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FPUS03 KMLB 191902
AFDMLB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
201 PM EST TUE MAR 19 1996

    STUBBORN WINTER WEATHER WILL BE HOLDING ON DESPITE THE BEGINNING
OF ASTRONOMICAL SPRING WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG LOW WILL SLOW DOWN
AS IT BECOMES NEARLY VERTICALLY STACKED. THIS WILL KEEP A DRY AND
COOL WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA INTO LATE WEEK.
PRECIPITABLE WATER PROGGED HALF INCH OR BELOW THROUGH THURSDAY.
    ALL MODELS DROP ZERO DEGREE 850 ISOTHERM DOWN TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW LEVEL TRAJECTORIES OFF OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS MODERATED THOUGH AND STILL PLANNING ON
LOWER 40S NORTH PART OF THE REGION AND MID TO UPPER 40S SOUTH. COULD
ALSO BE A FEW STRATOCU CREEPING TOWARD OUR SIDE OF THE PENINSULA FROM
THE GULF.
    FWC HIGH TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY LOOK A BIT ERRATIC. I LIKE WHAT IS
IN THE FORECAST NOW. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH
JUST A SLIGHT EASING OF THE GRADIENT.

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