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FXUS62 KJAX 091841
AFDJAX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
241 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026
KEY MESSAGES
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- COASTAL & MARINE HAZARDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS, ROUGH SURF, ELEVATED TIDES AND BEACH EROSION. MINOR
TIDAL FLOODING CONTINUES FOR THE ST JOHNS RIVER
- HURRICANE ISAIAS TRACKING NORTHWARD TOWARD NORTHERN GULF
COAST. REINVIGORATED ONSHORE WINDS AND ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT AREA-WIDE. ISOLATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS/TORNADOES POSSIBLE THIS LATE THIS EVENING
AND ON SATURDAY
NEAR TERM / TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS:
- FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST FL THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING
AND FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
- COASTAL AND MARINE IMPACTS CONTINUE, INCLUDING COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR THE ST. JOHNS RIVER. HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND
BREEZY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS FOR AREA COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT AND LINGERS ON SATURDAY.
- POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE T'STORMS LATE TODAY WITH A THREAT
FOR A FEW BRIEF TORNADOES FOR INLAND AREAS. TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 9
PM FOR HAMILTON, SUWANNEE, AND ECHOLS COUNTIES.
INCREASED EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW COMBINED WITH THE NORTHERLY TRACK
OF ISAIS IN THE GULF IS FUNNELING DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE
AREA. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS AT 230 PM TODAY
BUT WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES TO PUSH
UP INTO NORTHEAST FL AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OVER THE REGION. A
FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER ON FOR THE INLAND AREAS
WHERE THERE IS MORE FAVORABLE SHEAR PARAMETERS AND AS RAINBANDS LIFT
UP INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN FL. THE MORE FAVORED AREAS FOR SEVERE
STORMS, INCLUDING TORNADOES, IS PLACED IN FOR SUWANNEE, HAMILTON,
AND ECHOLS WHERE THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT EITHER A NEW WATCH IS ISSUED LATER TODAY
AND/OR THE CURRENT WATCH IS EXPANDED, PENDING CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION.
FOR LATER TONIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE
SCATTERED AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAINLY CONFINED TO INLAND AREAS CLOSER
TO THE TROPICAL CYCLONE.
MEANWHILE, STRONGER GRADIENT EASTERLY WINDS ARE REACHING 20-25 MPH
WITH GUSTS OF ABOUT 32-38 MPH AT 230 PM. THESE WINDS WILL TURN MORE
SOUTHEASTERLY TONIGHT AND DECREASE GRADUALLY, EXCEPT BREEZY AT THE
COAST. THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE RAINFALL IS THERE GIVEN THE MOIST
ENVIRONMENT AND SOME OF THE SATURATED GROUNDS IN THE REGION SO THE
FLOOD WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 1-3 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. CURRENT
GUIDANCE SUGGEST POSSIBLE SCATTERED FLOODING ISSUES LATER TONIGHT
AND MAINLY INLAND ON SATURDAY.
SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD: SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
- POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS INCREASING THROUGH SATURDAY,
ALONG WITH FLOODING CHANCES
SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTINUE ON SATURDAY AS TRAILING BANDS SWEEP
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA AS HURRICANE ISAIAS CONTINUES ITS INLAND PUSH
FROM THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. THERE WILL BE A POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE AREA, WITH THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL OVER
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND PORTIONS OF THE SUWANNEE VALLEY AREA AS
HIGHLIGHTED BY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER WITH THOSE LOCATIONS
UNDER A SLIGHT RISK IN DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK. BREEZY WINDS WITH
GUSTS IN 30MPH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH
PASSING BANDS FROM ISAIAS, WITH STRONGER GUSTS LIKELY DURING ANY
SHOWERS OR STORMS THAT DEVELOP. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT WITH THE PASSING BANDS. ADDITIONALLY THERE IS A SLIGHT
TO MARGINAL RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY
PER THE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER. THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SE GA.
BY SUNDAY, THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO
THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN DECREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, WITH SCATTERED
TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS REMAINING POSSIBLE ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS
SOUTH OF THE JAX METRO.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 80S ACROSS SE GA AND
THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S FOR NE FL, WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES
ALONG THE SOUTHERN COASTAL LOCATIONS OF NE FL. OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN FROM OUT OF THE LOWER TO MID 70S ON
SATURDAY NIGHT, THEN DROPPING DOWN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S ON
SUNDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THIS PERIOD: MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
- DRY AND WARM WEATHER NEXT WEEK
COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS WEEK AND THIS WEEKEND, THE UPCOMING WEEK
WILL BE QUIET. DRIER WEATHER CONDITIONS SETTLE IN AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT
WEEK WILL RISE TO BE ABOVE THE SEASONAL AVERAGE WITH MAX TEMPS
REACHING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/
THROUGH THE 00Z TIME FRAME, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME MVFR AND
IFR CONDITIONS, BUT SOME PREVAILING VFR CIGS EXPECTED FOR GNV.
