613  
FXUS62 KTAE 310035  
AFDTAE  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
835 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
   
..NEW UPDATE, MARINE  
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 830 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
THE MAIN CHANGES TO TONIGHT'S FORECAST WERE ADJUSTING RAIN  
CHANCES, SKY COVER, AND HOURLY TEMPERATURES TO ACCOUNT FOR EVENING  
CONVECTIVE TRENDS. LINGERING SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
SHOULD DIMINISH AND/OR EXIT NORTH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA OVER THE  
NEXT COUPLE HRS OR SO. A MOSTLY QUIET NIGHT IS EXPECTED, THOUGH  
SOME LOCALIZED SHOWER DEVELOPMENT CLOSER AND I-10 ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM  
 
(THROUGH THURSDAY)  
ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
ANOTHER HEAT ADVISORY IS IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT WITH  
INCREASING CLOUD COVER AS STORMS ACROSS SE ALABAMA AND THE FL  
PANHANDLE GET GOING, ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONFINED  
TO OUR FL COUNTIES AND FIRST ROW OF SOUTHERN GA COUNTIES. MID-LEVEL  
DRY AIR WILL BE INTRUDING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION,  
WITH THE BEST PWATS ACROSS SE ALABAMA AND THE FL PANHANDLE  
LEADING TO THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS BEING THERE.  
 
EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN  
THE LOW TO MID 90S.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM  
 
(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND A COLD FRONT LOOKS TO DIP DOWN ACROSS THE  
SOUTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE AND THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE BREAKS DOWN.  
EVERY DAY WE'LL SEE INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS AS  
SOUTHERLY FLOW ADVECTS MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION, MIXING OUT THE  
DRY MID-LEVEL AIR WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING. PWATS LOOK TO BE  
AROUND 2 TO 2.5 INCHES LEADING TO CONCERNS OF FLASH FLOODING OVER  
AREAS THAT HAVE SEEN CONTINUOUS RAINFALL OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OR  
AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE. THE FRONT LOOKS TO SAG SATURDAY INTO  
SUNDAY WHICH COULD LEAD TO TRAINING STORMS, FURTHER ENHANCING  
THESE CONCERNS. BY MONDAY THE COLD FRONT MOVES ON AND PWATS DROP  
TO 1.5 TO 2 INCHES LEADING TO MORE USUAL SUMMERTIME CONVECTIVE  
ACTIVITY. THE WPC MAINTAINS MARGINAL AND SLIGHT RISKS OF EXCESSIVE  
RAINFALL THIS WEEKEND. DAYTIME TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN BELOW  
ADVISORY LEVEL AFTER THIS WEEKEND.  
 
EXPECT DAYTIME HIGHS TO GENERALLY BE IN THE 90S UNTIL SATURDAY, BY  
SUNDAY DAYTIME HIGHS LOOK TO DIP INTO THE UPPER 80S. EXPECT  
OVERNIGHT LOWS TO GENERALLY REMAIN IN THE MID 70S.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 725 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AIM TO AFFECT ABY THE MOST OVER THE NEXT  
COUPLE HRS WITH ANOTHER HR OF THUNDER POTENTIALLY IMPACTING  
REMAINING SITES. CONVECTION SHOULD WANE THEREAFTER. OTHERWISE,  
EXPECT VFR CONDS THIS EVENING. THERE IS A BRIEF WINDOW OF MVFR  
CIGS AT DHN/ABY FOR WHICH A TEMPO GROUP IS IN PLACE TO ACCT IN THE  
9-12 TIME FRAME. INTRODUCED PROB30S FOR -TSRA AT ALL BUT VLD  
BEGINNING AROUND 18Z. BEST CONFIDENCE IS ECP/DHN. SOUTHWEST WINDS  
GENERALLY BELOW 10 KTS PREVAIL AWAY FROM STORMS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 830 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
PM OBSERVATIONS:  
PANAMA CITY TIDE STATION (8729108) - SUSTAINED WSW WIND 7 KTS.  
 
PANAMA CITY BEACH TIDE STATION (8729210) - SUSTAINED SW WIND 6  
KTS.  
 
WEST TAMPA BUOY (42036) - SUSTAINED SW WIND NEAR 12 KTS WITH  
1-2-FT SEAS AND A DOMINANT PERIOD OF 3 SECONDS.  
 
CWF SYNOPSIS: WESTERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AT AROUND 10-15 KTS  
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH SEAS OF 1-2 FEET.  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE EACH DAY BUT ARE  
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 308 PM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN HOT THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND THAT  
WILL BE THE PRIMARY WEATHER CONCERN FOR FOLKS OUTSIDE THROUGH THE  
WEEK. RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LOW THROUGH THURSDAY AS  
DRIER MID-LEVEL AIR MOVES IN. FIRE CONCERNS WILL REMAIN LOW BUT  
DISPERSIONS WILL BEGIN TO CREEP UP OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  
 
 
   
HYDROLOGY  
 
ISSUED AT 227 AM EDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS, A WETTER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE  
OVER THE REGION. RAINFALL TOTALING 1-3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER  
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ISOLATED/NUISANCE  
FLOODING ISSUES. THE WPC HAS PLACED OUR REGION IN MARGINAL (1/4)  
AND SLIGHT (2/4) RISKS FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL FOR FRIDAY THROUGH  
SUNDAY. LOCAL RIVERINE FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.  
 
 
   
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 77 94 77 95 / 10 40 10 60  
PANAMA CITY 81 91 81 92 / 10 40 20 60  
DOTHAN 75 92 76 94 / 30 40 20 70  
ALBANY 77 95 76 95 / 60 30 20 60  
VALDOSTA 77 96 76 97 / 10 20 10 40  
CROSS CITY 78 93 76 94 / 10 20 0 30  
APALACHICOLA 82 89 80 90 / 20 30 10 50  
 
 
   
TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/  
THURSDAY FOR FLZ007>019-027>029-034-108-112-114-115-118-127-  
128-134-326-426.  
 
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FLZ115.  
 
GA...HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TO 7 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR GAZ155>161.  
 
AL...NONE.  
GM...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
UPDATE...IG3  
NEAR TERM...OLIVER  
SHORT TERM...OLIVER  
LONG TERM....OLIVER  
AVIATION...IG3  
MARINE...OLIVER/IG3  
FIRE WEATHER...OLIVER  
HYDROLOGY...MONTGOMERY  
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