Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Miami, FL
Issued by NWS Miami, FL
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535 FXUS62 KMFL 222326 AFDMFL Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 626 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 ...New UPDATE, AVIATION... .UPDATE... Issued at 625 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 Dry and pleasant weather conditions continue tonight with overnight lows in the low-mid 40s over the Lake region and interior, and into the low 50s near the coasts. && .SHORT TERM... (Rest of today through Saturday) Issued at 1245 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 A secondary cold front moving through South Florida early this afternoon will continue to move Southward and into the Florida Keys tonight. This front will continue to bring in drier and colder weather to South Florida tonight into Saturday. Lows tonight is forecast to fall down into the 40s over the northern interior areas to lower 50s over the southern interior areas. Lows along the east coast will get down to around 50 except for Miami-Dade and Coastal Broward Counties where the lows should fall down into the lower to mid 50s. The west coast metro areas will see the lows get down to around 50. Highs on Saturday will struggle to get up to around 70 over most areas except upper 60s around Lake Okeechobee due to the very dry air in place. && .LONG TERM... (Saturday night through next Thursday) Issued at 109 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 Dry conditions continue for the end of the weekend and through next week. High pressure over northern FL on Sunday will shift and settle into the western Atlantic next week resulting in a slow warming trend. Below normal temps expected on Sunday with highs in the 70s and then as the low level flow becomes more easterly next week, temps will rebound to normal or slightly above normal. This will result in afternoon highs each day in the low to mid 80s and overnight lows in the 50s/60s. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 625 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 NW winds decreasing to around 5kt tonight, then back to around 10kt after 15Z. VFR conditions prevail at all terminals during the next 24 hours. && .MARINE... Issued at 1245 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 The winds will remain north to northwest at 15 to 20 knots this afternoon into tonight before slowly decreasing on Saturday to 10 to 15 knots. The winds will then continue to slowly decrease to 5 to 10 knots by early next week while swinging to a north northeast direction. Atlantic seas of 5 to 7 feet this afternoon will slowly subside to tonight and be at 4 to 6 feet by Saturday. The Atlantic seas will continue to subside late this weekend and by early next week be at 2 feet or less. The Gulf seas will slowly subside from 3 to 5 feet this afternoon to 2 feet or less by late this weekend. Therefore, the SCA will continue for the Atlantic seas through tonight. && .BEACHES... Issued at 1245 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 A moderate risk of rip currents will continue across all South Florida beaches through early part of this weekend before decreasing late this weekend into early next week. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 109 PM EST Fri Nov 22 2024 The relative humidity this afternoon will be in the lower to mid 30s over the east coast metro areas with 20 foot winds around 15 mph. However, the SFP (Significant Fire Potential) will be little to no risk. On Saturday, the relative humidity will be lower over South Florida in the upper 20s to lower 30s. However, the 20 foot winds will be less than 15 mph over South Florida along with low category in the SFP. Therefore, NO fire weather headlines will be needed at this time for South Florida. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Miami 53 73 58 77 / 0 0 0 0 West Kendall 53 73 53 78 / 0 0 0 0 Opa-Locka 52 73 56 78 / 0 0 0 0 Homestead 51 73 56 77 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Lauderdale 52 72 58 77 / 0 0 0 0 N Ft Lauderdale 52 71 58 77 / 0 0 0 0 Pembroke Pines 52 72 56 80 / 0 0 0 0 West Palm Beach 49 70 56 77 / 0 0 0 0 Boca Raton 50 71 57 77 / 0 0 0 0 Naples 51 71 51 77 / 0 0 0 0 && .MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. AM...Small Craft Advisory until 4 AM EST Saturday for AMZ650-651-670- 671. GM...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...BNB LONG TERM....CMF AVIATION...17