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FXUS62 KJAX 101449
AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1049 AM EDT MON MAR 10 2014

...WARMER TODAY WITH PASSING CLOUDS OVER FL ZONES...

.UPDATE...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING OVER THE EASTERN GULF COAST REGION
CONTINUED TO DOMINATE THE LOCAL WEATHER REGIME KEEPING TROUGHING
WELL NNE OF THE AREA. A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOTED BY AN
EXPANSIVE AREA OF STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL
BRING PERIODS OF CLOUDINESS TO PORTIONS OF OUR FL ZONES TODAY AS
IT DRIFTS ESE THROUGH THE PERIOD...AND THESE CLOUDS MAY BRING
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN FORECAST MAX TEMPS ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN TIER
COUNTIES FROM FORECAST VALUES IN THE UPPER 70S TO THE MID 70S. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...BUT THOSE UNDER THE STRATUS DECK COULD
HAVE A FEW SPRITZ OF NON-MEASURABLE DRIZZLE WHICH THE HRRR MODEL
ADVERTISED ACROSS LEVY AND MARION COUNTIES MIDDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR TODAY WITH MVFR DUE TO GROUND FOG
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT GNV.

&&

.MARINE...TWEAKED THE WAVE HEIGHTS DOWNWARD BY AROUND 1 FT BASED
ON OBSERVATIONS...WITH FORECAST HEIGHTS OF 1-2 FT NEARSHORE TODAY
TO 2-3 FT OFFSHORE. LIGHT WNW WINDS 10 KTS WILL PREVAIL. WINDS
BEGIN TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TUESDAY AS THE GRADIENT
STRENGTHENS AHEAD OF APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM.

RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK TODAY DUE TO PERSISTENT EASTERLY
GROUND SWELLS NEAR 1 FT WITH PERIODS OF 11 SECONDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  79  52  81  56 /   0  10  20  60
SSI  75  56  75  58 /   0   0  10  50
JAX  78  52  81  56 /   0  10  10  40
SGJ  74  55  77  59 /   0  10  10  40
GNV  79  50  80  56 /   0  10  20  50
OCF  79  50  81  57 /   0  10  10  50

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

$$

ENYEDI/GUILLET