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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 540 PM EST Mon Dec 8 2025 - A few showers and thunderstorms may linger this evening.

- Hazardous boating conditions expected tonight into Tuesday as winds surge behind the frontal passages.

- Drier, cooler weather starting Tuesday as high pressure builds over the region.

SHORT TERM

(Rest of today through Tuesday) Issued at 102 PM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

After a pause from showers this morning behind the first frontal passage, a second frontal boundary is still shown on guidance moving across the area through the afternoon hours.

CAMs and high-res solutions still show scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms with this FROPA, in the 16-22z time frame, favoring the northern half of SoFlo. However, locally heavy showers could affect any portion of the CWA as the front pushes southward. And although a few thunderstorms are still possible, overall support for strong convection will remain on the lower-end as the air mass gradually stabilizes behind the FROPA. Best chances for an afternoon thunderstorm will reside over the Lake region and the Atlantic metro areas.

Models push the frontal boundary into the FL Straits after 00Z tonight with northerly winds establishing in its wake. This will result in the onset of cooler, drier air advection and overnight temps dropping into the the upper 50s over interior areas. The rest of SoFlo will likely drop to the mid/upper 60s, warmer along the coasts. Comfortable temperatures will also be likely on Tuesday, with highs topping off in the mid 70s.

LONG TERM

(Tuesday night through Sunday) Issued at 338 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

The aforementioned front is forecast to remain stalled over the Florida Straits as high pressure builds in over the peninsula, promoting generally fair weather through the end of the work week. Dry, relatively cool air will continue to filter in across the area, with high temperatures each day in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the mid 50s over the interior, and mid 60s along the coasts.

The next cold front to watch could make its approach late next week, although much uncertainty remains regarding timing and intensity, especially given the complex interactions at play over the continental US during this time period. Cluster analysis for days 4- 5 (Thursday-Friday) are in closer agreement regarding a weaker, slower approach from the front, which would likely mean a dry frontal passage with low-end rain chances, and the NBM caught onto that trend this morning, with PoPs below 15% between Fri-Sun. Nevertheless, there is enough of a signal for a slightly stronger system, and with enough low level moisture forecast to linger just south of the area, decided to bump up the chances for precip up to the 15-25% range mainly over the local Atlantic waters and the East Coast.

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 600 PM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

VFR will continue to return to the terminals this evening with MIA, FLL, and OPF still experiencing brief MVFR conditions under passing showers. VFR should then prevail after 02-03Z with winds gradually shifting more northerly overnight in the wake of a frontal passage. By 15-18Z, winds will veer to the NE and gusting to around 20kt.

MARINE

Issued at 338 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

Boating conditions being to deteriorate today as two fronts move across the region. Winds will gradually veer from southwesterly to northerly through the day, increasing up to 15-20 kts by tonight and persisting into Tuesday afternoon. Seas will build as a result, up to 7 ft across the local Atlantic waters, and between 3-5 ft across the Gulf waters. A few showers and thunderstorms will be likely with each frontal passage today, with locally higher winds and seas possible.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Miami 67 75 68 80 / 40 40 20 20 West Kendall 65 77 64 81 / 40 40 20 20 Opa-Locka 66 77 66 81 / 40 30 20 20 Homestead 67 77 67 81 / 40 50 20 20 Fort Lauderdale 67 74 67 79 / 40 30 10 20 N Ft Lauderdale 67 74 67 79 / 40 20 10 20 Pembroke Pines 66 77 66 82 / 40 30 20 20 West Palm Beach 66 74 66 79 / 20 10 10 10 Boca Raton 66 77 67 80 / 30 20 10 20 Naples 61 76 62 78 / 10 10 10 0

MFL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

FL...High Rip Current Risk from Tuesday morning through Thursday evening for FLZ168.

High Rip Current Risk from Tuesday morning through Wednesday evening for FLZ172-173.

AM...Small Craft Advisory from 11 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Tuesday for AMZ610.

Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EST Tuesday for AMZ650-651-670- 671.

GM...Small Craft Advisory from 11 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Tuesday for GMZ656-657-676.