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FXUS62 KTAE 181929
AFDTAE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE, FIRE WEATHER,
HYDROLOGY...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

- Hazardous marine conditions for small craft will continue
  through Friday morning. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for
  the waters west of Apalachicola, while small craft should
  exercise caution east of Apalachicola including Apalachee Bay.

- A high risk of rip currents will impact all local beaches
  through Saturday.

- Beneficial rain is underway and will continue through this
  evening. Rainfall totals will mostly range from one- quarter
  inch to one inch, with the heavier amounts falling over our
  Florida counties. There is a low chance of a strong storm or two
  over coastal communities this afternoon.

- Christmas week will feature temperatures running consistently
  5-10 degrees above normal. In late December, normal lows are
  around 40-45 degrees, and normal highs are in the mid 60s.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This Evening through Friday)
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

Satellite-derived Precipitable Water imagery shows deep moist
values of 1.5 to 1.7 inches off the coast. This richly moist air
will spread northward for the rest of today, before a turn of
mid-level flow from southerly to southwesterly shunts it all off
to the east. With warm advection lift gliding across the top of
cooler low-level air, beneficial rains have been underway since
this morning, and they will continue until this evening.

Over the next 2-4 hours, we will need to keep an eye on any
convection that approaches the coast near Apalachicola. The shear
profile is impressive, but the main question will be if surface-
based instability well to the south can make it far enough north
before the mid-level air mass starts to dry this evening. Any
stronger convective elements have potential for strong wind gusts
and a brief, weak tornado.

A well-defined cold front over Arkansas right now will sweep
southeast and cross our region early Friday morning. There could
be a fast-moving narrow line of low-topped showers associated with
the front itself, but these will have exited by about sunrise
Friday.

Behind the front, gusty northwest winds after sunrise Friday will
usher in drier and cooler air for Friday afternoon. Skies will
clear out rapidly, and a sunny afternoon will be in store.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday night through next Wednesday)
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

Winds will decouple on Friday night. With clear skies and the
cool, dry post-frontal air mass, lows will readily cool into the
30s inland areas. So inland areas will have a frosty start at
sunrise Saturday.

Low-level flow will become more easterly by late Saturday, albeit
weak. This is a moderating direction. At sunrise on Sunday, frost
will be confined to isolated cold pockets over the FL Big Bend and
southwest Georgia.

On Sunday, a strong high pressure center will arrive over the Ohio
Valley from the Upper Midwest. The southern periphery of this
strong feature will bridge south, arguably as a dry cold front.
The main impact will be an increase in northeast and easterly low-
level flow on Sunday night and Monday. A brief sprinkle cannot be
ruled out in the area of speed convergence along the front, but
not enough to even mention in the forecast right now.

An east-west aligned surface ridge axis will settle south across
the forecast area on Tuesday. On average next week, the ridge axis
will extend from just south of Bermuda to the north-central Gulf
Coast. A long fetch of wind extending across the subtropical
Atlantic will supply a balmy air mass to the region, especially
considering an unseasonably strong and anomalous 500 mb extending
its reach from Texas across the northern Gulf Coast. The capping
effect of this feature will confidently keep the weather rain-free
for the duration of Christmas week, and temperatures will
consistently run 5-10 degrees warmer than normal starting no later
than Tuesday.

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

Flight restrictions in low cigs and reduced vsbys from widespread
SHRA/RA will continue to affect terminals thru the aftn. There is a
chance for thunder, so PROB30s remains in place. By about 0Z,
convection begins waning with lingering bands moving across the
Flint River Valley. Despite the rain coverage decreasing, IFR-MVFR
cigs overspread the region tonight then steadily lift to VFR from
west to east tmrw morning. Winds veer from SE today to SW this
evening, then NW following FroPa starting around or before
sunrise.

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

Fresh to strong southeast breezes will clock around southwesterly
this evening. A shift to northwesterly breezes is expected early
Friday morning following passage of a cold front. Winds will
decrease starting later Friday and clock around easterly by
Saturday as high pressure passes across the Southeast States. The
southern periphery of a strong high pressure center to the north
will bridge south across the waters on Sunday and Sunday night,
bringing strong easterly breezes on Sunday night and Monday. A
slow decrease in wind is expected Tuesday.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

A beneficial wetting rain is underway this afternoon for most
districts. By late this evening, rainfall totals of one-quarter to
one inch will be most common, with spotty totals around 2 inches. A
cold front will then cross the districts late tonight and early
Friday morning. It will be followed by few hours of gusty northwest
winds after sunrise on Friday, then start to decrease on Friday
afternoon. Lows in the 30s on Saturday morning will be cold enough
to support frost at many inland locales. On Saturday afternoon,
light transport winds and low mixing heights will lead to only poor
dispersion. Gusty easterly winds are likely on Monday. Christmas
week will feature a persistent pattern supporting above normal
temperatures and no rainfall.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 229 PM EST Thu Dec 18 2025

Flooding is not expected for the next 7 days.

Beneficial rain will continue through this early this evening,
then taper off late this evening and overnight. Rainfall totals of
one-quarter to one inch will be most common, with the heavier
amounts favoring our Florida and Alabama counties. Localized
embedded totals around 2 inches

These amounts will be beneficial, of course. Improvement to the
longstanding drought will be small and mainly confined to where
heavier amounts occur. Once this rain ends tonight, at least 7-10
days of dry weather coming up. For more information on local
impacts from drought, please visit
www.weather.gov/tae/LocalDrought.


&&

.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   56  66  39  67 /  50   0   0   0
Panama City   53  65  42  66 /  50   0   0   0
Dothan        49  59  36  62 /  50   0   0   0
Albany        51  61  34  63 /  60   0   0   0
Valdosta      57  66  36  68 /  60  10   0   0
Cross City    60  73  41  72 /  50   0   0   0
Apalachicola  56  66  46  63 /  60   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...High Rip Current Risk through late tonight for FLZ108-112-114-
     115.

GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...Small Craft Advisory until noon CST Friday for GMZ735-751-752-770-
772.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Haner
LONG TERM....Haner
AVIATION...IG3
MARINE...Haner
FIRE WEATHER...Haner
HYDROLOGY...Haner