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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for February 22nd, 2025
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Mostly dry and sunny conditions across the Sunshine State today under high pressure (near 0-25% chance of rain).
- A few isolated showers will be possible along the Atlantic Coast and across South Florida with the help of onshore winds.
- High temperatures in the low to middle 60s along the Florida Panhandle, middle to upper 60s across the Northern Peninsula, and low to middle 70s across Central Florida, and 70s across South Florida.
- Winds will continue to reach up to 10 mph with gusts upwards of 5-15 mph.
- Sensitive wildfire conditionscan be expected along the Florida Panhandle this afternoon with locally sensitive wildfire conditions across the Peninsula where areas with ongoing drought conditions continue to see little to no rainfall.
- High risk for rip currents along the East Coast; moderate risk along the Florida Panhandle.
- Mostly dry and clear conditions to continue overnight with an isolated shower or two possible along the Atlantic Coast and across South Florida (near 0-20% chance of rain).
- Low temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s along the Florida Panhandle and across the Suwannee Valley, middle 40s to low 50s across the rest of the Northern Peninsula, low to middle 50s across Central Florida, middle 50s to middle 60s across South Florida, and upper 60s to low 70s along the Keys.
- Localized areas of frostmay be possible across interior portions of the Florida Panhandle and Suwannee Valley overnight into Sunday morning.
- Areas of patchy to locally dense fogwill be possible along the Peninsula overnight into Sunday morning.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Friday, February 21, 2025
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Freeze Warnings remain in effect across interior portions of the Northern Peninsula and Cold Weather Advisories remain in effect across North and West-Central Florida through the mid-morning hours this morning.
- Mostly dry conditions statewide today and tonight under the influence of high pressure (near 0-30% chance of rain); An isolated shower or two possible will be possible along Florida’s Atlantic Coast at times.
- High temperatures in the 50s across North Florida, 60s across Central Florida, and low to middle 70s across South Florida and the Keys.
- Breezy winds near 10-15 mph with gusts near upwards of 15-20 mph statewide today.
- Locally sensitive wildfire conditions will be possible over areas with ongoing drought conditions and in areas that have seen little to no rainfall recently across North Florida and the Western Peninsula.
- Hazardous beach and boating conditions continue nearly statewide today.
- High risk for rip currents along East Coast and Sun Coast; low to moderate risk
- Mostly dry and clear conditions continue through the overnight hours with an isolated shower or two possible along the East Coast and Keys (near 0-15% chance of rain).
- Winds will continue to reach up to 10 mph with gusts up to 10-20 mph
- Low temperatures in the low to middle 30s across interior portions of North Florida, upper 30s to low 40s along coastal portions of North Florida, upper 40s to middle 50s across Central Florida, upper 50 to middle 60s across South Florida, and upper 60s along the Keys.
- Areas of frost possible across North Florida overnight into Saturday morning.
- Lingering breezy winds may cause temperatures in localized portions of North Florida to feel like they are near freezing overnight into Saturday morning.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Thursday, February 20, 2025
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Mostly dry conditions statewide as high pressure builds in (near 0-5% chance of rain) with a few isolated showers possible across South Florida and the Keys (5-25% chance of rain).
- High temperatures in the middle 40s to middle 50s along the Florida Panhandle, middle 50s to middle 60s across the Northern Peninsula, middle 60s to low 70s across Central Florida, and middle 70s to low 80s across South Florida.
- Winds near 10-15 mph with gusts upwards of 15-20 mph expected statewide today.
- Locally sensitive wildfire conditions cannot be ruled out over areas with ongoing drought conditions and in areas that have seen little to no rainfall recently.
- Poor to hazardous beach and boating conditions to develop nearly statewide today into Friday.
- Moderate to high risk for rip currents expected nearly statewide.
- Low temperatures in the middle to upper 20s along the Panhandle, upper 20sto low 30s across the Big Bend and Suwannee Valley, low to middle 30s across Northeast Florida and the Nature Coast, low to middle 40s across Central Florida, upper 40s to middle 50s across Southwest Florida, 50s to low 60s across Southeast Florida, and middle to upper 60s along the Keys.
- Freeze Warningshave been issued across interior portions of the Northern Peninsula for tonight into Friday morning as sub-freezing temperatures as low as the upper 27-degreesare expected.
- Winds will remain breezy near 5-10 mph with gusts near 10-20 mph tonight.
