Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Friday, December 5th, 2025

Florida Division of Emergency Management sent this bulletin at 12/05/2025 10:17 AM EST

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Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report

EOC Activation Level: Level 2
Meteorological Summary:
  • Scattered showers are ongoing this morning along the Panhandle as a frontal system remains draped along the gulf coast and northern gulf waters.
  • The systems warm front boundary over the Panhandle will extend northward into southern Georgia and will continue pull moisture from the gulf waters leading to additional rounds of scattered to widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms (40-80% chance of rain).
  • There is a chance for embedded thunderstorms to become locally strong to severe along the Panhandle this morning, then extending into the Big Bend this afternoon.
    • These strong to severe thunderstorms will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts (45-60 mph) and an embedded tornado or two.
  • Widespread rainfall will continue to be beneficial for the Panhandle and Big Bend with ongoing drought conditions; hwoever, locally heavy downpours or repeated rainfall over the same areas could prompt nuisance flooding for urban corridors.
    • Rainfall totals of 1-2" of rainfall is anticipated along the Panhandle and western Big Bend, with locally higher totals uwpards of 3" possible.
  • High temperatures will reach the upper 50s along the Panhandle and upper 60s to upper 70s for the rest of North Florida. Central and South Florida will see high temperatures in the lower to middle 80s.
  • The frontal system will continue to approach from the west overnight keeping scattered shower activity ongoing across North Florida (25-55% chance of rain).
  • Patchy fog will develop overnight and early Saturday morning throughout the state, with locally dense fog possible from the Suwannee Valley and extending into Central Florida by sunrise.
  • Low temperatures will fall into the upper 40s to upper 50s across North Florida, lower to middle 60s across Central Florida and middle 60s to lower 70s across South Florida.
  • A moderate to high risk for rip currents will persist along the Panhandle with breezy onshore winds. Numerous East Coast beaches will see a moderate risk.

 

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