970  
FXUS62 KMLB 202331  
AFDMLB  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL  
631 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
ISSUED AT 340 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
- COLDER AND DRIER AIR OVERNIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE UPPER  
30S TO LOW 40S SATURDAY MORNING  
 
- POOR TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON, RETURNING AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK  
 
- ONSHORE WIND RETURNS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH INCREASING  
RAIN CHANCES ALONG THE COAST INTO NEXT WEEK  
 

 
   
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 340 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
NOW-TONIGHT...SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS THE MORNING  
CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST FINALLY DISSIPATING, WHILE  
MID LEVEL CUMULUS PUSHES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA.  
DRIER AIR IS QUICKLY SPILLING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST, A PRECURSOR  
TO MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES FOR NOW HAVE  
REACHED THE MID/UPPER 60S NORTH, RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S  
FROM THE ORLANDO AREA SOUTHWARD. FORECAST HIGHS WERE TEMPERED A  
BIT BY THE LONGER LASTING CLOUD COVER THIS MORNING, BUT FOR MANY  
LOCATIONS, IT HAS BEEN A SEASONABLE MID DECEMBER AFTERNOON.  
 
A REINFORCING PUSH OF COLDER AIR ARRIVES TONIGHT INTO EARLY  
SATURDAY MORNING, ENHANCED BY A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY AND NORTHWEST  
WIND AROUND 5-10 MPH. TEMPS ARE FORECAST TO PLUMMET AFTER SUNSET,  
REACHING THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S (EXCEPT FOR THE MID/UPPER 50S  
ALONG THE TREASURE COAST). WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME A FACTOR, TOO,  
DIPPING INTO THE 40S FOR MOST AROUND MIDNIGHT.  
 
SATURDAY-SUNDAY...SPEAKING OF COLD, SATURDAY MORNING LOWS ARE  
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 40S ALONG AND  
NORTH OF I-4 TO THE MID/UPPER 40S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE  
AREA. THIS IS ROUGHLY 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR THE DATE  
(NORMAL IS BETWEEN 50-55 DEGREES). SUNSHINE HELPS US REBOUND INTO  
THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S BY THE AFTERNOON, WORKING IN CONTRAST TO  
A COOL NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE, GUSTING AT TIMES AROUND 15-20  
MPH. SOME CLOUDS START TO BUILD BACK IN FROM THE ATLANTIC DURING  
THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST. HEADING INTO SUNDAY,  
THINGS START OUT ON THE COLD SIDE AGAIN WITH SUNRISE TEMPS IN THE  
LOW TO MID 40S FOR MOST (UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S COASTAL). THE  
NORTHERLY BREEZE BEGINS TO VEER MORE NORTHEASTERLY IN THE  
AFTERNOON. AS SUCH, HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM A COUPLE MORE  
DEGREES INTO THE MID 60S AND LOW 70S. ALONG WITH SOME ADDITIONAL  
CLOUDS ROLLING ONSHORE, AN ISOLATED SHOWER CANNOT BE RULED OUT  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.  
 
MONDAY-THURSDAY...MID LEVEL RIDGING LOOKS TO BUILD OVER FLORIDA TO  
START THE WEEK, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME A SURFACE TROUGH FORMS AND  
HOLDS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH MID WEEK. PW NEAR AND ABOVE 1"  
RETURN TO THE COAST AND EVENTUALLY THE WHOLE AREA BY WEDNESDAY,  
THANKS TO STEADY EAST-SOUTHEAST SFC-850MB FLOW. THIS SPELLS OUT A  
WARMING TREND FOR US HEADING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY, LIKELY CONTINUING  
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. ALONG WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES  
AND ADDED MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER, SOME SHOWER DEVELOPMENT IS  
FORECAST INTERMITTENTLY FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE BEST  
CHANCE AT SEEING MEASURABLE RAINFALL WILL BE AT THE IMMEDIATE  
COAST ON MONDAY, THOUGH SOME ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO PUSH FARTHER  
INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON. 850MB FLOW, WHICH WILL BE STEERING  
THESE LOW-TOPPED SHOWERS, BEGINS MORE PERPENDICULAR TO THE COAST  
ON MONDAY BUT VEERS MORE PARALLEL (SOUTHERLY) BY TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THIS WILL SHIFT  
HIGHER RAIN TOTALS TOWARD THE ATLANTIC WATERS TUE-WED, WITH  
SHOWERS MORE OR LESS BRUSHING THE COAST ON THESE DAYS. THE QPF  
REMAINS FAIRLY LIGHT, AROUND 0.50" ALONG THE BARRIER ISLANDS TO AS  
LITTLE AS A FEW HUNDREDTHS ACROSS INTERIOR LOCATIONS.  
 
HIGHS EACH DAY GRADUALLY INCREASE, STARTING IN THE UPPER 60S TO  
MID 70S MONDAY AND EVENTUALLY PEAKING IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S BY  
THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS FOLLOW THE SAME UPWARD TREND, RANGING  
FROM THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 60S MONDAY MORNING AND MODERATING INTO  
THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S BY THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 340 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
POOR TO HAZARDOUS SEAS WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD  
FRONT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. WINDS SHIFT FROM WEST-NORTHWEST TO A  
NORTH-NORTHWEST DIRECTION AFTER MIDNIGHT, WITH SPEEDS 15-20 KT AND  
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25-30 KT (ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE VOLUSIA AND  
OFFSHORE BREVARD WATERS). A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BEGINS AT 7 PM,  
COVERING THE ADJACENT OFFSHORE WATERS, WHILE SMALL CRAFT SHOULD  
EXERCISE CAUTION NEARSHORE. SEAS REMAIN UP TO 7 FT IN THE GULF  
STREAM THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING INTO SATURDAY  
NIGHT, WHEN SHOWER ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE LOCAL WATERS.  
 
SHOWER CHANCES WILL CONTINUE FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE  
UPCOMING WEEK AS ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.  
EVEN AN ISOLATED LIGHTNING STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT, PRIMARILY ON  
TUESDAY, AS A SURFACE TROUGH SETS UP OVER THE WATERS. A PERIOD OF  
POOR TO HAZARDOUS GULF STREAM SEAS MAY UNFOLD SUNDAY NIGHT INTO  
MONDAY, CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON, THEN IMPROVING BY  
MIDWEEK.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 631 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6-8 KTS VEER  
NORTH-NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. WINDS AROUND 8-10 KTS FORECAST  
TOMORROW. DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
DAB 43 59 45 66 / 0 0 0 10  
MCO 46 62 45 69 / 0 0 0 10  
MLB 46 65 48 71 / 0 0 10 20  
VRB 46 67 49 72 / 0 0 10 20  
LEE 43 60 41 67 / 0 0 0 0  
SFB 44 61 44 68 / 0 0 0 10  
ORL 46 62 45 69 / 0 0 0 10  
FPR 46 67 48 72 / 0 0 10 20  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...SCHAPER  
AVIATION...LAW  
 
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