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FXUS62 KJAX 070801  
AFDJAX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL  
401 AM EDT THU MAY 7 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
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- RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 THIS  
AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, NEAR CRITICALLY LOW  
HUMIDITY VALUES, AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.  
 
- SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEAST GA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE VALLEY TODAY.  
MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE I-10  
CORRIDOR AND THE REST OF SOUTHEAST GA.  
 
- BREEZY WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY FOR NORTHEAST  
AND NORTH CENTRAL FL THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
- SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND THROUGH  
MONDAY.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
 
 
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD:  
 
- RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 THIS  
AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, NEAR CRITICALLY  
LOW HUMIDITY VALUES, AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.  
 
- SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF  
SOUTHEAST GA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE VALLEY  
TODAY. MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE ALONG  
THE I-10 CORRIDOR AND THE REST OF SOUTHEAST GA.  
 
OVERNIGHT SURFACE ANALYSIS DEPICTS A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY  
EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH  
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND COASTAL TEXAS. ALOFT...STOUT  
RIDGING EXTENDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF AND THE FL PENINSULA,  
WITH TROUGHING OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES CREATING  
FAST ZONAL FLOW OVER THE DEEP SOUTH THAT WAS PROPELLING A POTENT  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EASTWARD ACROSS MS AND AL. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER  
POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WAS PROGRESSING EASTWARD TOWARDS THE  
SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES, WITH A CUTOFF TROUGH SPINNING OVER BAJA  
CALIFORNIA AND THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. LATEST GOES-EAST DERIVED  
TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGERY INDICATES THAT PWATS REMAIN  
GENERALLY IN THE 1 - 1.25 INCH RANGE ACROSS OUR AREA, WITH  
HIGHER VALUES OF 1.5 - 1.75 INCHES LOCATED JUST UPSTREAM FROM  
OUR AREA ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN GA. A  
CIRROSTRATUS SHIELD EMANATING FROM WIDESPREAD CONVECTION OVER  
SOUTHERN AL AND CENTRAL GA HAS OVERSPREAD MOST OF SOUTHEAST GA  
AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST FL, WITH THINNER CIRRUS NOTED  
ELSEWHERE. LOWER STRATUS CEILINGS WERE OTHERWISE DEVELOPING OVER  
THE NORTHERN SUWANNEE VALLEY BENEATH THE THINNER CIRRUS SHIELD.  
A SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE OF 5-10 MPH AT MOST LOCATIONS  
WAS KEEPING TEMPERATURES MOSTLY IN THE 70-75 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS  
OUR AREA AT 07Z, EXCEPT MID TO UPPER 60S IN THE SUWANNEE  
VALLEY. DEWPOINTS WERE IN THE 60S AREA-WIDE.  
 
TROUGHING WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TOWARDS  
NEW ENGLAND TODAY, WHICH WILL SERVE TO GRADUALLY FLATTEN THE  
STOUT RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEAST GULF AND FL PENINSULA. FAST ZONAL  
FLOW IN BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL PROPEL THE POTENT  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS  
THE DEEP SOUTH EASTWARD ACROSS GA THIS MORNING, WITH ANOTHER  
SHORTWAVE CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SHIFTING  
ACROSS THE OZARKS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN ACROSS THE  
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATER THIS AFTERNOON  
AND EVENING. MEANWHILE, A 140-KNOT JET STREAK BASED AT 250  
MILLIBARS (AROUND 35,000 FEET) WILL BECOME ORIENTED ACROSS THE  
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS, WHICH WILL  
INCREASE DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVER SOUTHEAST GA TODAY. COLD POOLS  
EMANATING FROM CLUSTERS OF ONGOING STRONG CONVECTION OVER  
CENTRAL GA AND SOUTHERN AL SHOULD PUSH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
ACROSS THE OCMULGEE, ALTAMAHA AND ALAPAHA RIVERS JUST BEFORE  
SUNRISE, WITH STRONG TO ISOLATED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DOWNBURST WINDS OF 40- 60 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTING STRIKES THIS  
MORNING FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF WAYCROSS IN INLAND SOUTHEAST GA.  
JUST ENOUGH HELICITY MAY BE IN PLACE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TO  
FORM WITHIN ANY SUPERCELLS THAT CROSS INTO INTERIOR SOUTHEAST GA  
THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE, LOW STRATUS CEILINGS MAY EXPAND ACROSS  
THE SUWANNEE VALLEY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT UPSTREAM  
THICKER CIRROSTRATUS SHOULD PREVENT DENSE FOG FORMATION.  
 
