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KEY MESSAGES

Issued at 259 AM EDT Tue Oct 6 2026

- High coverage of showers and occasional lightning storms this week; a Marginal Risk for Excessive Rainfall exists for at least portions of the area through Thursday. Minor flooding is possible in areas that see multiple rounds of heavy rainfall.

- Hazardous boating conditions begin this evening near and north of Cape Canaveral as low pressure strengthens offshore; a Small Craft Advisory for portions of the local Atlantic begins tonight.

- There is a Moderate Risk of rip currents at east central Florida beaches today. Beach conditions deteriorate tomorrow along the Volusia and Space Coasts.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 259 AM EDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Today-Tonight...Ongoing showers and a few storms around 2 AM this morning are forecast to diminish and push offshore through daybreak. However, a few showers will remain possible through the morning hours, mainly from Orlando northward, as a weak front settles in over the area. This front is forecast to stall across central Florida today where it will linger through mid-week, maintaining deep moisture over the peninsula.

Near record PWATs for the date today, forecast near 2.3-2.4". Deep moisture and lift along the front will support multiple rounds of widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms. PoPs 60-85% are forecast area-wide through this afternoon. However, additional rounds of precipitation will be possible during the evening and overnight hours, with PoPs remaining up to 40-60% through midnight. It is difficult to pick out an area for the heaviest rainfall today, with 90th percentile 24 hour accumulations 2.5-3" for nearly all of the forecast area through tonight. Therefore, all of east central Florida is under a Marginal Risk (1/4) for excessive rainfall today. Minor flooding will be possible in areas that receive multiple rounds of showers and storms. A few strong storms, capable of wind gusts to near 45 mph, will be possible, but limited instability will hamper thunderstorm development overall.

Light and variable flow is forecast today, with highs limited to the lower to mid-80s north of Orlando. A low pressure system looks to develop along the front tonight offshore from the Southeast US, though winds are not forecast to respond until Wednesday. Overnight lows remain in the 70s, with high humidity.

Wednesday-Thursday...The stationary front remains stalled near or across the forecast area through mid-week. Deep moisture will continue to support widespread coverage of showers and scattered embedded lightning storms, as PWATs linger near record for the dates. PoPs 75-85% are forecast area-wide, with multiple rounds of convection through the day generated by lift along the boundary. PoPs up to 60-70% also linger through the evening and overnight hours, making for an overall soggy week. Widespread accumulations of 1-2" are forecast through Thursday, though pockets of amounts near or in excess of 4" are possible, with at least a 40% chance of exceeding 2" across the entire area. At least portions of east central Florida are highlighted in a Marginal Risk (1/4) for excessive rainfall through Thursday. Locations that see multiple rounds of heavy rainfall will be at risk for minor flooding. May need to monitor the Volusia coast in particular for training bands, with SW flow aloft and strengthening onshore flow at the surface.

Warm temperatures aloft (-4 to -5 C at 500mb) will limit the threat for strong storms. However, a few gusts to 45 mph cannot be ruled out in the strongest storms. Lightning may be limited overall through the daytime hours, though, as high coverage of clouds limits instability. The low pressure developing offshore from the Southeast US coast strengthens Wednesday, before broadening Thursday. This will lead to breezy to windy conditions north of the front (generally from near Cape Canaveral northward) along the coast. Onshore winds along the Volusia County coast look to increase to 15- 20 mph, with gusts 25-30 mph Wednesday afternoon and evening. Winds slacken Thursday, but remain breezy along the Volusia and Space Coasts, with gusts 20-25 mph. Elsewhere, winds remain 10-15 mph or less. High coverage of showers and storms will keep high temperatures in the 80s, with muggy lows in the 70s.

Friday-Tuesday...All eyes late week and into this weekend turn to the Gulf, where an area of low pressure is being monitored for tropical development. While the forecast remains uncertain, ridging over the central US looks to shift eastward Friday into Saturday, allowing the low to move ashore somewhere along the northern Gulf coast. Locally, this could mean little for the overall pattern. While this system may be able to drag the stationary front northward, southerly flow over the Florida peninsula would maintain deep moisture over the area. Currently, rain chances remain above normal (60-80%) Friday and this weekend, before slightly drier air lowers rain chances somewhat into early next week. Breezy onshore winds return Friday and Saturday, as the pressure gradient tightens between the low and ridging to the north. Temperatures creep up a few degrees each day, especially as cloud cover diminishes. Highs return to the upper 80s, with muggy conditions leading to heat indices in the 90s to lower 100s.

MARINE

Issued at 259 AM EDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Generally favorable boating conditions are forecast today, though a stalled front will produce high coverage of showers, with embedded lightning storms. The front will linger through the work week, with little change to rain chances into the weekend.

Conditions deteriorate tonight into Wednesday, as a surface low develops along the front offshore from the Southeast US. NE winds increase to 20-25 kts by Wednesday afternoon north of Cape Canaveral, though seas up to 7 ft will be possible across northern portions of the Gulf Stream by this evening. Small Craft Advisories have been issued for the northern waters into Wednesday night. Periods of poor to hazardous conditions then continue at times into this weekend, as the pressure gradient tightens between a developing low over the Gulf and high pressure to the north.

AVIATION

(12Z TAFs) Issued at 720 AM EDT Tue Oct 6 2026

Light showers linger across northern portions of east central Florida this morning. Coverage and intensity of showers and embedded lightning storms increases in the afternoon and evening. Have included prevailing -SHRA with mention of VCTS from TIX/MCO/ISM northward after 18Z with TEMPOs for VIS/CIG reductions in heavier downpours. Along the coast from the Cape southward, confidence is slightly higher for lightning as boundaries interact with the sea breeze, and have mentioned TSRA TEMPOs late in the day. Winds will be generally out of the north to northeast, but become east along the coast from MLB southward as the sea breeze develops. Expect at least VCSH mention to continue through much of tonight at most terminals with some potential for lowering ceilings.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

DAB 81 72 81 73 / 90 80 80 60 MCO 85 73 82 73 / 80 70 80 60 MLB 86 72 84 73 / 70 60 80 70 VRB 88 71 86 72 / 70 60 80 70 LEE 82 71 81 71 / 90 80 80 60 SFB 83 73 81 73 / 80 70 80 60 ORL 84 74 82 74 / 80 70 80 60 FPR 88 71 86 72 / 70 60 80 60

MLB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

FL...None. AM...Small Craft Advisory from 8 AM Wednesday to 2 AM EDT Thursday for AMZ550.

Small Craft Advisory from 8 PM this evening to 5 AM EDT Thursday for AMZ570-572.