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FXUS62 KMLB 011434
AFDMLB

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
930 AM EST WED NOV 1 2000

12Z SOUNDINGS AROUND THE STATE SHOW BONE DRY AIR ABOVE 900 MB. 
DRIEST AIR IS OVER INTERIOR AND WESTERN PENINSULA WHILE ONSHORE FLOW 
IS MOISTENING LOWEST LEVELS SLIGHTLY ALONG THE EAST COAST. 06Z 
MESOETA SHOWS SOME HIGHER MOISTURE ADVECTING ONSHORE OUR LOWER 
COASTAL COUNTIES...IN THE FORM OF JUST SOME SCATTERED CU AS REVEALED 
BY VIS SAT IMAGERY. THESE CLOUDS WILL EVAPORATE QUICKLY AS THEY TRY 
TO PUSH INLAND AS THEY ENTRAIN THE VERY DRY AIR ALOFT. SO WILL 
UPDATE ZONES TO INDICATE A FEW CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST. WILL ALSO ADD 
A COASTAL/INLAND SPLIT FOR TODAYS HIGHS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY...AND 
MENTION SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AT THE BEACHES.

MARINE...NO HIGHLIGHTS OR MAJOR CHANGES.   

FIRE WX...RED FLAG CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO REOCCUR BY NOON OVER A 
LARGE PORTION OF THE INTERIOR. MAIN CONCERN IS LAKE COUNTY...AND 
ADJACENT PORTIONS OF VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...ORANGE AND OSCEOLA. 
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 MPH WILL KEEP RH VALUES ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS 
FOR COASTAL COUNTIES. 

.MLB...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTN FOR LAKE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA        
       OKEECHO|BEE...SEMINOLE...AND INTERIOR VOLUSIA COUNTIES. 
    ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE SAME LOCATIONS THURSDAY AFTN. 

PUBLIC/MARINE...KELLY
AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...SPRATT