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FXUS62 KTAE 180227  
AFDTAE  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
927 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
   
..NEW UPDATE
 
 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 921 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
DENSE FOG ADVISORY WAS ISSUED OVERNIGHT UNTIL 10 AM ET WEDNESDAY  
FOR FL BIG BEND INLAND AREAS AS WELL AS ALL OF SOUTHWEST GA. THE  
ADVISORY MAY BE EXPANDED FURTHER WEST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST  
AL AND EASTERN FL PANHANDLE LATER TONIGHT.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM
 
 
(THROUGH WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
FOG IS THE MAIN CHALLENGE TONIGHT. SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE  
SHOWS FOG DEVELOPING AFTER MID EVENING FIRST ALONG THE PANHANDLE  
COAST SPREADING INLAND THEN ALONG THE I75 CORRIDOR SPREADING  
WESTWARD OVERNIGHT. PROBABILITIES ARE HIGH OF EXPERIENCING 1 MILE  
OR LESS VISIBILITIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT THROUGH  
AROUND 10AM ET. DEPENDING ON TRENDS THIS AFTERNOON, DENSE FOG  
ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT INTO  
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT SHOWERS MAY ALSO OCCUR FROM  
TALLAHASSEE-ALBANY EASTWARD DURING THIS TIMEFRAME AS WELL WITH  
LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  
 
THE REST OF THE MORNING APPEARS DRY AND CLOUDY WITH SOME PEAKS OF  
THE SUN OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE CWA HEADING INTO THE  
AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED  
TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS INSTABILITY  
DEVELOPS BUT REMAINS LIMITED. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL REACH THE  
MID/UPPER 70S AFTER MORNING LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.  
 

 
   
SHORT & LONG TERM
 
 
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)  
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
TWO FRONTAL PASSAGES ARE ON THE HORIZON DURING THIS PERIOD. THE  
FIRST IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL  
EXIST ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THOUGH OVERALL CHANCES WILL BE  
DECREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. LIMITED  
INSTABILITY MAY BE ENOUGH TO SPARK A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HERE  
AND THERE; SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. COOLER TEMPERATURES  
THURSDAY WILL BE SLOW TO WORK IN SO MID 70S WILL BE ON TAP FOR  
THE FL BIG BEND WITH UPPER 60S IN THE WIREGRASS. CLOSER TO NORMAL  
HIGHS FRIDAY IN THE 60S AREA WIDE AS HIGH PRESSURE IS WELL TO THE  
NORTH.  
 
THE SECOND FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL  
HAVE A STRONGER PUSH OF COOLER AIR BEHIND IT AS A 1040MB SURFACE  
HIGH SLIDES THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE  
FIRST FRONT WILL HAVE SCOURED OUT THE MOISTURE LEADING TO A DRY  
PASSAGE FOR THIS FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW  
NORMAL WITH READINGS IN THE 50S SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY AND  
FREEZING TO NEAR FREEZING LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT,  
ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 635 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE PREVAILING AT AREA TAF SITES THIS EVENING BUT  
EXPECT QUICKLY DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD  
FOG AND LOW CEILINGS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 06Z. ALL TAF SITES  
HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF HITTING LIFR CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY  
AFTER 09Z. SOME SITES COULD SEE VLIFR CONDITIONS AS THE HEAVIEST  
OF THE FOG AND LOW CEILINGS SETTLES IN FROM 10Z TO 14Z.  
RESTRICTIONS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO LIFT AFTER DAYBREAK, ESPECIALLY  
ACROSS DHN WHERE A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING. IN  
GENERAL, EXPECT LIFR CONDITIONS TO HOLD THROUGH AT LEAST 15Z WITH  
IMPROVEMENT TO IFR/MVFR SLOWLY OCCURING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.  
SHOWERS COULD DEVELOP LATER IN THE AFTER AFTER 20Z, MOSTLY  
AFFECTING DHN, ABY, AND VLD.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF  
THE FRONT, LIGHT SHOWERS AND SOME MARINE FOG WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE  
FRONT ARRIVES. LIGHT TO MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME  
NORTHERLY BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BEGINNING THURSDAY. WINDS AND  
SEAS INCREASE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH CAUTIONARY TO LOW END  
ADVISORY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
LOW DISPERSIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A COLD  
FRONT WHICH WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND  
THURSDAY MORNING. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND  
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT  
AMOUNTS. DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS TAKE HOLD BEGINNING THURSDAY  
WITH IMPROVING DISPERSIONS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
HYDROLOGY
 
 
ISSUED AT 221 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THE SYSTEM WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT, AND THERE ARE NO FLOODING CONCERNS OUT THROUGH EARLY NEXT  
WEEK.  
 

 
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED. HOWEVER, SPOTTERS ARE ALWAYS  
ENCOURAGED TO SAFELY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN THEY  
OCCUR BY CALLING THE OFFICE OR TWEETING US @NWSTALLAHASSEE.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
TALLAHASSEE 78 61 76 60 / 20 10 20 30  
PANAMA CITY 77 60 74 58 / 10 10 30 30  
DOTHAN 76 58 76 55 / 10 10 30 20  
ALBANY 76 59 77 56 / 10 10 30 30  
VALDOSTA 78 62 78 59 / 20 10 30 30  
CROSS CITY 80 62 80 61 / 30 10 30 30  
APALACHICOLA 72 62 70 60 / 10 10 20 30  
 

 
   
TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR  
FLZ015>019-026>029.  
 
GA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR  
GAZ120>126-142>144-155.  
 
DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR GAZ127>131-  
145>148-156>161.  
 
AL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
UPDATE...LF  
NEAR TERM...SCHOLL  
SHORT TERM...SCHOLL  
LONG TERM....SCHOLL  
AVIATION...DOBBS  
MARINE...SCHOLL  
FIRE WEATHER...SCHOLL  
HYDROLOGY...SCHOLL  
 
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