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FXUS62 KJAX 131337
AFDJAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
937 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
..NEW UPDATE
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 935 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
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FAIRLY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT EXISTS OVER THE REGION WITH THE
STRONGER PORTION OF IT ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS AT ABOUT 3-4 MB
FROM DAB TO SSI. THIS RESULTS IN WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH SUSTAINED
FOR THE COASTAL AREAS. CURRENTLY SEEING SGJ AT 20 MPH AND MAYPORT
HAS BEEN 23 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS OF ABOUT 31 MPH. THERE WAS A
RECENT OBSERVED WIND GUST OF 36 MPH AT THE COAST. THE WIND ADVISORY
LOOKS GOOD WITH RECENT FORECAST UPDATES STILL SHOWING THE COASTAL
AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK FOR 40 MPH GUSTS, WITH THESE GUSTS ALSO
VERY POSSIBLE IN ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY AS WELL. GUSTS AROUND 30-35
MPH EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN AREA TODAY.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE NOTED ALONG THE NORTHEAST FL COAST AT 13Z AND
ONLY MADE SOME SMALL CHANGES THE POPS AND SO EXPECT ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY, WITH AN ISOLATED T-STORM POSSIBLE BY
LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTN FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FL MAINLY
SOUTH OF JAX AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 301. REST OF THE FORECAST IS ON
TRACK WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO TEMPS AND INCREASED SKY COVER FOR
ST JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES.
FOR THE MARINE FORECAST, ONLY MINOR CHANGES WITH THE LATEST CWF.
FOR THE SURF ZONE, WE ARE GETTING 6 FT AT THE COAST AND ONLY SLIGHT
CHANGES OF INCREASED WIND SPEEDS WILL SUPPORT 7 FT BREAKERS AT
TIMES TODAY FOR THE NORTHEAST FL BEACHES. THE HIGH SURF ADVY WAS
ISSUED AND LASTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
NEAR TERM
(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 109 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN WEDGED DOWN THE SE US COASTLINE INTO THE
LOCAL NE FL/SE GA AREA, WHILE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE BAHAMAS AND TRACK SLOWLY
NORTH TO NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE LOCAL
NOR'EASTER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA WITH RAINFALL CHANCES
ALONG THE NE FL COASTAL AREAS, MAINLY SOUTH OF JAX AND AS FAR
INLAND AS PALATKA, WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG THE ST. JOHNS AND
FLAGLER COUNTY COASTLINES WITH A FEW HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED
STORMS AT TIMES. THIS PINCHED GRADIENT BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS
TODAY WILL INCREASE N TO NE WINDS TO 25G40 MPH ALONG THE NE FL
BEACHFRONT LOCATIONS AND HAVE POSTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE NE FL
COASTAL COUNTIES FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM TODAY, WHILE BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SE GA COAST AND ST. JOHNS RIVER
BASIN WITH N TO NE WINDS AT 20G35 MPH, JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY
LEVELS, AND N TO NE WINDS AT 15G25-30 MPH OVER THE REST OF INLAND
NE FL/SE GA AREAS THROUGH TODAY. MAX TEMPS WILL REMAIN AT SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL LEVELS FOR MID SEPTEMBER RANGING FROM THE LOWER 80S
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TO MIDDLE 80S FROM THE I-95 TO US 301
CORRIDOR, THE UPPER 80S EXPECTED FOR FAR INLAND AREAS UNDER MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER INLAND AREAS AFTER SUNSET TO
5-10 MPH WITH LOW TEMPS FALLING TO AROUND 60F ACROSS INLAND SE GA
AND LOWER/MIDDLE 60S OVER INLAND NE FL, WHILE BREEZY TO NEAR WINDY
CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS HOLDING MIN
TEMPS CLOSER TO 70F TONIGHT. WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED ENOUGH TO
PREVENT ANY SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
LATE TONIGHT.
SHORT TERM
(SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 109 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
SUNDAY, THE CLOSED MID TO UPPER TROUGH JUST EAST OF THE AREA WILL
BECOME CUTOFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW AS AN UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH
OVER QUEBEC EXITS OFF THE NE US COAST, FAILING TO PICK UP THE
CLOSED LOW ALOFT. THIS WILL ALLOW SURFACE BASED WEAK COASTAL LOW
TO LINGER TO OUR NE WHILE HIGH PRESSURE STICKS TO THE NORTH OVER
THE APPALACHIANS AND LET THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT TO REMAIN
TIGHT BRINGING NNE WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT THE
NE FL COAST RELAXING TO AROUND 15 MPH GUSTING TO 20-25 MPH OVER
INLAND NE FL AND 10-15 MPH OVER INLAND SE GA. SKIES WILL BE PARTLY
CLOUDY NEAR THE COAST WHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL MAKE THEIR WAY
ACROSS THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN TOWARDS HIGHWAY 301 WHILE STAYING
MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY NORTH AND WEST INTO MUCH OF GEORGIA INTO THE
SUWANNEE VALLEY.
