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FXUS62 KJAX 170550
AFDJAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1250 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2026
KEY MESSAGES
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- LOCALLY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY MORNING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
- ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK AT AREA BEACHES TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.
- ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
- EXTREME DROUGHT PREVAILS ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
A 1025 MB HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SITUATED AROUND THE NC OUTER
BANKS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST TODAY, CAUSING OUR
LOW LEVEL WINDS TO TRANSITION FROM NORTHEAST-EAST TO EAST AND
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY, PROVIDING FOR A GRADUAL WARMING TREND.
WIND SPEEDS TODAY, AT MOST, 10-15 MPH, BUT MAINLY 5-10 MPH. A RIDGE
ALOFT WILL ALSO ENSURE FOR DRY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST TODAY SUPPORTING
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES EXCEPT FOR SOME CUMULUS AND HIGH CLOUDS. HIGHS
TREND TO GENERALLY THE MID TO UPPER 70S FOR INLAND NORTHEAST FL,
LOWER 70S FOR SOUTHEAST GA, AND PROBABLY CONFINED TO THE 60S ALONG
THE COAST DUE TO THE COOL SHELF WATERS IN THE 50S. PATCHY FOG
HAS DEVELOPED INLAND SOUTHEAST GA THIS MORNING WHICH SHOULD
DISSIPATE BY ABOUT 8 AM.
TONIGHT, THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SHIFT
EAST AND SOUTHEAST. LOW LEVEL WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE
EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY. MOIST GROUNDS FROM THE RECENT
RAINFALL, LIGHT WINDS, AND MID LEVEL DRY AIR WILL PROBABLY SUPPORT
SOME PATCHY RADIATION FOG AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT, MAINLY
INLAND. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A GREAT SETUP YET FOR SEA FOG OVER
NEARSHORE WATERS AND IMMEDIATE COAST GIVEN THE DEWPOINTS ARE NOT
HIGH ENOUGH BUT WILL MONITOR GUIDANCE FOR ANY CHANGES. LOWS
MAINLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S, WITH SOME MID 50S ALONG
THE COAST.
SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WEDNESDAY WILL
CONTINUE TO NUDGE FURTHER EASTWARD/SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REST OF
THE SHORT TERM PERIOD, WITH A PREVAILING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND VERY
WARM CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. SOME GUIDANCE HAS BEEN A BIT MORE
AGGRESSIVE WITH RESPECT TO SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AFFECTING
INLAND AREAS, ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING THANKS TO
A WEAK/DIFFUSE BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE REGION, HOWEVER GIVEN
THE SYNOPTIC SETUP AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS, OPTED TO
KEEP CONDITIONS DRY FOR ALL AREAS WEDNESDAY AND ONLY SLIGHT
CHANCE POPS OVER INLAND AREAS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.
HIGH TEMPS WILL BE VERY WARM ON WEDNESDAY - IN THE 70S TO LOW
80S, BUT EVEN WARMER AND CLOSER TO RECORD MAXIMUMS ON THURSDAY
WITH WIDESPREAD TEMPS IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S EXPECTED
EXCEPT NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. MIN TEMPS WILL BE MILD AS WELL,
IN THE 50S THURSDAY MORNING AND UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S FRIDAY
MORNING.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
THE AREA WILL REMAIN ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGING ON FRIDAY AND LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY, WITH A VERY
WARM SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR MOST IF NOT ALL OF
THE REGION. THOUGH GUIDANCE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ANOTHER
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AROUND LATE NEXT WEEK, THE
MAGNITUDE OF IMPACTS AND TIMING IS STILL VERY MUCH IN QUESTION AT
THIS TIME. HOWEVER, THE BOUNDARY DOES LONG STRONG ENOUGH TO AT LEAST
BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION SOMETIME
BETWEEN SATURDAY EVENING AND MONDAY MORNING. REGARDLESS OF EXACT
TIMING, DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS LOOK TO RETURN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK,
WHICH INCLUDES CHANCES FOR FROST/FREEZES OVER THE INTERIOR AFTER
TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE START OF THE LONG TERM. WINTER IS
NOT OVER YET!
AVIATION /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/
OTHER THAN SOME MVFR CIG/VSBY POSSIBLE FOR VQQ AND GNV BEFORE 12Z,
VFR CONDITIONS LOOK TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD WITH
OCCASIONAL STRATOCU CLOUDS TODAY AT AROUND 3500 FT. HOWEVER, SOME
EXCEPTION FOR BRIEF MVFR CIGS FOR COASTAL TAFS...SSI, CRG, AND SGJ
FROM 13Z-18Z DUE MOISTURE MOVING IN OFF THE ATLANTIC. SURFACE WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT NORTHEAST NEAR 4-8 KT THROUGH THIS MORNING THEN
GRADUALLY BECOME EAST AND NORTHEAST 10 KT TODAY. EAST AND SOUTHEAST
WINDS NEAR 5 KT EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING.
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED FROM NORTH CAROLINA DOWN THE
SOUTHEASTERN SEABOARD WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TODAY. AN NORTHEAST AND
EAST WIND EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SHIFT
SOUTHEASTWARD AND OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL DEVELOP BY MIDWEEK WHILE GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING AS THIS
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTER EXTENDS ITS AXIS WESTWARD ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST LATER THIS WEEK, WITH
A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE, MAINLY ACROSS THE GEORGIA WATERS.
RIP CURRENTS: A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK AT AREA BEACHES EXPECTED THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO ONSHORE FLOW AND SOME INCREASED LONG
PERIOD SWELLS BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUES THE REST OF THE WEEK
WITH PERIODS OF ABOUT 12 SECONDS. THE HIGHER-END RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS IS MAINLY LIMITED TO THE NORTHEAST FL BEACHES TODAY
INTO WEDNESDAY.
FIRE WEATHER
- AREAS OF HIGH DAYTIME DISPERSIONS DAILY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS IT SLOWLY SHIFTS FROM NORTH OF THE REGION TODAY TO
EAST OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY. THIS WILL VEER WIND DIRECTIONS
FROM MORE ONSHORE TODAY TO MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY THEREAFTER.
THERE WILL BE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM INLAND NORTH AND WEST ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING, THOUGH MOST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN DRY UNTIL
THEN WEEKEND WHEN THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES. SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS PICK UP WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE END OF THE
WEEK, WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD GOOD DISPERSIONS AND AREAS OF
HIGH DISPERSIONS. THANKFULLY, RH VALUES DURING PEAK MIXING WILL BE
IN THE 40-50+% RANGE DAILY.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS: SIGNIFICANT FOG DEVELOPMENTS ARE
NOT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THOUGH PATCHY FOG AND LOW
STRATUS DEVELOPMENT WILL RETURN EACH MORNING STARTING TUESDAY
MORNING.
CLIMATE
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. BEGINNING
ON FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST CHANCE OF MEETING SOME RECORDS.
THU, FEBRUARY 19TH:
KAMG: 82/2018
FRI, FEBRUARY 20TH:
KJAX: 86/1961
KGNV: 86/2019
KAMG: 83/2014
KCRG: 83/2014
SAT, FEBRUARY 21ST:
KJAX: 86/2019
KGNV: 89/2019
KCRG: 84/2019
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 72 50 76 56 / 0 0 10 10
SSI 64 52 71 56 / 0 0 10 10
JAX 73 52 80 55 / 0 0 0 0
SGJ 70 53 77 56 / 0 0 0 10
GNV 78 53 80 56 / 0 0 10 0
OCF 78 54 80 56 / 0 0 0 0
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR FLZ124-125-138-
233-333.
GA...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
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