Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KMFL 142329
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Miami FL
729 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

...New UPDATE, AVIATION...

.UPDATE...
Issued at 723 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

Mainly dry conditions will remain in place through tonight as
South Florida sits on the periphery of an area of high pressure
centered in the western Atlantic. Winds will diminish enough
overnight to allow for the possibility of some patchy fog
development mainly over the interior sections of Southwest
Florida. Any fog that does develop will gradually begin to lift
around sunrise as daytime mixing begins and winds increase out of
the southeast. Low temperatures tonight will generally range from
the lower 60s across Southwest Florida to around 70 across the
east coast metro areas.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Tonight through Saturday)
Issued at 1250 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

Models depict robust high pressure ridge across most of the
Florida peninsula and the west Atlantic, while a deepening
trough/low complex is expected to move across the northern CONUS.
This trough will push an associated sfc frontal boundary towards
the state and down into the E Gulf waters on Saturday. Ensemble
solutions and global models show fair agreement in having the
ridge remaining firm in place through Saturday, providing enough
blocking to keep any weather related to the aforementioned
trough/low system well north of the area. Therefore, the current
dry weather trend will continue through Saturday.

The ridge itself will begin shifting eastward as the
aforementioned front approaches the state from the NW. This will
result in sfc winds to gradually becoming more southerly on
Saturday, and with possible breezy periods in the afternoon hours
as gradients increase ahead of the front. As this synoptic
scenario unfolds, expect temperatures to warm up again into the
low 80s near coastal locations, and mid to upper 80s over inland
areas.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday night through next Thursday)
Issued at 246 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

As surface winds veer to a southerly then southwesterly direction
during the day on Sunday and cloud cover not being widespread,
temperatures will surge above average with temperatures reaching
the mid to upper 80s for most of South Florida, with the lone
exceptions being along the immediate coastlines in the low 80s.
Dry weather will be in place with broad ridging present aloft,
leaving potential for heat indices to climb to highest values of
the year so far. While apparent temperatures will not reach
advisory levels, apparent temperatures are still expected to reach
the low to mid 90s with highest values over the interior
sections. Since it is the first day of the year with higher
values, precautions for long exposure are recommended given that
it will be abnormally hot for this time of year.

Heading into early next week, an expansive trough will swing across
the central CONUS and eventually the Eastern Seaboard, dragging
another cold front to the southeast. The trough itself will avoid
advecting into South Florida due to broad ridging over the
Caribbean, but the cold front will still provide plenty of lift for
showers, even though it will be lacking instability with plenty of
dry air in the mid-to-upper levels and also since it is projected to
cross South Florida Sunday night through Monday morning. Therefore,
a broken line of showers is most likely to occur with an outside
chance for an isolated thunderstorm. QPF will be also be on the low
end because of this.

Behind the frontal passage, temperatures will abruptly fall and
return to seasonal norms in the mid to upper 70s on Monday and upper
70s to low 80s on Tuesday with dry and stable weather. By mid-week,
winds will veer to the east and start a gradual warming trend into
the end of the week. Guidance is hinting at yet another front and
cool down for the end of next week, but updates on that will be
ongoing as its too uncertain at this time.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 723 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

VFR conditions will prevail throughout the forecast period.
Southeasterly wind flow generally between 5 and 10 kts overnight
will rapidly increase after 15z Saturday and range between 15 and
20 kts across all terminals throughout the afternoon hours. Wind
gusts could reach 25 kts especially during the afternoon hours as
well.


&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 1250 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

Generally good boating conditions continue through Saturday with
high pressure persisting over the area. The approach of a frontal
boundary late in the weekend and early next week will result in
enhanced winds and seas beginning Saturday night and increase into
the early part of next week. This could result in hazardous waves
and winds being observed across area waters.

&&

.BEACHES...
Issued at 1230 PM EDT Fri Mar 14 2025

The risk of rip currents will remain elevated for portions of the
Atlantic coastline into the rest of the weekend as onshore flow
enhances. The highest risk of rip currents during this time frame
will be across the Palm Beach county beaches.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Miami            71  84  73  84 /   0   0   0   0
West Kendall     66  84  71  86 /   0   0   0   0
Opa-Locka        69  84  72  86 /   0   0   0   0
Homestead        69  83  72  84 /   0   0   0   0
Fort Lauderdale  71  84  72  83 /   0   0   0  10
N Ft Lauderdale  71  84  72  83 /   0   0   0  10
Pembroke Pines   70  84  73  88 /   0   0   0  10
West Palm Beach  69  84  72  84 /   0   0   0  10
Boca Raton       70  84  72  84 /   0   0   0  10
Naples           64  84  69  83 /   0   0   0  10

&&

.MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
AM...None.
GM...None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....Redman
AVIATION/UPDATE...CWC