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FXUS62 KJAX 102330
AFDJAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
730 PM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
KEY MESSAGES
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- HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND
- SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
- EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONTINUES. DRY & WARMER FRIDAY
THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ELEVATED WILDFIRE DANGER RETURNS THIS WEEKEND
- FOG POTENTIAL RETURNS THIS WEEKEND
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH TONIGHT:
- HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. FOG IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE SE GA COAST, ON A MOIST NORTHEAST TO NORTH FLOW.
THIS FOG WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND INLAND TOWARD DAWN. DENSE FOG
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S INLAND SE GA, TO THE
LOWER 60S ALONG THE COAST.
SHORT TERM /7 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD:
- WARMER TEMPERATURES, CLEARING SKIES, AND DRY WEATHER THIS WEEKEND
- INLAND LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG
HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINANT ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE FORECAST
PERIOD THIS WEEKEND. WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD, CLEAR SKIES,
DRY WEATHER, AND A LIGHT EASTERLY ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND WILL BE
WARMER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS AS HIGHS ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS
WEST OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S, THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURES OVER THE FAR INTERIOR LOCATIONS. WITH THE
EASTERLY ONSHORE BREEZE, COOLER MARINE AIR WILL KEEP LOCATIONS EAST
OF THE I-95 CORRIDOR IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 50S ACROSS INLAND LOCATIONS WITH
SLIGHTLY WARMER LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS. NEAR
CALM WINDS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS COULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT
OF PATCHY TO AREAS OF FOG DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS EACH MORNING
DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD:
- TEMPERATURES TRENDING TO ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS DURING THE UPCOMING
WEEK
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA LEADING TO WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS IN
FROM THE GULF TOWARDS THE FL PENINSULA THROUGH MIDWEEK AS A TROUGH
DIGS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS. THIS PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR A WARMING
TREND TO CONTINUE FROM THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL TREND WELL ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 80S, WITH SOME INLAND LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY
REACHING NEAR OR ABOVE RECORD VALUES IN THE LOWER 90S PAST MIDWEEK.
COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL BE RELATIVELY COOLER AS AS THE ONSHORE FLOW
WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING AS MUCH.
AVIATION /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/
PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECDTED THIS EVENING. FOG IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NEAR THE COAST AND EXAPAND INLAND OVERNIGHT,
WITH RESTRICTIONS AT AREAS TAF SITES ANTICIPATED. A TREND TO VFR
CONDITIONS SATURDAY MORNING.
MARINE
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL BE THE PREVAILING FEATURE THROUGH THE
WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.
RIP CURRENTS AND SURF:
ONSHORE WINDS WILL KEEP A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AS ELEVATED SURF AND ONSHORE FLOW PREVAIL.
FIRE WEATHER
- HIGH INLAND DISPERSION THIS WEEKEND
- CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITY INLAND SOUTHEAST GA THIS WEEKEND
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY, SHIFTING TO EASTERLY
BY SUNDAY. HIGH DISPERSIONS ACROSS INLAND NE FL ON SATURDAY WILL
EXPAND TO INCLUDE MUCH OF THE INLAND LOCATIONS OF NE FL AND SE GA ON
SUNDAY. AN EXTENDED DRY PERIOD WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. WITH THE DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA,
AFTERNOON RH VALUES VALUES WILL APPROACH CRITICALLY LOW VALUES ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY ACROSS INLAND SOUTHEAST GA. NEXT WEEK, THE DRIER
AIRMASS EXTENDS SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA. MONDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY, MINIMUM INLAND HUMIDITY OF 25-35% IS FORECAST WITH DAILY
AFTERNOON GULF AND ATLANTIC COAST SEA BREEZES PRESSES INLAND.
ADDITIONALLY, A WARMING TREND WILL BRING ABOVE SEASONAL HIGH
TEMPERATURES DURING THE UPCOMING WEEK.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS: INLAND FOG POTENTIAL RETURNS THIS
WEEKEND.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 52 84 53 85 / 0 0 0 0
SSI 59 76 61 76 / 0 0 0 0
JAX 56 81 56 81 / 0 0 0 0
SGJ 62 77 61 78 / 20 0 0 0
GNV 55 84 54 86 / 0 0 0 0
OCF 57 83 56 85 / 0 0 0 0
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR FLZ124-125-
138-233-333.
GA...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR GAZ154-166.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ450-
452-454.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ470-472-
474.
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