OUR LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AHEAD OF THE  
APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TODAY, WITH BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY  
WINDS AND THINNING CIRRUS BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS  
INCREASING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS, PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS  
EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 THIS AFTERNOON, WHERE BREAKS IN THE  
CLOUD COVER WILL BOOST HIGHS TO THE MID AND POSSIBLY UPPER 90S  
(SEE "CLIMATE" SECTION BELOW FOR DETAILS ON RECORD HIGHS FOR  
TODAY). FREQUENT GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH, DEWPOINTS CRASHING TO  
AROUND 60 THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL CREATE NEAR CRITICALLY LOW  
HUMIDITY VALUES, AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE PROMPTED  
THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR THESE AREAS, AND AN  
ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REST OF  
NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FL AS WELL AS COASTAL SOUTHEAST GA,  
WHERE HIGHS WILL LIKELY CLIMB TO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S, AND  
BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BEFORE NOON  
TODAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES ALONG THE I-95  
CORRIDOR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DEWPOINTS MIX OUT DURING  
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  
 
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON REMAINS UNCERTAIN AS THE  
PRIMARY SHORTWAVE EXITS COASTAL SOUTHEAST GA. HOWEVER, DEEP  
MOISTURE POOLING ALONG THE DECELERATING FRONTAL BOUNDARY,  
FEATURING PWATS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES, WILL TRAVERSE SOUTHEAST  
GA AND THE I-10 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY  
EVENING HOURS. ML CAPE VALUES MAY RISE TO AROUND 1,500 J/KG  
ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AND THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AHEAD OF THE FRONT,  
AND A LINGERING 40-45 KNOT WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL JET  
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHOULD PUSH A  
BROKEN CONVECTIVE LINE OR CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AND POSSIBLY THE I-10 CORRIDOR  
THIS AFTERNOON, WITH ACTIVITY LIKELY WEAKENING AS IT ENCOUNTERS  
THE MORE STABLE AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH RIDGING OVER THE FL  
PENINSULA BY SUNSET. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCREASED  
THE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO "SLIGHT" (LEVEL  
2 OUT OF 5) FOR AREAS FROM LAKE CITY TO WAYCROSS AND POINTS  
WESTWARD, WITH A "MARGINAL" RISK (LEVEL 1 OUT OF 5) REMAINING IN  
PLACE TODAY ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AND THE I-10  
CORRIDOR. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 40-60 MPH AND FREQUENT  
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITHIN STRONGER  
STORMS THAT WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE EXPECTED BROKEN LINE OR  
CLUSTERS OF CONVECTION THAT WILL BE TRAVERSING SOUTHEAST GA AND  
POSSIBLY THE I-10 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH AROUND SUNSET.  
 
COLD POOLS COULD PUSH CONVECTION JUST SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR  
EARLY THIS EVENING, BUT ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY WANE ACROSS OUR  
AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY  
ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AFTER MIDNIGHT, REACHING THE FL/GA BORDER  
TOWARDS SUNRISE ON FRIDAY. A NORTHERLY BREEZE AND COOL AIR  
ADVECTION DEVELOPING DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS WILL DROP LOWS TO  
THE LOWER 60S BY AROUND SUNRISE ON FRIDAY FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST  
GA, WITH MID TO UPPER 60S FOR COASTAL SOUTHEAST GA. LOWER 70S  
ARE FORECAST FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE DECELERATING FRONTAL  
BOUNDARY FROM THE I-10 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD, WHERE MULTI-LAYERERED  
CLOUD COVER WILL THICKEN OVERNIGHT.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/
 
 
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD:  
 
- ISOLATED SHOWER/T'STORM CHANCES FRIDAY, MORE NUMEROUS  
SATURDAY.  
 
THE PREVIOUS FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL JUST SOUTH OF  
THE REGION ON FRIDAY, WHICH WILL BRING MORE OF AN ONSHORE  
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW AS WELL AS SOME DRIER AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS  
ACROSS SOUTHEAST GA AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE  
NORTH. MOST OF THE AREA WILL HAVE LOW CHANCES (UNDER 15%) OF ANY  
SHOWERS AND T'STORMS JUST BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH THE GREATEST  
POTENTIAL BEING AREAS FURTHEST SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING HOURS AS THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY PUSHES INLAND.  
ELSEWHERE, ONLY SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COOLER BEHIND THE BOUNDARY  
WITH PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL BE  
MAINLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S NORTH OF ABOUT I- 10, WITH  
UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S SOUTH DESPITE SOME OF THE HIGHER CLOUD  
COVER.  
 
