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FXUS62 KMLB 240156
AFDMLB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
956 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

.DISCUSSION...SCATTERED LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION FORMED DUE TO MULTIPLE
BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS...WITH A FEW STORMS PULSING TO MINIMAL SEVERE
LIMITS ACCORDING TO RADAR ASSESSMENTS. ALTHOUGH A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS
OBSERVED WITH ONE CELL IN FAR NORTH BREVARD COUNTY...NO REPORTS OF
LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS WERE RECEIVED...BUT THE STORMS WERE
STRONGEST IN FAIRLY RURAL LOCATIONS.

ACTIVITY RAPIDLY DIMINISHING DURING PAST HOUR WITH LOSS OF
INSTABILITY...WITH JUST A FEW LINGERING STORMS PUSHING SOUTH
ACROSS THE NORTHERN SHORE OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE AT THIS TIME.
MODIFIED GRIDS AND ZFP EARLIER TO ACCOUNT FOR LINGERING CONVECTION
INTO THE LATE EVENING...SO CURRENT FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE.
CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE UPPER 60S
MOST AREAS...EXCEPT AROUND 70 OVER ST. LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.

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.AVIATION...VFR ALL SITES.

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.MARINE...SFC/BNDRY LYR WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE BCMG W/SW OVERNIGHT
AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO IS ABSORBED BY A
LARGER CONTINENTAL RIDGE BUILDING OUT OF THE CENTRAL/NRN PLAINS.
SEAS MAINLY 2-3FT...UP TO 4FT IN THE GULF STREAM N OF THE CAPE.

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.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FL...NONE.
AM...NONE.

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SHORT TERM/AVIATION...SPRATT
IMPACT WX....BOWEN