738  
FNUS72 KJAX 011254  
FWSJAX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR COAB WELLFEST...CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
854 AM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MAY 01.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (904) 741-4370 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL KEEP THE PATTERN ACTIVE  
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS  
WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL LINGER OVER  
THE AREA THROUGH ABOUT 8-9PM, WITH OTHERWISE A MOSTLY CLOUDY AND MILD  
NIGHT. SATURDAY, NOT ONLY WILL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND T'STORMS BE  
INCREASED, BUT THERE IS A HIGHER RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS, WITH  
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER CURRENTLY PLACES NORTHEAST FLORIDA IN A  
SLIGHT RISK (LEVEL 2/5) FOR SEVERE T'STORMS. A THIS TIME WE ARE  
EXPECTING TWO "ROUNDS" OF T'STORMS, THE FIRST BEING BETWEEN ABOUT 9AM  
TO 12PM, AND THE SECOND BEING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY  
EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN POTENTIAL HAZARD WILL BE WIND GUSTS OF 40-60  
MPH, BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. RAIN/T'STORM  
CHANCES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DIMINISH UNTIL AFTER ABOUT 6PM.  
   
TONIGHT  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........64 77 90 92 93 94 93 92 91 92 92 93  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 20 20 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 10  
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 10 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 10 0  
TEMP............77 76 74 73 72 72 71 70 70 70 70 69  
RH..............74 76 79 81 84 84 87 93 93 90 90 93  
HEAT INDEX (F)..77 76 74 73 72 72 71 70 70 70 70 69  
WIND CHILL (F)..77 76 74 73 72 72 71 70 70 70 70 69  
SURFACE WND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE S SW  
SURFACE WND SPD.13 13 12 10 10 9 8 7 6 6 7 8  
SURFACE WND GST.20 20 17 16 16 14 13 10 9 9 10 13  
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE N N N W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 8  
   
SATURDAY  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........90 88 85 81 84 88 88 88 88 90 93 95  
WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 50 50 50 50 50 50 80 80 80 80  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 50 50 50 50  
TEMP............69 70 70 71 75 78 79 79 80 78 76 74  
RH..............93 93 93 93 82 74 72 69 67 71 76 82  
HEAT INDEX (F)..69 70 70 71 75 78 79 79 83 78 76 74  
WIND CHILL (F)..69 70 70 71 75 78 79 79 83 78 76 74  
SURFACE WND DIR.SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW W W NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.8 7 7 9 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16  
SURFACE WND GST.13 10 10 12 15 17 20 21 23 23 22 22  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 9 13 17 21 23 24 24 23 22 21  
 
 
FORECASTER...DUBOIS  
REQUESTED BY...JORDAN LESLIE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2612380.0/JAX  
.DELDT 05/01/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL JLESLIE@COAB.US  
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