828  
FXUS62 KJAX 180628  
AFDJAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
128 AM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 910 PM EST TUE DEC 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  
 
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND  
NORTHEAST FLORIDA (NORTH OF THE LINE FROM GAINESVILLE TO ST.  
AUGUSTINE) FOR TONIGHT THROUGH 10AM WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE HIGHER  
CONFIDENCE OF VISIBILITIES DROPPING NEAR 1/4 MILE FOR MOST OF THE  
AREA. EXPECT CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS  
NEAR THE COAST, SPREADING INLAND THROUGH ABOUT 3AM.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM  
 
(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 222 PM EST TUE DEC 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  
 
THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS/SPRINKLES WILL REMAIN  
POSSIBLE AREA-WIDE AS SE STEERING FLOW/ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUES  
AND WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE HEATING WELL INTO THE 70S OVER  
INLAND AREAS. ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST, PATCHY SEA FOG JUST OFF  
THE LAND BASED AREAS WILL START TO PULL INLAND INTO THE I-95  
CORRIDOR AROUND SUNSET FROM JACKSONVILLE NORTHWARD TO BRUNSWICK  
AND EXPECT VISIBILITY TO DECREASE FAIRLY RAPIDLY THROUGH THE  
EVENING HOURS.  
 
TONIGHT...HI-RES MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT ADVECTIVE SEA  
FOG ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST WILL GET PUSHED INLAND IN THE ONSHORE  
FLOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND DENSE FOG ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY  
FOR VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE ARE LIKELY TO START ALONG THE  
I-95 CORRIDOR FROM ST. AUGUSTINE NORTHWARD THROUGH JAX/BRUNSWICK  
BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS AND PUSH ACROSS ALL OF INLAND SE GA AND  
MOST OF INLAND NE FL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WHILE SOME  
ISOLATED SHOWERS/SPRINKLES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN THE ISENTROPIC  
LIFT IN THE LOWER LEVELS, MOST OF THE SHOWER/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM  
ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN CLOSER TO THE COASTAL TROUGH OVER THE  
ATLANTIC WATERS. LOW TEMPS ARE LIKELY TO ONLY FALL INTO THE LOWER  
60S FOR MOST LOCATIONS.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 222 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
THE LINGERING COASTAL TROUGH FROM THE PAST COUPLE OF DAY WILL  
BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON WEDNESDAY, AS A COLD  
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND PASSES THROUGH THE AREA BY  
THURSDAY. COASTAL SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD TOWARDS INLAND  
LOCATIONS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS  
THE AREA. WARMER TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY, WILL BRING THE  
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO FORM DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS  
AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF  
INSTABILITY IN THE AREA, THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME  
HAIL FOR ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP, BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY SEVERE  
STORMS TO DEVELOP. DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S ACROSS THE  
BOARD, WITH WARMER HIGHS IN THE 80S ALONG NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA.  
BY THE EVENING, THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL SEE SHOWER CHANCES  
DWINDLE AND USHER IN COOLER TEMPERATURES INTO THE AREA. OVERNIGHT  
LOWS IN THE 50S WITH COASTAL LOCATIONS AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA  
IN THE LOWER 60S. FOG WILL AGAIN BE LIKELY DURING THE EARLY  
MORNING HOURS, SPREADING FROM THE COAST TOWARDS INLAND LOCATIONS.  
 
THURSDAY, A COOLER AND DRY AIRMASS BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA,  
WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING A COOLING TREND AS WE HEAD INTO THE  
END OF THE WEEK. SHOWER CHANCES REMAIN FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS FROM  
JACKSONVILLE AND SOUTH TOWARDS PALM COAST, BUT ONLY AROUND THE 20%  
RANGE.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 222 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
THE COOL DOWN CONTINUES AS A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS SETTLES INTO THE  
REGION. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S WILL  
EVENTUALLY MAKE WAY FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S, AS  
A BURST OF MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN WITH A DEEP TROUGH DIGGING  
INTO THE REGION. OVERNIGHT LOWS DIPPING INTO THE LOW 30S FOR  
LOCATIONS NORTH OF I-10 WITH LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-10 IN THE 40S.  
FROST FORMATION AND FREEZES WILL BE LIKELY FOR LOCATIONS IN SE GA  
AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY REGION DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS EACH  
DAY THIS WEEKEND, PARTICULARLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS.  
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM A BIT BY MONDAY, AS WARMER MARINE  
AIR MOVES ONSHORE AS A COASTAL TROUGH BEGINS TO DEVELOP OVER LOCAL  
WATERS AGAIN.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 119 AM EST WED DEC 18 2024  
 
