329  
FXUS62 KJAX 281837  
AFDJAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
237 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
   
..NEW NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE, HYDROLOGY  
 
   
NEAR TERM  
 
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
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SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING LATE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING MAINLY AROUND THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN IN NORTHEAST FL AND THEN  
AN ANOTHER AREA ARCHING BACK NORTHWEST FROM COASTAL SOUTHEAST GA  
TO JESUP THROUGH ALMA, DOUGLAS, AND HAZLEHURST AREAS. THESE ARE AREAS  
WHERE MOISTURE IS BEST WITH FORCING FROM SFC CONVERGENCE, SHORTWAVE  
TROUGHING, AND RESIDUAL DIURNAL HEATING. THE LATTER AREA MAY CONTINUE  
WITH A RISK OF SHOWERS AND STORMS UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT OR 1 AM.  
MODEL SOUNDINGS STILL SUGGESTING A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE AND  
SEVERE POTENTIAL THERE, BUT LIMITED CHANCES DUE TO LOW- END DEEP  
LAYER SHEAR VALUES OF AT OR BELOW 25 KT. MAIN THREAT WOULD BE STRONG  
GUSTY WINDS, AND ALSO HEAVY DOWNPOURS/LOCALIZED FLOODING WITH A  
QUICK 1-2 INCHES/HOUR IN SOME OF THE CELLS. THE CONVECTION SHOULD  
BE WINDING DOWN THROUGH MIDNIGHT, WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES NEAR OR  
BELOW 15 PERCENT AFTER 1 AM. LINGERING WEAK ISOLATED TO SCATTERED  
CONVECTION POSSIBLE OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME  
PATCHY FOG AND LOW STRATUS CLOUDS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND INTO  
SUNRISE. LOWS MAINLY AROUND 70 OR LOWER 70S.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO PUSH TOWARDS THE SE CONUS AS ITS ASSOCIATED TROUGH  
BEGINS TO DIG SOUTHWARD THURSDAY, WITH THE FRONT MAKING ITS WAY  
ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. PRIOR TO THE FRONT'S ARRIVAL DURING THE  
END OF THE WEEK, CONTINUED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR GULF  
MOISTURE TO FILTER INTO THE AREA, WITH PWATS RANGING FROM 1.75"  
TO 2" OVER THE AREA ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WITH THE  
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE WESTERN GULF BREEZE TO  
MOVE WELL INLAND, WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS STEADILY  
INCREASING ALONG THE BREEZE BOUNDARY. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR  
STRONG TO SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ALONG THE MERGER OF THE  
GULF AND ATLANTIC BREEZE AROUND THE I-95 CORRIDOR ON THURSDAY.  
HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL AGAIN BE IN THE LOWER 90S FOR MOST  
LOCATIONS, WITH 'COOLER' TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S ALONG THE  
COAST AND THE ALTAMAHA RIVER BASIN IN SE GA.  
 
THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE AREA AND PUSH THROUGH  
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SATURDAY. WARM TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE  
FRONT WILL HELP TO BRING ABOUT AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA.  
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DEVELOPMENT WILL INCREASE AHEAD  
OF THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.  
GUSTY WINDS AND FLOODING RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP FOR THE THE STRONGER  
OF THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL TO  
AROUND SEASONABLE ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO LOW 90S  
AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW 60S TO LOW 70S.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT'S  
PASSAGE OF DURING THE EARLY HOURS ON SATURDAY. WITH DRIER AIR  
FILTERING INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT'S PASSAGE, CHANCES OF  
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TREND LOWER BY SATURDAY MORNING, WITH  
ANY SHOWERS REMAINING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER  
THE NORTH CENTRAL FL COUNTIES. COME SUNDAY, CHANCES OF  
PRECIPITATION WILL BE NEAR NIL. RELATIVELY COOLER AIR ENTERS THE  
AREA AT THE START OF THE WEEKEND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. EVEN WITH  
THIS PUSH OF 'COOLER' AIR, TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WITHIN THE  
UPPER 80S ON SATURDAY AND THEN RISE BACK INTO THE LOWER 90S BY  
SUNDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO STALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN  
PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY/MONDAY AND BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD BY  
MIDWEEK BASED OFF GUIDANCE FROM THE DIFFERENT MODEL SOLUTIONS.  
WITH HIGH PRESSURE NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE REGION, AN EASTERLY FLOW  
BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE AREA, WHICH WILL BRING IN MOISTURE  
FROM THE ATLANTIC. THIS INFLUX OF MOISTURE CURRENTLY LOOKS TO KEEP  
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG THE COASTAL LOCATIONS DURING THE EARLY  
PORTION OF THE UPCOMING WEEK, MAINLY FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 200 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
VFR CIGS SO FAR WITH ONLY BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR AROUND SGJ AT THIS  
TIME. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED SO FAR  
THIS AFTN. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXPECTED TO FORM TOWARDS THE EAST  
COAST IN THE NEXT 2-6 HOURS, WITH MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS UNDER  
THESE T-STORMS. GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THEM AS WELL.  
ACTIVITY WILL BE WINDING DOWN AFTER 01Z-02Z AS ACTIVITY MOVES  
EAST, WITH STORM MOTION EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 15-20 KT. SOME PATCHY  
FOG AND LOW STRATUS WILL BE POSSIBLE INLAND AREAS FROM ABOUT  
07Z-12Z THURSDAY SO HAVE SOME VSBY RESTRICTIONS AT VQQ AND GNV AT  
THIS TIME. SOME WEAK CONVECTION MAY BE NEARING GNV BY 18Z THURSDAY  
AND WILL BE POSSIBLY ADDED IN SUBSEQUENT TAF.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
PREVAILING FLOW CONTINUES TO BE SOUTHERLY AND OCCASIONAL  
SOUTHEASTERLY NEAR OR BELOW 15 KT INTO THURSDAY, WITH STRONGER  
OFFSHORE FLOW (I.E., SOUTHWEST) BY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.  
FLOW COULD BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE  
CAUTION LEVELS THU NIGHT OFFSHORE, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY CONTINUE  
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF  
ADVISORY CONDITIONS FOR WINDS EARLY SATURDAY, MAINLY OFFSHORE  
WATERS. THE STRONGER FLOW LATER IN THE WEEK IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN  
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE  
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTHWEST FLOW EARLY SATURDAY WILL  
SLOWLY LAY DOWN TO ALMOST 10 KT BY LATE SAT AFTN AND NIGHT. WINDS  
OF 10-15 KT AT MOST LOOK IN STORE FOR SUNDAY.  
 
THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS REMAINS REST OF THE AFTN OVER  
THE AREA WATERS, AND AGAIN THU AND FRI AFTERNOON. STRONG STORMS  
ARE POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT AHEAD THE FRONT.  
 
RIP CURRENTS: WITH EASTERLY SWELLS WITH PERIODS OF 8-9 SECONDS,  
A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS ANTICIPATED REST OF TODAY  
THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS MAY BE FOUND AROUND  
STRUCTURES AND WITHIN 2-4 HOURS OF LOW TIDE. ONLY A SLIGHT  
DOWNWARD TREND APPEARS FOR FRIDAY WITH SWELLS SLIGHTLY LOWER AND  
AN OFFSHORE WIND FLOW PATTERN.  
 
 
   
HYDROLOGY  
 
ISSUED AT 230 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
WITH MOISTURE LEVELS RISING TO ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS (PWAT 2 INCHES)  
AND A COOL FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA, COMBINED WITH SOME UPPER  
LEVEL SUPPORT, THE RISK FOR SOME LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING WILL  
BE INCREASING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS,  
LOCALIZED TO AREAS, OF 2-4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY  
NIGHT. WPC SHOWS A MARGINAL RISK OF EXCESSIVE RAIN FOR PARTS OF  
THE AREA BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 225 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2025  
 
DAILY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF  
THE WEEK AS SOUTHWESTERLY-WESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING THE GULF BREEZE  
TO MOVE WELL INLAND EACH DAY. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH HIGH  
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY, IN ADDITION TO HIGH  
DISPERSIONS AS TRANSPORT WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD  
FRONT ON FRIDAY. A STRONG TO SEVERE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL  
PUSH INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF COOL FRONT FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.  
RAIN AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WILL DROP BEHIND THE COOL FRONT  
FOR THE WEEKEND AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN.  
 
PATCHY INLAND FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SMOKE  
FROM NEARBY WILDFIRES MAY CREATE LOCALLY DENSE FOG. THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
AMG 69 88 68 87 / 20 60 30 80  
SSI 73 87 73 89 / 30 60 40 70  
JAX 71 92 71 90 / 40 60 30 70  
SGJ 72 92 72 91 / 40 60 30 60  
GNV 71 93 71 89 / 10 50 20 60  
OCF 71 93 71 89 / 10 40 20 60  
 
 
   
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...NONE.  
GA...NONE.  
AM...NONE.  
 
 
 
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