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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Melbourne Florida 
926 PM EDT Wednesday Mar 17 2010 


Discussion...current msas analysis showing developing low 
pressure around 200 miles to the northeast of the east central 
Florida coastline. Clouds and isolated light showers will continue 
to wrap around this system into tonight with more persistent cloud 
cover and shower activity expected from Orlando metropolitan area 
northward. Made some minor tweaks to the grids to refresh the 
wording to the zones for the rest of the night...otherwise 
forecast looks on track. 




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Aviation...mainly VFR into tomorrow. May see some patchy MVFR 
ceilings build across the northern terminals later tonight but should not 
last long. 


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Marine...updated wind speeds/direction to start off as a trough 
axis from low pressure to the northeast extends across the 
central coastal waters this evening. This is making for more 
north/nwrly winds generally from buoy 41009 northward and more west/SW 
farther south. As low continues to strengthen and push towards the NE 
should see wind speeds become more westerly across the entire 
coastal waters building to around 20 kts well offshore. Seas will 
also increase to around 5-7 feet offshore tonight. Small Craft Advisory remains in 
effect for the offshore waters. 


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Mlb watches/warnings/advisories... 
Florida...Fire Weather Watch from Friday afternoon through Friday evening 
for inland Volusia-Northern Lake-Okeechobee-Orange-Osceola- 
Seminole-Southern Lake. 


Am...Small Craft Advisory until 10 am EDT Friday for waters from 
Flagler Beach to Volusia Brevard County line 20 to 60 nm 
offshore-waters from Sebastian Inlet to Jupiter Inlet 20 to 
60 nm offshore-waters from Volusia Brevard County line to 
Sebastian Inlet 20 to 60 nm offshore. 


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Weitlich/blottman