Atlantic Hurricane Season 2025 Storm Names

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FXUS62 KMLB 200608
AFDMLB

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Melbourne FL
108 AM EST Fri Feb 20 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 200 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026

- Patchy to areas of fog, locally dense, will be possible the
  next couple nights/mornings.

- High pressure influence continues with increasing warm and dry
  conditions. Near record highs possible Friday and Saturday.

- A HIGH rip current threat will exist through late week. Always
  swim near a life-guarded beach and never enter the water alone.
  Entering the chilly surf will be strongly discouraged for much
  of this week!

- Medium (40-50pct) rain chances and low (20pct) lightning storm
  chances forecast on Sunday as the next strong cold front passes
  central Florida. A very significant cool-down is expected early
  next week behind this latest front as winter returns with a
  vengeance!

- Dangerous wind chills expected Monday overnight into Tuesday
  morning with unseasonably cold low temperatures early next week.
  A potential mix of Freeze Watches/Warnings (Mon/Tue nights),
  Cold Weather Advisory (Mon night), and Frost Advisory (Tue
  night) will be in play.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 200 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026

Current-Tonight...South to southwest winds 8-12 mph "backing" SE 10-
15 mph along the coast this afternoon with sea breeze formation.
Temperatures continue above climo in the U70s to around 80F at the
coast with values in the L-M80s into the interior. Light winds
tonight returning to an offshore component at 5 mph or less
areawide. Continued dry conditions with PCloudy skies. Biggest
forecast challenge continues to be potential fog/low (stratus) cloud
development overnight into early Fri morning. Sea fog along the west
FL coast is again expected to advect east into portions of ECFL late
overnight into early Fri morning. Will likely see some low cloud
ceilings develop as well over portions of the coverage warning area
- especially the I-4 corridor. We continue to carry patchy to areas
of fog in the grids/zones across much of the area. Fog could become
locally dense. A Special Weather Statement for fog or a Dense Fog
Advisory will be in play (as necessary). Motorists should stay alert
for sudden changes in visibility early Fri morning. Overnight mins
remain mild in the U50s to L60s with M60s along the immediate
Treasure Coast/barrier islands.

Fri-Sat...Surface high pressure across the western Atlc continues to
push further seaward with associated ridge axis across the southern
FL peninsula. The next cold front is still poised to slide southward
into north FL early Sun morning. Continued mainly dry conditions and
increasing temperatures are forecast, though a low (20pct) rain
chance will be forecast late Sat overnight across portions of
Lake/Volusia counties ahead of the approaching boundary.

SW/W flow on Fri-Sat, will "back" onshore each afternoon along the
coast with sea breeze formation. Highs in the L-M80s each afternoon
along the coast with U80s into the interior. Near record highs
forecast each day especially across interior locations. Lows
continue in the U50s to L60s, with M60s across the barrier islands.
Expect increasing drought and fire weather sensitivities to
continue. There will remain patchy to areas of (dense) fog potential
in the overnight and early morning periods.

Sun-Thu...A big shock to the "system" coming Sun into the middle of
next week as winter shows it is not done with us yet! Mid/upper
level troughing across the eastern CONUS will force a strong cold
front southward through central FL during the day on Sun. This will
usher in very cold/much drier conditions for early-mid next week. We
continue to carry a medium (40-50pct) rain chance and a low (20pct)
lightning storm chance for the day on Sun. Again, only brief light
to moderate rainfall is expected with this system and will not put
much if any dent into the current drought conditions. West to
northwest winds likely to be breezy/gusty on Sun. Breezy NW winds
may continue into Mon as heightened fire sensitivity will be
necessary. High pressure builds into the region thru early next
week, with the center of high pressure over central FL Tue overnight.

Highs Sun in the M-U70s to around 80F along/north of I-4 with L-M80s
southward. Mon/Tue highs continue to trend cooler. Temps each day
will struggle into the U50s to near 60F along/north of a Titusville-
Kissimmee line with near 60F to L60s southward. Highs begin to
moderate on Wed into the L-M70s, though coastal Volusia may remain
in the U60s. On Thu, expect M-U70s near the coast with U70s to L80s
inland.

Latest model guidance, again, continues to trend cooler with
temperatures Mon-Tue nights. Lows drop Mon morning into the U30s to
L40s almost areawide, with coldest values across north Lake/interior
Volusia counties and portions of south Osceola/north Okeechobee
counties. Warmest temps in the M40s for Orlando Metro & Martin
County. Tue/Wed mornings are expected to be the coldest in the
extended with mins in the L-M30s across most of the interior (U30s
Orlando Metro), with M-U30s to near 40F along the coast. Barrier
islands slightly warmer. Thu morning warmer, but still below climo
in the 40s, except for L50s along the immediate Space/Treasure
coasts.

Winds will remain elevated Sun overnight with lowest min wind
chills/apparent temps Mon morning in the L-U30s to L40s (Martin
County coast). Lowest wind chills overnight Mon into Tue morning are
forecast in the M-U20s to L30s (Martin County coast). Patchy to
Areas of frost greatest potential will be overnight Tue into Wed
morning when high pressure is centered across the area and winds are
lightest (below 5 mph). A Cold Weather Advisory is likely nearly
areawide for Mon overnight into Tue. Freeze Watches/Warnings may
need to be considered for some counties Mon/Tue overnights. A Frost
Advisory may be under consideration for Tue overnight where a Freeze
Warning is not in place.