- Breezy winds will create wind chills in the middle teens to middle 20s along the Florida Panhandle and across the Suwannee Valley, middle to upper 20s across Northeast Florida and through the Nature Coast, upper 20s to middle 30s southward through the I-4 corridor and towards Lake Okeechobee, and low to middle 40s across Southwest Florida overnight into Friday morning.
- Cold Weather Advisories have been issued across much of North Florida for tonight into Friday morning as very cold wind chills as low as 11-20-degrees can be expected.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for February 19th, 2025
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Dense Fog Advisories remain effect across interior portions of South Florida this morning until 8:00 AM EST as dense fog and low clouds will create reduced visibility.
- Widespread rainfall stretches across North Florida as a weak Gulf Low moves eastward across the central gulf waters, and shower activity will eventually spread into Central Florida later today (70-near 100% chance of rain).
- Thunderstorm activity will be very limited; however, an instance of a rumble of thunder or embedded thunderstorm cannot be ruled out later this afternoon near and along the I-4 corridor.
- Nuisance flooding and ponding of water may be possible with repeated rounds of shower activity over urban and low-lying/poor drainage areas.
- Breezy wind gusts upwards of 10-15 mph will develop across the state, with stronger wind gusts upwards of 20 mph along portions of the Panhandle and Gulf Coast this afternoon.
- As the low moves across the Peninsula then re-emerges off the Florida East Coast, a strong cold front associated with the system will drag southward across the state.
- Shower activity will weaken and dissipate as the cold front moves south of the I-4 corridor later this afternoon and throughout the evening hours, but isolated showers will remain possible across portions of South Florida (10-30% chance of rain).
- High temperatures will reach the middle to upper 50s to low 60s across North Florida and upper 70s to middle 80s across Central and South Florida this afternoon.
- Low temperatures will fall near and below freezing (30-33-degrees) across the Panhandle, with the rest of North Florida seeing low temperatures in the upper 30s to middle 40s.
- Cold air rushing in overnight will create feels-like temperatures, or wind chills, in the upper teens to lower 20s across the western Panhandle, lower to middle 20s across the eastern Panhandle and upper 20s to lower 30s across the western Big Bend by sunrise Thursday morning.
- Cold Weather Advisories will go into effect tonight across the Panhandle for wind chills as low as 10-17-degress expected by sunrise Thursday morning.
- Freeze Watches will likely be upgraded to Freeze Warnings later today or tonight across the Suwannee Valley and Northeast Florida for cold temperatures Thursday night.
- A moderate risk for rip currents can be expected along all Panhandle and East Coast beaches.
- The Apalachicola River at Blountstown remains within minor flood stage, but is forecast to fall below flood stage within the next couple of days.
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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
- Brief isolated showers will be possible throughout the day across portions of East-Central and South Florida due to a stationary front just south of the Florida Keys (15-25% chance of rain).
- High pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states will continue to bring mostly dry conditions for the rest of the Sunshine State throughout the day creating a mixture of sunshine and cloud cover.
- Temperatures this afternoon will reach the 60s across North Florida, lower to middle 70s across Central Florida and upper 70s to lower 80s across South Florida and the Keys.
- Increasing cloud cover and rain chances can be expected across the Florida Panhandle overnight and into early Wednesday morning as a Gulf Low develops off the Texas coastline and moves parallel to the Gulf Coast states.
- Widespread showers can be expected to move in from west to east overnight, with possible embedded rumbles of thunder across the Panhandle and into the western Big Bend, as the low moves along the Gulf waters (80-near 100% chance of rain).
- While the flash flooding risk remains to the west of the state, instances of nuisance flooding or ponding of water cannot be ruled out during the predawn hours with any heavy downpours or repeated shower activity.
- Moisture gradually increasing ahead of the system along Northeast Florida and the eastern Peninsula may allow for possible brief showers late overnight and into the early morning hours (15-25% chance of rain).
- Calm winds and elevated moisture will give way to instances of patchy fog developing by sunrise across portions of South Florida.
- Low temperatures will fall into the middle to upper 40s and lower 50s across North Florida, middle 50s to lower 60s across Central Florida and upper 60s to lower 70s across South Florida overnight.
- A moderate risk for rip currents can be expected to persist for numerous beaches across the state, with a locally high risk along Palm Beach County.
- Minor flooding continues along the Apalachicola River at Blountstown due to recent heavy rainfall across the Southeast U.S. and the Panhandle, and a River Flood Warning remains in effect.
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