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FXUS62 KJAX 210740
AFDJAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
240 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
..NEW NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, MARINE
NEAR TERM
ISSUED AT 159 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
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A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS FUNNELS OVER THE AREA TODAY UNDER NNW WINDS
FOLLOWING THE MORNING COLD FRONT PASSAGE. MORNING WIND CHILLS
WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S INLAND TO NEAR 40 ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE IN THE 50S
DESPITE FULL SUN, ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL DAILY HIGHS FOR
THE DATE.
TONIGHT, HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NNE OF REGION. WITH A COLD AND DRY
AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS INLAND AREAS AND AS WINDS DECOUPLE
OVERNIGHT ACROSS INLAND SE GA DOWN ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER
VALLEY, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AND A FREEZE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS WITH WIDESPREAD FROST
EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY. CLOSER TOWARD THE ST. JOHNS RIVER
BASIN AND COASTAL COUNTIES, A NNE FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT,
KEEPING THE AIRMASS SLIGHTLY MORE MILD AND MIXED. STILL EXPECT
INLAND FROST WHERE LOWS IN THE MID 30S OCCUR INCLUDING PARTS OF
THE GOLDEN ISLES DOWN TO THE JAX WESTSIDE, CLAY, PUTNAM AND MARINE
COUNTIES...BUT IMMEDIATE COASTAL NE FL AND MUCH OF ST. JOHNS AND
FLAGLER COUNTIES SHOULD BE FROST FREE WITH LOWS IN THE 40S. THE
ONLY UPDATE TO THE CURRENT FREEZE WATCH FOR TONIGHT WAS TO INCLUDE
BRADFORD AND GILCHRIST COUNTIES. THE DAY SHIFT LATER TODAY WILL
UPGRADE COUNTIES TO A FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND ISSUE A FROST
ADVISORY FOR THOSE LOCATIONS NOT IN THE FREEZE WARNING BUT WHERE
WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING.
SHORT TERM
(SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 159 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
IT WILL BE CHILLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WITH HIGHS STAYING IN THE
50S GENERALLY NORTH OF I-10 ON SUNDAY, WITH A SLIGHT WARM-UP
AREA-WIDE ON MONDAY. ELEVATED NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BRING
ISOLATED SHOWERS NEAR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COAST BEGINNING SUNDAY
NIGHT, SPREADING INLAND OVER CLAY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES ON MONDAY.
SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE FINAL NIGHT WITH LOWS DROPPING NEAR
FREEZING IN THE NEAR-FUTURE, WITH A FEW LOCATIONS IN FAR INLAND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FORECAST TO HIT FREEZING OVERNIGHT. PATCHY TO
AREAS OF FROST IS LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AS WELL, ALTHOUGH HIGHER WIND SPREADS WILL LIMIT WIDESPREAD FROST
POTENTIAL. MONDAY NIGHT, LOWS WILL STAY ABOVE 40 DEGREES AREA-
WIDE.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 159 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
A COASTAL TROUGH WILL LINGER NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST AS HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTH NEAR NEW ENGLAND EXTENDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC STATES. THIS PATTERN WILL PROMOTE NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS, WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER THE LOCAL WATERS AS WELL AS
PUSHING INLAND ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY. BY WEDNESDAY, MORE
WIDESPREAD SHOWER CHANCES EXIST, NEAR 20-30% AREA-WIDE, AS A
WEAKENING WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP
A FEW DEGREES EACH DAY NEXT WEEK, WITH TUESDAY STAYING IN THE
UPPER 50S IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TO LOWER 70S IN NORTH CENTRAL
FLORIDA. BY THE END OF THE WEEK, NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND MOST OF
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE 70S. LOW TEMPERATURES EACH
NIGHT WILL REMAIN ABOVE 40 DEGREES, WITH AGAIN A WARMING TREND
EACH NIGHT.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1211 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. WNW WINDS 5-10 KTS
TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO THE NNW THROUGH DAYBREAK FOLLOWING A DRY
COLD FRONT PASSAGE WITH BRIEF GUSTS OF 15-20 KTS AS THE FRONT
PRESSES SOUTH OF THE TERMINALS TONIGHT. NNW WINDS WILL BECOME MORE
NNE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH SPEEDS 5-10 KTS INLAND TO NEAR 10 KTS AT
THE COAST WITH COASTAL GUSTS OF 15-20 KTS AT TIMES. A FEW
STRATOCUMULUS MAY SKIRT NEAR CRG AND SGJ THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EARLY EVENING WITH BASES 3.5-4.5 KFT AGL AND INCLUDED FEW035
IN BOTH TERMINALS. AFTER 00Z, VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE UNDER NNE
WINDS NEAR 5-8 KTS AT THE COAST TO NEAR CALM INLAND TOWARD VQQ AND
GNV.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 159 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2024
NORTH WINDS BEHIND A MORNING COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL DECREASE INTO
THE AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH THEN NORTHEAST OF
THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY AS COASTAL TROUGH BEGINS TO FORM
OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS. COASTAL TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK OVER THE LOCAL WATERS BRINGING PERIODS
OF ELEVATED ONSHORE WINDS, SHOWERS AND ELEVATED SEAS NEAR ADVISORY
LEVELS AT TIMES.
RIP CURRENTS: NORTHERLY WINDS WILL LOCALLY BRING A HIGHER-END
MODERATE RIP CURRENT FOR ST. AUGUSTINE BEACHES SOUTHWARD TO
FLAGLER BEACH TODAY, WITH MODERATE RISK AT OTHER LOCAL BEACHES.
LOCAL RIP CURRENT RISK INCREASE SUNDAY TO HIGH RISK THROUGH AT
LEAST TUESDAY DUE TO STRENGTHENING AND PERSISTENT ONSHORE EASTERLY
WINDS AND BUILDING SURF HEIGHTS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 54 30 54 32 / 0 0 0 0
SSI 54 40 53 45 / 0 0 0 0
JAX 56 36 57 45 / 0 0 0 0
SGJ 56 42 61 51 / 0 0 0 10
GNV 56 33 61 43 / 0 0 0 0
OCF 59 34 64 45 / 0 0 0 0
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR FLZ021-
023-030-035-120-220-322-422-522.
GA...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
GAZ132>136-149-151>153-162-163-165-250-264-350-364.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR AMZ450-452-
454-470-472-474.
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