000 FXUS62 KMLB 251405 AFDMLB EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1003 AM EDT TUE JULY 25 2000 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO SHOW DEEP MOISTURE STREAMING ACROSS THE NRN 2/3 OF THE PENINSULA WITH 12Z CAPE AND TAMPA SOUNDINGS COMING IN WITH PWATS IN THE 1.9 TO 2.0 INCH RANGE. DECENT SW STEERING FLOW AROUND 15 KNOTS FROM 850 TO 500 MBS TO HOLD ON AT LEAST ONE MORE AFTN ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA BEFORE RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO MOVE NORTH AND STEERING FLOW LIGHTENS UP ON WED. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS ONCE AGAIN CONCENTRATED ACROSS THE W CNTRL FL COAST THIS MORNING. ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE/PROPOGATE INTO THE INTERIOR BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND TOWARD THE EAST COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON. EAST COAST SEA BREEZE SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON AND INITIATE CONVECTION IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES. LIKELY POPS STILL LOOKING GOOD FOR THIS AFTN. NOT EXPECTING MANY CHANGES TO AFTN ZONES. MARINE: LATEST 41009 OBSERVATIONS HAVE SHOWN LIGHT WESTERLY FLOW AND SEAS NEAR 2 FEET. MODELS SHOW WINDS VEERING FROM SW TO S NORTH AND S TO SE ACROSS THE SRN WATERS. SPEEDS SHOULD GENERALLY BE 10 KNOTS OR LESS EXCEPT AROUND 10 KNOTS WITH THE AFTN SEA BRZ. .MLB...NONE. PUBLIC/MARINE...VOLKMER/GLITTO AVIATION/FIRE WX...WIMMER