Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Monday, March 24th, 2025.

Florida Division of Emergency Management sent this bulletin at 03/24/2025 10:00 AM EDT

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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report

EOC Activation Level: Level 2 
Meteorological Summary:
  • A broken line of showers and thunderstorms will continue to move across the I-10 corridor throughout the morning hours ahead of an approaching cold front, but will weaken before it reaches the Peninsula this afternoon.
  • Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms will develop throughout the day across the Panhandle and Big Bend closer towards the cold front (50-80% chance of rain).
    • This second round of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon will largely remain dependent and if any sunshine breaks through to allow for daytime heating.
  • Both of these rounds of shower and thunderstorm activity have the potential to bring isolated strong to severe thunderstorms throughout the day across the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast.
  • The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is outlooking a Marginal Risk (level 1 of 5) for Severe Weather across the Panhandle and western Big Bend as thunderstorms will be capable of producing lightning, damaging wind gusts (50-60 mph), large hail (quarter-size) and heavy downpours.
    • An embedded tornado or two cannot be ruled out as well.
  • Showers and thunderstorms across the Panhandle and Big Bend may bring locally heavy downpours that create nuisance ponding of water across urban and low-lying/poor drainage areas.
  • Sensitive to locally elevated wildfire conditions will remain possible across interior portions of East-Central and Southeast Florida as relative humidity values will fall near critical thresholds (35-45%).
  • High temperatures will reach the 70s across North Florida and upper 70s to middle 80s across Central and South Florida this afternoon.
  • Lingering showers and embedded thunderstorms will be possible into the evening and overnight hours as the cold front moves through, but generally drier conditions will return from west to east (25-35% chance of rain).
  • Lingering moisture and calm conditions may allow for fog development across North Florida and Nature Coast, with instances of locally dense fog possible.
  • Low temperatures will fall into the middle to upper 50s across North Florida, lower to middle 60s across Central Florida and upper 60s to lower 70s across South Florida.
  • Numerous beaches across the Panhandle and East Coast can expect a moderate risk for rip currents to persist throughout the day.

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