SUNDAY NIGHT, ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DRIFT ONTO THE NE FL COAST
OVERNIGHT, BUT WITH LESS FREQUENCY COMPARED TO SATURDAY NIGHT AS
SOME DRIER AIR FILTERS TO THE COAST. LOWS WILL BE AROUND 70 ALONG
THE BANKS OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER AND THE LOW 70S AT THE NE FL COAST
AND COOL FURTHER INLAND INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S OVER INLAND NE FL
AND THE LOW 60S OVER INLAND SE GA.
MONDAY, THE CLOSED MID TO UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT NORTH AND WEST ONTO
THE CAROLINA COAST AS RIDGING ALOFT OVER THE MIDWEST SHIFTS INTO
THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE SURFACE WEAK COASTAL LOW WILL INCH ITS
WAY FROM THE GULF STREAM BEYOND THE GA WATERS TOWARDS THE CAROLINA
OFFSHORE WATERS. THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX SOME AS THE
LOW POSITIONS MORE NORTH OF THE LOCAL WATERS. OVERALL LESS COASTAL
SHOWERS OVER THE WATERS WILL MOVE ONSHORE WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND AN ISOLATED T'STORM OVER THE NE FL COAST AND ST JOHNS RIVER
BASIN DRYING OUT BEFORE REACHING BEYOND HIGHWAY 301 DUE TO TOO MUCH
DRY AIR INLAND. THE NNE WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN OVER THE WEEKEND
AT THE COAST 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH AND 10-15 MPH INLAND. SKIES
WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY WEST OF I-95.
HIGHS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE LOW 80S AT THE IMMEDIATE
COAST, WARM TO THE MID 80S ALONG I-95 AND INTO THE UPPER 80S
FURTHER INLAND BEYOND THE ST JOHNS RIVER IN NE FL AND HIGHWAY 301
IN SE GA.
MONDAY NIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED WITH ONLY ISOLATED COASTAL
SHOWERS OVER THE WATERS THAT WILL MOSTLY STAY OFFSHORE EXCEPT FOR
FLAGLER COUNTY SOUTHWARD. LOWS WILL TUMBLE INTO THE MID 60S FOR
MOST INLAND LOCATIONS, THE UPPER 60S ALONG I-95 AND THE LOW 70S
AT THE NE FL COAST WITH COASTAL WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5-10 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
LONG TERM
(TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 109 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
NEXT WEEK, THE SURFACE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE FROM THE NORTHEAST
WITH A GRADUAL EASING OF THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT AS THE COASTAL
LOW DRIFTS NORTHWARD OFF OF THE EAST COAST AND ONLY WEAK COASTAL
TROUGHING OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS IN ITS WAKE WITH LOW TO MID LEVEL
RIDGING OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. THIS WILL LET DRY SUBSIDENT AIR TO
FLOW IN FROM THE NORTH IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. A MORE MOIST
LOW LEVEL AIRMASS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL OCCASIONALLY BRING IN
ISOLATED COASTAL SHOWERS MAINLY SOUTH OF ST AUGUSTINE AND INTO THE
SOUTHERN ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN THROUGH THURSDAY. FRIDAY, AN UPSTREAM
MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS THE MIDWEST INTO THE
OH VALLEY WITH SHORTWAVE ENERGY FROM THE EASTERN GULF LIFTING NE
IN RESPONSE TO THE UPSTREAM APPROACHING TROUGH. THIS WILL LIFT A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY NORTHWARD ALONG THE FL PENINSULA AND SPREAD MORE
SHOWERS INTO SOUTHERN ZONES FRIDAY AND POTENTIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND WITH A RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL RETURNING
TO OUR AREA. WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST WILL BECOME MORE ENE 10-15
MPH AT THE COAST AND 5-10 MPH INLAND.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL DURING THE PERIOD
AT THE COAST, BUT WARM TO NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL INLAND
THROUGH THE WEEK WITH LOW 90S AGAIN OVER INLAND SE GA AND THE
SUWANNEE VALLEY BY MIDWEEK. LOWS WILL BE GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL
DUE TO DRIER AIR INLAND WITH MID 60S FOR SE GA AND THE SUWANNEE
VALLEY AND LOW 70S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE NE FL COASTLINE.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 700 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
VFR CLOUDS/STRATOCUMULUS AT THIS TIME WITH LOWEST BASES 2-3 KFT,
BUT THERE IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND DAYTIME HEATING TO