&&

.MARINE...
Issued at 200 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026

S/SW/W winds AOB 15 kts thru Sat night, except "backing" onshore
along the coast each afternoon with sea breeze formation. A
persistent long period NE swell continues to keep seas 3-5 ft for
now. Seas subsiding to 2-4 ft into Fri evening, then AOB 3 ft thru
Sat night. Both winds/seas begin to ramp up thru the day on
Sun/Sun night becoming Hazardous with approach/passage of a strong
cold front. Gale conditions may be met Sun night into Mon.
Conditions will remain poor to hazardous for boating through early
next week. There may be some patchy to areas of (locally dense)
fog concerns near the Volusia/north Brevard coasts each of the
next couple of mornings.

Generally dry thru Sat with slight rain chances Sat night (north).
SCT-NMRS (40-60%) rain chances with ISOLD (20%) lightning storm
chances areawide on Sun with accompanying front. Generally dry
Mon/Tue, but cannot rule out an ISOLD shower well offshore.

Hazardous conditions continue at inlets across the Space/Treasure
coasts during the twice daily outgoing tide. Small craft boaters
will need to Exercise Caution here.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFs)
Issued at 1240 AM EST Fri Feb 20 2026

Once again 00Z guidance has backed way off on fog/stratus chances
for early this morning, now calling for TEMPO impacts, if any,
10Z-13Z at the northern terminals including KMCO. There is still
some uncertainty how significant the impacts will be, with
NBM/LAV generally remaining VFR-MVFR, but HREF indicating
reductions to IFR-LIFR (10-30% chance) remain possible. Given the
the new guidance but overall uncertainty, backed off impacts in
the TAFs a bit, brining most to prevailing VFR, but kept MVFR-IFR
TEMPOs. Whatever fog/stratus manages to develop expected to clear
by around 13Z, with VFR conditions prevailing until we do this all
over again late Friday night into Saturday morning.

Light southerly/VRB overnight winds become SW 5-10 kts at 15Z.
The east coast sea breeze develops after 18Z, shifting winds S-SE
and increasing to 10-15 kts with gust 20-25 kts at KTIX-KSUA. At
KDAB the sea breeze is likely to be pinned near to offshore the
coast most of the afternoon, only making a weak push inland late
in the evening.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 200 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026

Ridge axis of high pressure over the western Atlantic extending to
Florida settles south of the area through Friday, producing
generally offshore (S-SW) winds, becoming more W-SW Saturday
afternoon, but shifts S-SE along the coast and portions of the
southern counties in the late afternoons and evenings as the sea
breeze develops and pushes slowly inland. Winds speeds 5-10 mph,
closer to the upper end between 2 PM and 5 PM, settle to 5 mph or
less during the overnights. Gradual warming causes humidity values
to slowly decrease, with min RHs 40-55% this afternoon becoming 35-
55% Friday/Saturday. Afternoon dispersion values generally Very Good
to Excellent, but could be more Fair across parts of the southern
counties Friday/Saturday.

Sensitive to critical fire weather conditions return early next
week. A strong cold front is forecast to push through central
Florida Sunday, preceded by some modest (40-50%) rain chances, and
low (around 20%) chances for lightning storms during the day.
Breezy/gusty conditions develop ahead of and behind the front as
winds shift to the W-NW and increase to 10-15 mph with gusts 25-30
mph. Min RHs recover a bit Sunday early, but if drier air filters in
quicker we could see 35-40% min RH values later Sun afternoon across
the I-4 corridor which could be near or at Red Flag criteria. Fire
weather conditions are likely to become critical Monday as min RHs
crash to 20-30% areawide while NW winds remain 10-15 mph with gusts
20-25 mph, possibly to 30 mph. Lighter winds into Tue, but
critically low min RHs will be forecast still nearly areawide.
Afternoon dispersion values Very Good to Excellent into the weekend.
Rain is not expected outside of the frontal passage.

Patchy to areas of (dense) fog are forecast across much of east
central Florida the next 2 to 3 mornings. Conditions also remain
favorable for low stratus cloud development each morning as well.

&&

.CLIMATE...
Issued at 200 PM EST Thu Feb 19 2026

Record Highs for Friday/Saturday, February 20th/21st:

            RECORD          RECORD   NORMAL
     DATE   HIGH     DATE   HIGH     HI
DAB  20-Feb 85 1988  21-Feb 87 1989  72
LEE  20-Feb 86 2018  21-Feb 87 2018  74
SFB  20-Feb 86 2019  21-Feb 87 2003  75
MCO  20-Feb 89 1988  21-Feb 88 1989  76
MLB  20-Feb 86 1988  21-Feb 88 1989  75
VRB  20-Feb 88 2023  21-Feb 87 2014  76
FPR  20-Feb 88 1932  21-Feb 89 1989  76

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DAB  87  60  86  61 /   0   0   0  20
MCO  88  63  87  63 /   0   0   0  10
MLB  85  60  86  59 /   0   0   0  10
VRB  85  60  86  59 /   0   0   0   0
LEE  86  61  86  62 /   0   0   0  30
SFB  88  62  88  63 /   0   0   0  20
ORL  87  63  87  64 /   0   0   0  10
FPR  86  59  86  57 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
AM...None.
&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Sedlock
AVIATION...Haley

NWS SJU Office Area Forecast Discussion