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Spot Forecast for Jazz Fest 2024...JFRD
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
634 AM EDT Thu May 23 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 EDT on May 23.
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...

Hot and dry weather will prevail through at least the
mid-afternoon hours on Friday at the event site. Isolated to
widely scattered showers may be possible towards sunset on
Friday evening. High temperatures this afternoon will rise to
around 90 degrees, with maximum heat index values climbing to
the low or mid 90s during the mid to late afternoon hours.
The Atlantic sea breeze will pass across the event site by the
mid-afternoon hours, resulting in southerly winds of 5-10 mph
shifting to easterly and increasing to around 15 mph. Winds
will shift to southerly while gradually diminishing after
sunset. Temperatures will continue to slowly increase from
Friday through the weekend, with highs on Friday soaring to
the 90-95 degree range, with maximum heat index values
approaching 100 degrees during the mid-afternoon hours. The
Atlantic sea breeze will likely not arrive until the late
afternoon hours on Friday, with winds shifting from
southwesterly around 10 mph to southeasterly around 15 mph
through the early evening hours.


.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23  22  17  15  19  21  27  32  31  26  27
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............70  73  77  80  84  86  88  89  89  90  89
RH..............93  87  76  69  61  55  52  50  48  47  48
Heat index (F)..70  73  77  85  88  89  92  93  93  93  92
Surface wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  E   E   E
Surface wnd spd.2   2   2   3   6   6   7   8   10  10  12
Surface wnd gst.3   3   3   6   9   9   10  13  16  16  17
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   9   10

.FRIDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  33  6   10  17  22  18  23  27  29  30  32
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............72  71  74  78  82  86  89  91  92  93  93  92
RH..............87  93  84  76  65  57  52  49  46  44  44  46
Heat index (F)..72  72  74  77  85  90  93  96  97  98  98  98
Surface wnd dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   SE
Surface wnd spd.3   3   3   3   3   5   5   6   7   8   9   10
Surface wnd gst.6   6   6   6   6   7   7   9   10  13  14  16
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   SW  S   S
Transp wind spd.8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   7   7   8   9

$$
Forecaster...Nelson
Requested by...Amanda Richardson
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2414973.0/JAX
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cwo@coj.net