978  
FXUS62 KJAX 171731 AAA  
AFDJAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
1231 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
NEAR TERM  
 
ISSUED AT 224 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
FOR THE LATEST NE FL AND SE GA DAILY KEY MESSAGES PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MEDIA/JAX/BRIEFINGS/NWS-JAX-BRIEFING.PDF  
 
HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE FORECAST AREA  
THROUGH TONIGHT. SATELLITE CURRENTLY SHOWS CLEAR SKIES OVER THE  
AREA, WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS APPROACHING FROM THE W. SUNSHINE  
WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE  
MID 70S, EXCEPT UPPER 70S TO NEAR 80 SOUTHERNMOST COUNTIES.  
 
PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INLAND AREAS, OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR  
WITH CALM WIND.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 224 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA MONDAY WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST OUT INTO  
THE ATLANTIC BY TUESDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE  
NORTHWEST. CLOUD COVER WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY DURING THE  
DAY FROM MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TO PARTLY CLOUDY BY THE EVENING HOURS  
AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEGINS TO SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE AREA.  
TUESDAY, CLOUD COVER CONTINUES TO INCREASE, BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY  
WITH CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION STARTING IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IN  
THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT  
APPROACHES. RAIN WILL START FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MOVE IN OVER  
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND CONTINUE INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA OVERNIGHT.  
 
MONDAY, DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TO  
UPPER 70S, POSSIBLY REACHING INTO THE LOW 80S IN SOME AREAS.  
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL BE IN  
THE LOW TO MID 50S WITH TEMPERATURES OVER NORTHEAST FLORIDA  
GETTING INTO THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S. COASTAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE  
IN THE LOW TO MID 60S OVERNIGHT.  
 
TUESDAY, DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOW  
80S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)  
ISSUED AT 224 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
TIMING FOR THE COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION DIFFERS A BIT  
BETWEEN MODELS BUT IT LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND WEDNESDAY  
MORNING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THROUGHOUT THE  
DAY. THIS FRONT, ALONG WITH LINGERING MOISTURE FROM THE PREVIOUS  
DAY, WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LOCALLY HEAVY  
RAINFALL. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH, DRY AIR WILL FILL IN  
BEHIND IT CLEARING OUT CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION FOR THE REST OF  
THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 
DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE IN THE UPPER  
70S TO LOW 80S WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING OFF INTO THE 60S FOR THE  
REST OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN  
THE 40S.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1227 PM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO  
AT LEAST THE START OF TONIGHT ALONG WITH WINDS UNDER 10 KNOTS. SCT  
DIURNAL CUMULUS COULD BRIEFLY BECOME BKN AT TIMES, MAINLY SOUTH OF  
SSI, THOUGH HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE 030. PATCHY FOG IS  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, MAINLY AWAY FROM THE  
COAST WHERE MVFR AND IFR ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. FAIR CONDITIONS  
WILL CONTINUE MONDAY ONCE ANY FG BURNS OFF THROUGH THE MORNING  
HOURS.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 224 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT,  
THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE WATERS LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.  
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD AND APPROACH THE  
WATERS WEDNESDAY, THEN MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE  
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE WATERS WILL INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY  
AND THURSDAY, LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR ADVISORY-LEVEL WINDS.  
 
RIP CURRENTS: TODAY: HIGH RISK NE FL/MOD RISK SE GA  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 224 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
HIGH PRESSURE PERSISTS OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING  
LEADING TO WINDS BELOW 10 MPH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THESE  
LIGHTER WINDS WILL CREATE PATCHY LOW DAYTIME DISPERSION OVER MUCH  
OF THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND MAINLY OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA  
MONDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEGINNING IN  
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA  
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DRY AIR WILL FILL IN  
BEHIND THE FRONT LOWERING MINRH VALUES TEMPORARILY INTO THE 30S  
THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
AMG 45 76 53 77 / 0 0 0 20  
SSI 54 75 62 78 / 0 0 0 10  
JAX 50 79 57 82 / 0 0 0 10  
SGJ 57 77 62 80 / 0 0 0 0  
GNV 51 79 57 81 / 0 0 0 10  
OCF 52 81 59 83 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR FLZ033-  
038-124-125-132-133-137-138-225-325.  
 
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR FLZ124-125-  
133-138.  
 
GA...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR GAZ154-  
166.  
 
AM...NONE.  
 
 
 
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