MID LEVEL FLOW ABOVE THE BOUNDARY BECOMES MORE ACTIVE FRIDAY  
NIGHT AND THROUGHOUT SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT, WHICH WILL  
RESULT IN PERIODS OF MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SOME ISOLATED  
EMBEDDED T'STORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT  
MORE NUMEROUS ACTIVITY COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT  
OVER INLAND GA, WITH THESE "WAVES" OF RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED  
CONVECTION SPREADING FURTHER SOUTHWARD INTO SATURDAY AS WELL.  
HIGHEST COVERAGE AS WELL AS QPF AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE ACROSS  
SOUTHEAST GA WHERE THE MORE FAVORABLE UPPER SUPPORT WILL BE,  
WHICH COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 0.5-0.75 IN SOME AREAS DURING THE  
FRIDAY NIGHT - SATURDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. THIS WILL TREND CLOSER  
TO THE 0.25-0.5 RANGE FOR MOST OF NORTHEAST FL. HIGH TEMPS  
SATURDAY WILL BE SIMILARLY IN THE LOW TO MID 80S NORTH AND UPPER  
80S TO LOW 90S SOUTH. LOWS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S TO LOW 70S  
BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
 
 
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD:  
 
- UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
- DRIER CONDITIONS LOOK TO RETURN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MEANDER NEAR THE REGION FOR LATE IN THE  
WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK, PERSISTING PERIODS OF SHOWERS  
AND ISOLATED T'STORMS BEFORE A STRONGER BOUNDARY WITH MORE  
SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT LOOKS TO DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD  
MONDAY. THIS COULD RETURN HIGHER POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE  
T'STORMS MONDAY, BUT ALSO HAVE ENOUGH MOMENTUM FOR THIS BOUNDARY  
TO PUSH WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR TUESDAY AND INTO MID WEEK.  
DRIER AND "COOLER" CONDITIONS RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF YEAR  
THEREFORE WILL BE LIKELY TOWARDS THE LATTER HALF OF THE LONG  
TERM PERIOD, AFTER A WETTER AND GENERALLY WARMER FORMER HALF.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/
 
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT THE REGIONAL TERMINALS THROUGH AT  
LEAST 19Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IMPACTING INLAND PORTIONS  
OF SOUTHEAST GA AFTER 12Z WILL POTENTIALLY APPROACH SSI TOWARDS  
18Z. CONFIDENCE WAS ONLY HIGH ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A PRON30 GROUP  
FOR BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS, ALONG WITH MVFR  
VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS, THROUGH AROUND 23Z. MVFR  
CEILINGS AROUND 3,000 FEET WILL LIKELY PREVAIL INTO THE EVENING  
HOURS AT SSI. SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY IMPACT THE DUVAL COUNTY  
TERMINALS AFTER 20Z, BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS TOO LOW FOR TEMPO  
GROUPS, AND WE MAINTAINED A PROB30 GROUP AT JAX AND ADDED PROB30  
GROUPS TO CRG AND VQQ FOR BRIEF WIND GUST UP TO 35 KNOTS AND  
MVFR VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS THROUGH AROUND 01Z  
FRIDAY. CONVECTION SHOULD WEAKEN OVER NORTHEAST FL AFTER 01Z,  
BUT A FEW SHOWERS COULD LINGER AT THE TERMINALS THROUGH AROUND  
MIDNIGHT. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN SUSTAINED AROUND 5  
KNOTS THROUGH AROUND SUNRISE, FOLLOWED BY WINDS SHIFTING TO  
SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE, WITH  
SUSTAINED SPEEDS INCREASING TO 10-15 KNOTS AND GUSTY BY 15Z.  
SPEEDS AT THE NORTHEAST FL TERMINALS WILL LIKELY INCREASE TO  
AROUND 15 KNOTS BY 18Z, WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF AROUND 25 KNOTS  
LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST 22Z. THE ATLANTIC SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY  
MAY ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AT THE NORTHEAST FL BEACHES AFTER 22Z,  
POSSIBLY SHIFTING SURFACE WINDS TO SOUTHERLY AT SGJ. SOUTHWEST  
TO WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS SHOULD THEN DIMINISH TO 5-10 KNOTS BY  
03Z FRIDAY.  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TONIGHT WILL  
SLOW ITS FORWARD PROGRESS AS IT APPROACHES OUR LOCAL WATERS ON  
FRIDAY. BREEZY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP CAUTION  
CONDITIONS IN PLACE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS.  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON  
AND EVENING AHEAD OF THIS FRONT ACROSS MAINLY THE GEORGIA  
WATERS, WHERE STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE  
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH ACROSS THE GEORGIA WATERS AFTER  
MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY NIGHT, STALLING BY FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS  
THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA WATERS. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THIS FRONT ON FRIDAY  
AFTERNOON, WITH AN INCREASING COVERAGE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND  
THROUGH MONDAY. A ROUND OF STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WELL IN  
ADVANCE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE ENTERING THE  
SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THIS FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS  
OUR LOCAL WATERS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ACCOMPANIED BY  
ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE  
ON MONDAY NIGHT. BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS  
FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEASTERLY BY TUESDAY MORNING  
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES, WITH  
CAUTION CONDITIONS LIKELY AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS  
POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
RIP CURRENTS:  
 
BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST MID-  
AFTERNOON TODAY, WITH A WEAK SEA BREEZE POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING  
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE WINDS AND A FADING  
SOUTHEASTERLY OCEAN SWELL WILL YIELD A LOW RISK AT AREA BEACHES.  
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHERLY LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING  
AND THEN NORTHEASTERLY BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, POSSIBLY CREATING A  
LOWER END MODERATE RISK AT THE NORTHEAST FL BEACHES, WITH LOW  
SURF HEIGHTS AT THE SOUTHEAST GA BEACHES LIKELY KEEPING THE RISK  
LOW. AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE ON SATURDAY MAY KEEP A LOWER END  
MODERATE RISK IN PLACE AT THE NORTHEAST FL BEACHES, AND  
PREVAILING SOUTH- SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON SUNDAY MAY REDUCE THE  
RISK BACK TO LOW AT AREA BEACHES.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
- RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 301 THIS  
AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, NEAR CRITICALLY  
LOW HUMIDITY VALUES, AND ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS.  
 
- AREAS OF HIGH DISPERSIONS TODAY.  
 
- AREAS OF HIGH DISPERSIONS OVER NORTHEAST FL SATURDAY.  
 
A COLD FRONT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY  
TO MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, AND ISOLATED STRONG TO  
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40-60 MPH. HOT  
AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH  
CENTRAL FLORIDA OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY, WITH BREEZY WINDS AND  
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY DOWN AS LOW AS ABOUT 30 PERCENT POSSIBLE FOR  
AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF HWY 301. THE SEA BREEZE IS EXPECTED TO  
REMAINED PINNED NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST, AND THEREFORE SIGNIFICANT  
WIND SHIFTS ARE NOT EXPECTED, EXCEPT IN/NEAR SHOWERS AND T'STORMS.  
BREEZY TRANSPORT WINDS AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF  
HIGH DISPERSIONS AS WELL.  
 
THIS FRONT WILL DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH TODAY THEN STALL OVER  
NORTHEAST FL, PROVIDING CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY NEXT  
WEEK, BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS. HIGH PRESSURE  
WILL BUILD TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK USHERING IN A PERIOD OF  
DRIER WEATHER.  
 
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS: PATCHY INLAND FOG IS POSSIBLE  
THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING, MAINLY ACROSS THE I-75 CORRIDOR. GUSTY  
AND ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS  
NEAR OR NORTH OF ABOUT I-10.  
 

 
   
CLIMATE
 
 
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES AT NE FL/SE GA CLIMATE SITES FOR TODAY:  
 
THU, MAY 7:  
JAX: 94/1977  
CRG: 94/1977  
GNV: 96/1955  
AMG: 93/1962  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
AMG 85 62 79 61 / 70 30 0 40  
SSI 92 66 78 69 / 50 40 0 40  
JAX 95 70 86 67 / 30 30 0 30  
SGJ 97 72 84 70 / 10 20 10 20  
GNV 92 72 92 69 / 10 20 30 20  
OCF 91 72 92 70 / 0 20 20 20  
 

 
   
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR  
FLZ024-038-124-125-132-137-138-140-225-232-233-237-325-  
333-425-433-533-633.  
GA...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
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