Drought in Florida, November 18 to 30, 2025

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
911 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

...New UPDATE...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 910 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

 - Elevated fire weather concerns continue this afternoon over
   portions of Southeast Alabama and Southwest Georgia for
   critically low relative humidity. Use caution with outdoor
   flames and follow local officials regarding any burn bans.

 - No significant rainfall expected through the remainder of the
   week. Drought conditions will continue and/or get worse across
   the region.

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.UPDATE...
Issued at 910 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

Only some minor tweaks to temperatures tonight to bring in more
MOS guidance for lows. This brought lows down by a couple degrees
in eastern areas, but mostly the same elsewhere.

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.SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM...
(This Evening through Sunday)
Issued at 210 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

Following today's cold frontal passage, a gradual warming trend will
characterize the remainder of the week as ridging establishes over
much of the eastern CONUS. Daytime maximum temperatures for inland
locations will increase to the low-mid 80s by late week, with
nighttime minimum temperatures approaching the upper 50s/low 60s
which are both well above average for this time of year. Minimum
RH values will also gradually increase as surface winds become
more southerly over the next few days. Without elevated winds and
an increasingly moist air mass, fire risk will be limited. Still,
with antecedent drought conditions it is important to exercise
caution with any outdoor flames as fuels remain extremely dry.

The next chance for rain will be early this weekend as a trough
attempts to develop and dip south into our region. Model guidance
for both how amplified this trough will be and how much rain it may
bring has generally trended down over the past day or two. Following
these trends, it appears increasingly unlikely that any significant
rainfall will occur. PoPs Friday night-Saturday morning are
currently limited to about 10-20% for our southernmost counties and
up to 30% for our northernmost counties that are closer to the axis
of greatest forcing. Dry air will quickly filter in following the
trough's passage, and thus drought conditions will continue or be
exasperated through early next week.

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.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 630 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the period with winds
becoming southerly and remaining light on Tuesday. The chance of fog
at any of the terminals tonight appears too low to mention in the
TAFs at this time.

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.MARINE...
Issued at 210 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

Light and gentle breezes will prevail through Wednesday, as high
pressure settles over the waters. As the high center moves east
and a low center approaches the Mississippi Valley on Thursday,
southeasterly and southerly winds will start to increase. Only
forecast concerns will be the possibility of near- shore marine
fog later in the week as southerly flow returns. The probabilities
would be highest across the Apalachee Bay where cooler shelf
waters could make fog development easier.

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.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 210 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

For much of our Alabama and Georgia counties, the dry air behind
today's cold front will be well established by the time we hit
our maximum temperatures. This will result in elevated fire
concerns due to critically low relative humidities (RH) around
17-23%. Light winds will keep more critical fire weather concerns
from developing. Further south across our Florida counties,
relative humidities will be low as well. Northeast winds around
5 to 8 mph will prevail.

Through the remainder of the week, the flow becomes southeasterly
on Tuesday and then south to southwesterly by Wednesday and
Thursday. This should allow a moderating trend in afternoon RHs,
but this increase in RHs and moisture will allow better overnight
fog potential, especially across our Florida counties. Wetting
rain chances remain very low and the only chance at rain likely
doesn't arrive until late in the upcoming weekend.

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.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 210 PM EST Mon Nov 17 2025

Rainfall through Sunday is expected to be near zero, drought
conditions will therefore persist and/or worsen across much of the
Tri-State area.

Visit www.weather.gov/tae/LocalDrought for more information.

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.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested. However, spotters are always
encouraged to safely report significant weather conditions when they
occur by calling the office or tweeting us @NWSTallahassee.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Tallahassee   79  47  80  52 /   0   0   0   0
Panama City   78  54  77  57 /   0   0   0   0
Dothan        76  47  79  53 /   0   0   0   0
Albany        74  43  78  50 /   0   0   0   0
Valdosta      77  45  79  50 /   0   0   0   0
Cross City    81  47  81  51 /   0   0   0   0
Apalachicola  73  55  72  57 /   0   0   0   0

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.TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...None.
GA...None.
AL...None.
GM...None.
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SHORT TERM...Oliver
LONG TERM....Oliver
AVIATION...DVD
MARINE...Oliver
FIRE WEATHER...Oliver
HYDROLOGY...Oliver