INCREASE COVERAGE TO MVFR CIGS AT TIMES FOR JAX, CRG, VQQ, AND
SGJ. MORE PREVAILING MVFR CIGS EXPECTED AT SGJ FOR TODAY. FOR GNV
AND SSI LESS CHANCES, BUT AT THIS TIME NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE
ANY TEMPO GROUPS OF MVFR CIG. CHANCES OF MVFR CIGS ARE REDUCED
AFTER ABOUT 18Z-19Z, EXCEPT FOR SGJ. MVFR CIG COULD RETURN AT
TIMES LATER FOR CRG.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY NEAR AND SOUTH
OF CRG TODAY, AND HAVE CONTINUED TO MENTION VCSH FOR MOST OF THE
DUVAL COUNTY TAFS, AND THEN FOR SGJ WE HAVE A PROB30 GROUP FOR
SHRA 15-19Z. SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY FROM THE NORTH-
NORTHEAST WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS INCREASING UP TO 15-20 KNOTS AND
GUSTY. SPEEDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER 22Z AT THE REGIONAL
TERMINALS AND THEN FURTHER REDUCTIONS OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER, SGJ IS
LIKELY TO SEE THE GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
MARINE
ISSUED AT 109 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
HIGH PRESSURE OVER NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE TO WEDGE DOWN THE
SOUTHEASTERN SEABOARD THIS WEEKEND, WHILE COASTAL TROUGHING
REMAINS SITUATED OVER OUR NEAR SHORE WATERS. MEANWHILE, A WEAK
WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY
NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS TODAY. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL
CREATE STRENGTHENING NORTH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS OUR LOCAL
WATERS TODAY, WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. SHOWERS AND A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS OUR LOCAL WATERS
THIS WEEKEND. WEAK LOW PRESSURE MAY LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE GULF
STREAM WATERS OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN SEABOARD EARLY NEXT WEEK,
KEEPING BREEZY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, ELEVATED SEAS, AND CHANCES FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE ACROSS OUR REGION.
RIP CURRENTS: STRONG NE FLOW WILL CONTINUE A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SURF/BREAKERS BUILDING TO 4-6
FT, WITH POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONDITIONS BY LATER
TODAY AS SURF/BREAKERS MAY APPROACH 7 FEET.
HYDROLOGY
ISSUED AT 109 AM EDT SAT SEP 13 2025
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING/COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND DURING EACH HIGH TIDE CYCLE ALONG THE NE FL
BEACHFRONT AND ALONG THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN AS STRONG NE FLOW
CONTINUES. LATEST PETSS GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE SE GA AND NASSAU
COUNTY COASTAL AREAS WILL ALSO REACH MINOR COASTAL FLOOD LEVELS
AROUND 2 FT MHHW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE CYCLE TODAY
AND WILL POST COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THESE AREAS FROM 11 AM TO
4 PM TODAY TO HANDLE THIS MORE BRIEF MINOR FLOOD EVENT. FOR NOW
PEAK HIGH TIDES ALONG THE NE FL COAST SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 2.5 FT
MHHW AND BELOW 2 FT MHHW IN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER BASIN, WITH ONLY
SOME LOCALLY MODERATE PEAK FLOOD LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON, SO WILL
HOLD OFF ON ANY COASTAL FLOOD WARNING UPGRADE WITH THIS PACKAGE.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 86 60 86 59 / 0 0 0 0
SSI 82 69 82 69 / 10 30 20 10
JAX 84 67 85 66 / 10 20 30 10
SGJ 83 71 84 72 / 40 40 50 20
GNV 88 65 89 64 / 10 10 20 0
OCF 86 66 86 66 / 20 10 20 0
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FLZ124-125-138-
233-333.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR FLZ124-125-138-233-
333.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR FLZ124-125-138-233-
333.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR FLZ124.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR FLZ125-132-137-
138-225-233-325-333-633.
GA...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GAZ154-166.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR GAZ154-
166.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR AMZ450-452-454-
470-472-474.
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