The National Weather Service in Melbourne sent a strong warning to people in and visiting Orlando that the beaches will remain dangerous through the middle of the week, with a high chance of rip currents and rough waves.
People need to pay close attention to this issue for their own safety. From tonight through Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Melbourne, FL says that winds will pick up along the Atlantic coast, building up to a real peak of gusts.
People who live near the coast should get ready for windy weather, and boaters should be careful because conditions for sailing will be bad to dangerous until the end of the week. With a higher chance of rain, this week looks like it will be a rough one for the weather.
Also, people in the area can expect easterly winds to keep blowing briskly along the coast and at the beachfront tonight. Lows range from the upper 70s along the beaches of the Treasure Coast to the lower 70s inland.
The talk about the forecast said that deeper moisture will make it more likely to rain through the middle of the week, and there is a chance of heavy rain in some places on Wednesday. This means that you might get soaked.
The National Weather Service says that wind speeds will reach 20 to 25 knots and seas will rise to 10 to 11 feet offshore tonight and Tuesday. This adds to the cautious outlook for the week.
The high pressure that is currently spanning from New England to the Mid-Atlantic is expected to move away, leaving a space where PTC strengthens across the SE Gulf of Mexico by Wednesday afternoon, along with stronger winds that lean ESE/SE.
It is a pretty dangerous mix for those brave enough to sail the Atlantic. By Friday, the SE winds will have slowed down to a more manageable level of 10-15 knots, which could be a small relief. However, mariners are still warned to take these predictions very seriously.
The weather is tough for pilots because the east winds are expected to get stronger in the afternoon, gusting between 20 and 25 knots, and stay high all night, especially from Melbourne southward.
The TAF packet, which came out at 6:33 AM EST, says that conditions are mostly VFR (Visual Flight Rules), but there will be dry periods in between rounds of isolated to scattered showers.
However, there is not much confidence in when the breaks will happen, which shows how unpredictable things can be for pilots.