EXPECT SOME OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS STARTING EARLY FOR JAX, CRG,
AND SGJ DUE TO CIGS AND CONVECTION. GOING INTO THE 20Z-24Z TIME
FRAME, INCREASING CHANCES OF MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH IFR A
GOOD POSSIBILITY. LATER INTO THE EVENING, CONDITIONS WILL BE
LOW-END VFR CIGS TO MVFR CIGS, AND STILL FAIRLY GOOD CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND STORMS TO PRODUCE AT LEAST MVFR CIG/VSBY IF NOT IFR.
AFTER 06Z, MORE VCSH/VCTS TYPE CONDITIONS WITH AREAS OF MVFR
CIGS. BY MID TO LATE SATURDAY MORNING, LARGELY VFR CIGS AND VSBY
EXPECTED WITH JUST VCSH AT THIS TIME.
WINDS WILL BE EAST TO NORTHEAST NEAR 12-20G28KT, BUT LOWER WINDS FOR
VQQ AND GNV. WINDS WILL DECREASE SOMEWHAT LATER IN THE EVENING WHILE
SLOWLY TURNING SOUTHEASTERLY BY THE 06Z-12Z TIME FRAME. BY MID
MORNING SATURDAY, WINDS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST UP TO 8-14G22KT.
MARINE
A FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WITH ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE CENTER BUILDING IN NORTH OF THE
REGION AND TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DUE TO ELEVATED EAST AND SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IS MONITORING HURRICANE ISAIAS IN THE
NORTHEAST GULF. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD TOWARDS
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TODAY AND MAKE LANDFALL TONIGHT. ISAIS
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH ON SATURDAY OVER ALABAMA. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER AREA WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT AND PARTIALLY ON SATURDAY AS TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGES
NORTHWARD ON THE EASTERN PERIPHERY OF THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM. ON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE FORECAST
WATERS PROVIDING FOR A WIND SHIFT TO WEST AND NORTHWEST AND DRIER
AIR MOVING IN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY ONSHORE WINDS TODAY BECOMING
SOUTHEASTERLY ON SATURDAY WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
ROUGH SURF. HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND WITH CONTINUED BREEZY/WINDS, AND LINGERING ROUGH
SURF AT TIMES ON SUNDAY AS WINDS TURN SOUTHWEST.
FIRE WEATHER
- PATCHY HIGH DISPERSIONS SUNDAY
WAVES OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AS TRAILING BANDS FROM HURRICANE ISAIAS SWEEP ACROSS THE
AREA. BREEZY CONDITIONS ALSO IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY,
WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH. DRIER WEATHER BEGINS TO DEVELOP
AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA ON SUNDAY, WITH SHOWER
AND STORM CHANCES BEGINNING TO DIMINISH BY THE AFTERNOON TO EVENING
HOURS. QUIETER WEATHER IS EXPECTED DURING THE UPCOMING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION INTO MIDWEEK, WITH WINDS FROM THE
WEST TO NORTHWEST.
FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER WEATHER REMARKS: DENSE FOG FORMATION IS NOT
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO ANOTHER
POTENTIAL PERIOD OF FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY, WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL POSSIBLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
WILL OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HYDROLOGY
PORTIONS OF THE ST MARYS, SATILLA, AND TRIBUTARIES TO THE ST JOHNS
RIVER HAVE RISEN INTO MINOR FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH
THE WEEKEND MAY BRING FURTHER INCREASES IN WATER LEVELS AND LEAD TO
OTHER LOCAL RIVER RISES. RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS NEXT WEEK WILL ALLOW
RIVER LEVELS TO LOWER.
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING
COASTAL FLOODING WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITHIN THE ST
JOHNS RIVER WHILE DECREASING BELOW MINOR FLOOD STAGE ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COAST TODAY INTO SATURDAY, SO THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
WILL REMAIN ONLY ALONG THE ST JOHNS RIVER. ANTICIPATE WATER LEVELS
AT HIGH TIDE TO BE AT LEAST AT MINOR FLOOD LEVEL THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITHIN THE ST JOHNS.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 70 82 71 81 / 90 80 60 30
SSI 75 85 74 85 / 80 60 70 30
JAX 73 88 73 85 / 70 70 50 40
SGJ 76 89 74 86 / 60 60 50 60
GNV 73 88 73 85 / 50 80 60 70
OCF 75 88 75 84 / 30 90 50 70
JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR FLZ021-023-024-030-031-
035-038-120-124-125-132-136>138-140-220-225-232-233-236-
237-240-322-325-333-340-422-425-433-522-533-633.
HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR FLZ124-
125-138-233-333.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT SUNDAY FOR FLZ125-132-
137-225-325-633.
GA...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR GAZ154-
166.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GAZ132>136-149-
151>154-162-163-165-166-250-264-350-364.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR AMZ450-452-454-
470-472-474.
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