421 FXUS62 KMFL 240506 AFDMFLArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Miami FL 106 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE, BEACHES...
.SHORT TERM... (Today through Thursday) Issued at 103 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
Weak high pressure over the northeast Gulf will remain in control through Thursday, with light E/NE winds across the local area. Current ACARS soundings and forecast soundings across South FL show deep moisture remaining in place with PWAT values ranging from 2.1- 2.3 inches. Convection today and Thursday will be primarily sea- breeze driven during the afternoon and early evening hours, with the highest PoPs each day over the interior and SW FL. Mainly dry overnight tonight with some just widely scattered coastal showers.
Temperatures will be slightly above normal with highs today and tomorrow ranging from the upper 80s to lower 90s. Low temps tonight will be in the mid to upper 70s.
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.LONG TERM... (Thursday night through Tuesday) Issued at 103 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
As we approach the end of the work week into the weekend, a trough will dive down into the Gulf and eventually become a cut off low over the SE US late in the weekend into early next week. A frontal boundary is expected to approach the region during the weekend but will likely stall and then dissipate north of Lake Okeechobee. Meanwhile, a disturbance in the eastern Caribbean has a high chance (70%) of formation in the next 7 days. While this disturbance has a high chance of formation, there is a lot of uncertainty on what will happen to this system after it forms, and how or if it will interact with another disturbance to its east that also has a high chance of formation. Then there is the question of how the trough/cut off low factors into the steering of any potential system. Because of this, the long range forecast for South FL remains highly uncertain, so didn`t stray much from the NBM which shows roughly 40-50 PoPs across South FL each day this weekend and into early next week.
Temperatures in the extended will continue to be slightly above normal, with highs ranging from the upper 80s to lower 90s. Low temps each day will generally range from the low/mid 70s over the interior, to upper 70s closer to the coasts.
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.AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 103 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
Light and variable winds this morning becoming easterly 5-10 kts this afternoon, with a westerly Gulf breeze expected at APF this afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon into early evening may result in brief flight restrictions and erratic winds.
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.MARINE... Issued at 103 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
Gentle easterly breeze expected through the end of the work week, with winds becoming westerly each afternoon across the nearshore Gulf waters. Seas in the Atlantic will be 2 ft or less, with seas in the Gulf a foot or less. Scattered thunderstorms possible each day which may result in locally hazardous winds and seas.
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.BEACHES... Issued at 103 AM EDT Wed Sep 24 2025
Northeast swell will result in an elevated risk of rip currents for the Palm Beaches through Thursday.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Miami 90 78 91 77 / 60 30 60 30 West Kendall 91 76 91 76 / 60 20 70 30 Opa-Locka 92 78 91 77 / 60 30 60 30 Homestead 90 77 90 76 / 60 30 60 30 Fort Lauderdale 89 78 90 77 / 60 30 60 30 N Ft Lauderdale 90 78 91 77 / 60 20 60 30 Pembroke Pines 92 78 93 77 / 60 20 60 30 West Palm Beach 90 78 90 76 / 60 20 50 30 Boca Raton 91 77 91 76 / 60 20 50 30 Naples 92 77 91 77 / 60 20 50 20
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.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...None. AM...None. GM...None. &&
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