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FPUS72 KMLB 231322
NOWMLB

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
922 AM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-231530-
COASTAL VOLUSIA-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER-INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-
NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE-ORANGE-OSCEOLA-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM-SEMINOLE-
SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE-VOLUSIA-
BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
VOLUSIA-BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET OUT TO 20 NM-
922 AM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

.NOW...THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH TODAY...
SWITCHING THE PREVAILING WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK
TO THE SOUTH OR EVEN SOUTHEAST. A VERY DRY AIRMASS REMAINS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PENINSULA THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO LIMIT
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS MOST OF
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE TREASURE COAST
AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY WHERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO
BETTER COVERAGE.

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE
WATERS NEAR AND SOUTH OF JUPITER INLET. A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WILL BRUSH THE MARTIN COUNTY COAST. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS OKEECHOBEE AND WESTERN SAINT LUCIE
COUNTIES WHERE A CONVERGENCE BAND FROM LAKE OKEECHOBEE IS MOVING
ONSHORE. COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE AFTER
NOON IN THESE AREAS AS THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS AND
INTERACTS WITH THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE BREEZE.

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