Thursday on the Space Coast: Nov. 12, 2026

NWS Melbourne is calling for a mostly cloudy, mild Thursday across Brevard, with the Thursday zone forecast for mainland southern Brevard, including Cocoa, Rockledge and Melbourne, calling for mostly cloudy skies, highs in the upper 70s and west winds 5 to 10 mph, the Melbourne point forecast listing a high near 79, northern mainland Brevard, including Titusville, forecast to reach around 80, and about a 10 percent chance of rain at Melbourne, according to the weather service's 6:20 a.m. Area Forecast Discussion. Tonight is forecast to stay mostly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s in much of the county and around 63 in Melbourne, then a strong, dry cold front is forecast to move through, bringing the coolest air of the season Friday into Saturday, with Friday partly to mostly sunny after some morning clouds and highs in the lower 70s, Saturday sunny with highs in the mid to upper 60s, Friday night lows in the lower 50s in much of Brevard and the upper 40s inland and around Titusville, and early morning wind chills in the lower to mid-40s, NWS Melbourne said.

The Flood Warning for the St. Johns River near Cocoa remains in effect until further notice, and in an 8:22 a.m. statement NWS said major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast, reporting the river at 17.1 feet at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, with a slow rise to 17.2 feet expected this weekend and flood stage at 16.0 feet; the National Water Prediction Service gauge west of Cocoa later read 17.05 feet at 8:15 a.m. and also forecasts 17.2 feet, timed for 1 p.m. Saturday, a level at which NWS says water can enter homes in the Lake Poinsett area west of Cocoa and in low-lying parts of Rockledge and Cocoa, and some roads west of Cocoa can become impassable. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, area museums and Brevard County public libraries are scheduled to be open Thursday, and a Wednesday evening update from the Brevard Emergency Operations Center said libraries reopen Thursday, Nov. 12, with free flood clean-up kits again available, while supplies last, at the Melbourne, Palm Bay, South Mainland (Micco) and West Melbourne libraries, while the county's multi-agency resource centers in Palm Bay and West Melbourne remain open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.