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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012MOSTLY SUNNY, BREEZY AND WARM TODAY MOSTLY SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY AND WARM THROUGH SATURDAY TROPICAL SYSTEM COULD IMPACT SOUTH FLORIDA Mostly sunny to partly cloudy, breezy and warm this afternoon. High temperatures will be in the upper-80's. Expect southerly winds at 15-25 mph this afternoon. Mostly clear, breezy and mild tonight. Overnight lows will be in the upper-70's. Expect southerly winds at 15-25 mph. It will be mostly sunny to partly cloudy, breezy and warn tomorrow. Look for highs in the upper-80's. Winds will be from the south at 15-20 mph. Saturday should bring partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. Highs will be in the upper-80's. Look for southeast winds at 10-15 mph. High pressure over the Gulf of Mexico and low pressure off to our northwest will keep brisk southerly winds in our picture for the next couple of days. With a relatively stable atmosphere, rain chances will remain very low and sunny to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions will prevail. This morning's surface weather map shows high pressure over the central Gulf of Mexico. A couple of low pressure systems are found in southern Kansas and southern Colorado along a mostly stalled frontal boundary that extends from near Las Vegas, Nevada east across the Rockies and then northeast through the Plains to Wisconsin. A dry line extends from the Big Bend to the Panhandle in West Texas. A surface low and low pressure trough stretches across Cuba. The upper-level map shows an upper-low over North Carolina with a trough digging southwest into the northern Gulf of Mexico. A high pressure ridge sits over northern Mexico and is ridging into Texas. Another broad trough is slowly shifting east over the northern Rockies and Great Basin area. Looking ahead, hot to warm temperatures, dry weather and breezy conditions will prevail over the coming five days as high pressure aloft and at the surface in the Gulf of Mexico dominates our local weather. Looking further down the road, afternoon showers may become a little more prevalent late next week as a high over the Eastern U.S. shifts a little east, allowing more Gulf moisture to return to our area. Even longer term forecast suggest a better chance for precipitation for the first week of June. We shall see! A low pressure center and trough in the Florida Straits is producing 30-mph sustained winds and is given a 40% chance for development as it moves northeast over the coming 24-36 hours. Strong wind shear aloft is hampering development of the low at this time. Elsewhere, tropical storm development is not expected over the Tropical Atlantic Basin at this time.
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