WIDESPREAD FG AND LOW CEILINGS HAVE FILLED IN ACROSS MOST OF THE  
AREA, ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST (SUCH AS SSI).  
STILL EXPECTING ALL SITES THAT HAVE NOT REACHED LIFR VSBY ALREADY  
TO DO SO OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, AND TO BE PREDOMINANT THROUGH  
ABOUT 14 TO 15Z. CERTAINLY POSSIBLE FOR SOME TERMINALS TO GO "IN  
AND OUT" OF IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY AT  
SSI/JAX/CRG/SGJ, ESPECIALLY IF A FEW SHOWERS OCCUR NEAR THE COAST.  
 
RESTRICTIONS IMPROVE DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS, WITH HIGHER  
CHANCES FOR SHRA AND ISOLATED TSRA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
CONFIDENCE HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE PROB30 FOR TSRA AT ALL  
AIRFIELDS BY THIS AFTERNOON, WHICH WILL BE REFINED IN TEMPO GROUPS  
LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TSRA POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO  
PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z THURSDAY, AND LIKELY FOR A FEW HOURS  
LONGER CLOSER TO THE COAST. FG AND LOW STRATUS DEVELOPMENT APPEARS  
LIKELY AGAIN AREA WIDE TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 222 PM EST TUE DEC 17 2024  
 
VISIBILITY HAVE IMPROVED ALONG THE SE GA/NE FL COASTAL AREAS THIS  
AFTERNOON AND HAVE CANCELED THE MARINE DENSE SEA FOG ADVISORY,  
BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ONCE AGAIN AFTER SUNSET AS MORE  
WIDESPREAD DENSE SEA FOG DEVELOPS, MAINLY FROM ST. AUGUSTINE  
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE COOLER NEARSHORE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM  
JAX TO BRUNSWICK TO PRODUCE SEA FOG AT TIMES WITH VSBYS LESS THAN  
1 NM, AND WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT TO BOATERS OVER THE NEXT 24  
HOURS DESPITE THE LINGERING ELEVATED COMBINED SEAS OF 5-7 FT OVER  
THE OFFSHORE WATERS AND WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  
HEADLINES THERE THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHERWISE COASTAL TROUGH WILL  
REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
ISOLATED STORMS OVER THE WATERS. THIS FEATURE WILL MERGE WITH  
APPROACHING COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO PUSH THROUGH THE WATERS  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE OFFSHORE WINDS DEVELOP THURSDAY, THEN  
INCREASE FRIDAY/SATURDAY BEHIND SECONDARY COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY  
WITH POTENTIAL FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS  
BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 
RIP CURRENTS: HIGH RISK OF RIPS WITH SURF/BREAKERS OF 4-6 FT TODAY  
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH SURF/BREAKERS REMAINING  
ELEVATED IN THE 2-4 FT RANGE AND FLOW REMAINING LIGHT/ONSHORE. RIP  
CURRENT RISK WILL BECOME LOW TO MODERATE TOWARDS THE END OF THE  
WEEK AS FLOW BECOME OFFSHORE AND SURF/BREAKERS CONTINUES TO  
SUBSIDE.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
AMG 76 57 71 50 / 20 20 10 0  
SSI 72 58 68 55 / 40 40 10 10  
JAX 78 59 72 53 / 40 30 20 0  
SGJ 77 61 72 56 / 40 30 20 0  
GNV 79 60 75 53 / 40 20 20 0  
OCF 81 61 77 55 / 40 20 10 0  
 
 
   
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
FL...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR FLZ021-023-  
024-030-031-033-035-038-120-124-125-132-133-136>138-140-220-  
225-232-236-237-240-322-325-340-422-425-522.  
 
GA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR GAZ132>136-  
149-151>154-162-163-165-166-250-264-350-364.  
 
AM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR AMZ450-452.  
 
 
 
 
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