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FNUS72 KJAX 011831
FWSJAX
SPOT FORECAST FOR MULTI-AGENCY INFORMATION CENTER EVENT...IMMEDIATE NEEDS RECOVERY UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
231 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1500 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
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWER CHANCES WILL PERSIST AT TIMES THROUGH
TONIGHT, WITH VERY LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL THROUGH
THE EVENING. CONTINUING TO EXPECTED HIGHER COVERAGE OF SHOWERS
AND T'STORMS, BUT ALSO A SLIGHT (LEVEL 2/5) RISK FOR STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. TIMING HAS SPED UP SLIGHTLY, THOUGH
STILL EXPECTING TWO "ROUNDS" OF T'STORMS, THE FIRST BEING BETWEEN
ABOUT 7AM TO 11AM, AND THE SECOND BEING DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THE MAIN POTENTIAL HAZARD CONTINUES TO 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 5PM.
REST OF TODAY
TIME (EDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........72 69 72
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 20
TEMP............80 80 79
RH..............52 52 54
HEAT INDEX (F)..81 81 79
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW N
SURFACE WND SPD.5 5 5
SURFACE WND GST.13 13 12
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10
TONIGHT
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........71 74 90 93 88 92 89 81 84 89 90 92
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC SCH CHC SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 50 60 60 40 20 10 10 30 10 10 20
CHC OF THDR (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............79 78 73 70 68 65 65 63 63 61 61 60
RH..............52 52 62 68 73 81 81 87 87 93 93 100
HEAT INDEX (F)..79 78 73 70 68 65 65 63 63 61 61 60
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N NE N N N N N N N
SURFACE WND SPD.5 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2
SURFACE WND GST.10 9 9 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N NE NE NE E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
SATURDAY
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........92 95 89 86 90 90 90 93 94 93 95 85
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY CHC CHC CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 60 50 50 50 60 80 90 90 90 80 50
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 40 40 40 20
TEMP............58 60 61 62 64 66 67 66 68 66 65 64
RH..............100 96 97 97 93 90 87 90 84 84 84 87
HEAT INDEX (F)..58 60 61 62 64 66 67 66 68 66 65 64
SURFACE WND DIR.NE N E NE N N NW N N N N N
SURFACE WND SPD.2 2 2 3 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 9
SURFACE WND GST.6 7 8 10 14 16 18 20 20 20 21 20
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE E N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 6 8 10 13 14 15 15 15 16 16
FORECASTER...DUBOIS
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE HINDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2612249.2/JAX
.DELDT 05/01/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MICHELLE.HINDS@BRANTLEY.K12.GA.US
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