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FXUS62 KTAE 192314
AFDTAE

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
614 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 614 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

- No rain is expected through Christmas week. From Sunday onward
  through the week, temperatures will consistently run about 5-15
  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 Saturday)
Issued at 146 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A seasonably cool and dry air mass has arrived, in the wake of a
cold frontal passage early this morning. A cool surface high over
Mississippi this afternoon will move east to the Carolinas by
midday Saturday.

Under clear skies, winds will readily decouple after sunset,
providing ideal conditions for radiational cooling. Inland areas
will get widespread lows tonight in the 30s, so plenty of frost is
expected at sunrise on Saturday morning.

As cool high pressure exits across the coastal Carolinas on
Saturday afternoon, our low-level flow will become easterly and
southeasterly, albeit weak. The dry air mass will still be
present, and temperatures will rise to near or slightly above
normal.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday night through next Friday)
Issued at 146 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

Surface high pressure ridging will linger on Saturday night from
the Carolina coastal plain southwest to the FL Big Bend. Over
southwest Georgia and the inland FL Big Bend, this will provide
one more night with lows in the 30s and frost in colder pockets.
Further west in the FL Panhandle and SE Alabama, southerly return
flow off the Gulf will raise dewpoints enough to hold low
temperatures above thresholds for frost.

A strong surface high will move from the Upper Midwest on Saturday
across the Ohio Valley on Sunday, emerging off the Delmarva coast
on Monday. As the southern periphery of this feature bridges into
our area, tightening pressure gradients will bring an increase in
NE-E winds, peaking on Monday morning. High temperatures will
trend down a little on Monday, but low temperatures will actually
climb under the influence of more wind and higher dewpoints in the
Atlantic-influenced NE-E winds.

On Tuesday, our upper heights will rise, as an anomalously and
unseasonably strong 500 mb high over Texas bulges east along the
northern Gulf Coast. That strong surface high moving off the
Delmarva coast on Monday will elongate and transition into a more
summerlike subtropical ridge axis, with the 5-day average pattern
starting Tuesday showing the ridge axis extending from near
Bermuda to the northern Gulf Coast. South of that ridge axis, a
long fetch of easterly winds will prevail across the subtropical
Atlantic and the FL Peninsula, returning around the ridge axis to
the northern Gulf Coast. This brings us to a high confidence
forecast of dry weather and above normal temperatures, running at
least 5-10 degrees above normal from Monday night on. Highs in the
mid 70s will be most common on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,
with dewpoints in the comfortable and balmy 50s.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 614 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

VFR conditions are forecast to prevail through the TAF period.
Light north winds turn more easterly to southeasterly throughout
the day Saturday.

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 146 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

Moderate northerly breezes will clock around easterly by late
Saturday morning, then decrease later Saturday as a high pressure
ridge sharpens over the waters. Late on Sunday, the southern
periphery of strong high pressure to the northeast will bridge
across the waters, freshening northeasterly and easterly flow on
Sunday night and Monday. By Tuesday, an east-west ridge of high
pressure will elongate along the northern Gulf Coast, bringing
gentle easterly breezes through Wednesday to its south.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 146 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A dry and seasonably cool air mass will be in place through
Sunday. Temperatures will be cold enough on Saturday morning for
frost over inland districts. Poor daytime dispersion is expected
through this weekend due to weak transport winds and low mixing
heights, most of all on Saturday. Gusty northeast to east winds
will kick up on Sunday night and Monday, as the periphery of high
pressure to the north bridges across the region. Winds will
decrease on Monday night and Tuesday. Throughout Christmas week,
look for above normal temperatures and a lack of rain.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 146 PM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

No rain and no flooding is expected for the next 7 days.

Severe to Extreme Drought persists for much of the service area.
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   37  68  38  71 /   0   0   0   0
Panama City   41  65  45  71 /   0   0   0   0
Dothan        35  65  39  70 /   0   0   0   0
Albany        33  64  35  70 /   0   0   0   0
Valdosta      35  67  38  71 /   0   0   0   0
Cross City    36  70  40  74 /   0   0   0   0
Apalachicola  44  62  46  67 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 2 AM EST /1 AM CST/ Saturday for
     FLZ108-112-114-115.

GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.
&&

$$

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