  
CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH 8 AM.  
 
REST OF TODAY-TONIGHT...YESTERDAY'S COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO  
THE CARIBBEAN AND BAHAMAS, WHILE ANOTHER WEAKENING FRONT DRAPED  
ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH APPROACHES FLORIDA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT  
ACROSS THE AREA WILL TIGHTEN A BIT BETWEEN THESE TWO FRONTS,  
INCREASING WESTERLY WINDS TO 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING, WHICH  
SHOULD HELP ACCELERATE DISSIPATION OF THE FOG OR AT LEAST LIFTING  
IT TO STRATUS. WINDS THEN FURTHER INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. OTHER THAN SOME GUSTY  
CONDITIONS, A GENERALLY PLEASANT DAY IS ONE TAP ONCE THE FOG  
AND OVERCAST SKIES THIS MORNING CLEAR, BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY AND  
DRY IN THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN  
THE 70S, FROM THE L70S UP NORTH TO THE U70S DOWN SOUTH. FRONT  
NUMBER TWO REACHES THE AREA TONIGHT WITH NO RAIN CHANCES DUE TO  
THE DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE, BUT WILL FURTHER COOL AND DRY OUT  
FLORIDA FOR THE WEEKEND.  
 
THE WEEKEND...THE SECOND COLD FRONT WILL BE FELT BY EARLY  
SATURDAY AS MORNING LOWS DROP INTO THE 40S FOR ALL BUT THE STUART  
AREA, WHO MIGHT HOLD AROUND 50. THE FRONT SHOULD DEPART TO THE  
SOUTH WHILE LOSING DEFINITION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH HIGH  
PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND OVER THE EASTERN US AND FLORIDA.  
WINDS BECOME NORTHERLY AT AROUND 10 MPH BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH  
WIND SPEEDS REMAINING ELEVATED THROUGH THE EARLY SATURDAY  
MORNING, RESULTING IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE U30S ACROSS THE  
INTERIOR, POSSIBLY THE M30S WELL NORTH OF I-4, AND IN THE 40S  
ALONG THE COAST. COOL SATURDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS FORECAST TO BE IN  
THE 60S, MAYBE THE U50S NORTH OF I-4. INLAND WINDS REMAIN  
NORTHERLY 5-10 MPH, MAYBE A BIT WEST OF NORTH IN DRAINAGE FLOW  
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, RESULTING IN ANOTHER NIGHT OF  
LOWS IN THE 40S AND WIND CHILLS IN THE 30S. NEAR THE COAST, FLOW  
BECOMES MORE ONSHORE, MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND KEEPING LOWS  
NEAR 50 WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE 40S. ONSHORE FLOW BECOMES BREEZY  
AND GUSTY AGAIN SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST, AS AN INVERTED  
TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS FURTHER  
TIGHTENS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. RAIN CHANCES (20 PCT) ALSO RETURN  
TO THE COAST AS MOISTURE INCREASES IN THIS FLOW. AFTERNOON HIGHS  
REMAIN PLEASANT IN THE U60S-L70S.  
 
MONDAY-THURSDAY...LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN US  
MOVING OFFSHORE INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND A QUASI-STATIONARY  
INVERTED TROUGH NEAR OUR COAST WILL BE THE PRIMARY DRIVERS OF  
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA CONDITIONS THROUGH MID-WEEK. THE MAIN IMPACTS  
LOOK TO BE THE RETURN OF ONSHORE MOVING SHOWERS (20-30 PCT)  
THROUGH AT LEAST MID-WEEK AS MOISTURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS  
INCREASES AND EASTERLY WINDS PICK UP TO AROUND 10 MPH EACH  
AFTERNOON, OCCASIONALLY TO 10-15 MPH AND GUSTY ALONG THE COAST.  
TEMPERATURES RETURN TO NEAR NORMAL (HIGHS IN THE L-M70S AND LOWS  
IN THE L-M50S), MAYBE SLIGHTLY BELOW MONDAY, AND SLOWLY INCREASE  
TO ABOVE NORMAL BY LATE WEEK.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 416 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
TODAY-SATURDAY...NORTHWEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS 10-15 KTS THIS  
AFTERNOON INCREASE TO 15-20 KTS LATE THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AN  
APPROACHING DRY COLD FRONT. THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE WATERS  
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHERLY  
AT AROUND 15 KTS BEHIND THE FRONT. SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM BUILD  
UP TO 7 FT IN RESPONSE, AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED  
FOR ALL CENTRAL FLORIDA OFFSHORE WATERS FROM 10 PM TONIGHT TO 10  
AM SATURDAY MORNING. CLOSER TO SHORE, SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE  
CAUTION. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OF WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT RAIN CHANCES RETURNS SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
SUNDAY-TUESDAY...WEAK SURFACE DISTURBANCES DEVELOPING OFF THE  
SOUTHEAST SEABOARD SUNDAY, NEAR THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC COAST  
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK, AND LONG PERIOD SWELL REACHING THE  
LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL KEEP BOATING  
CONDITIONS UNFAVORABLE TO HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST WINDS SUNDAY 10-15  
KTS VEER TO EASTERLY BY TUESDAY, PERIODICALLY INCREASING TO 15-20  
KTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEAS 3-5 FT SUNDAY MORNING INCREASE DUE  
TO SWELL AND WINDS, POTENTIALLY UP TO 6 FT NEARSHORE AND 8 FT  
OFFSHORE BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS, AND  
POSSIBLY SOME LIGHTNING STORMS BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 703 AM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
TAFS BEGIN WITH PRIMARILY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WITH DENSE FOG AND LOW  
STRATUS FORECAST THROUGH 14Z/15Z, MAINLY AT THE TAF SITES TO THE  
S OF I-4. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS AS LOW AS 1/4TH MILE TO NEAR ZERO AND  
CEILINGS AT 002-005 ARE FORECAST THIS MORNING WITH VFR CONDITIONS AFTER  
14Z/15Z. W WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE FROM THE W AT 5-10KTS  
THIS MORNING AND AT 10-14KTS WITH GUSTS TO 18-22KTS AFTER 17Z/18Z.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
DAB 73 43 59 46 / 0 0 0 0  
MCO 74 45 61 45 / 0 0 0 0  
MLB 76 46 64 49 / 0 0 0 10  
VRB 78 48 66 50 / 0 0 0 10  
LEE 72 42 59 41 / 0 0 0 0  
SFB 74 44 60 45 / 0 0 0 0  
ORL 74 45 61 45 / 0 0 0 0  
FPR 77 47 66 49 / 0 0 0 10  
 

 
   
MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...NONE.  
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST  
SATURDAY FOR AMZ570-572-575.  
 

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...SCHAPER  
AVIATION...FEHLING  
 
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