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Spot Forecast for St. Simons Sound Incident #523...Saint Simons Sound Incident
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
311 AM EDT Fri Oct 30 2020

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on October 30.
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...
Northwest winds at 10-15 knots today will become northeast around
15-20 kts overnight and will remain elevated through the day Saturday.
Expect dry conditions at the site today, but this strong onshore
flow tomorrow may result in scattered showers near the incident
Saturday afternoon.

Tides (MLLW) at St. Simons Island:

Today 10/30/2020
High  8:13 AM   7.65 ft
Low   2:41 PM   0.93 ft
High  8:34 PM   7.16 ft

Saturday 10/31/2020
Low   2:48 AM   0.61 ft
High  8:48 AM   7.73 ft
Low   3:18 PM   0.90 ft
High  9:10 PM   7.01 ft

.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   3   2   2   3   3   3   4   5   4   3   1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............60  59  59  62  65  68  70  71  72  72  72  71
RH..............67  69  67  60  56  51  49  47  48  49  49  53
SFC wnd dir.....NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
SFC wnd spd kts.15  14  14  13  13  12  11  11  10  9   9   9
SFC wnd gst.....21  19  19  18  18  17  15  15  14  13  13  13
Wave period (s).2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2   4   4   7   9   9   14  18  22  25  29  41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10
Temp............70  69  67  66  66  65  65  65  64  64  64  63
RH..............55  59  63  65  68  70  70  73  75  78  78  84
SFC wnd dir.....N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
SFC wnd spd kts.9   10  10  11  11  12  13  14  15  16  16  16
SFC wnd gst.....13  14  14  15  15  17  18  19  21  22  22  22
Wave period (s).2   2   2   8   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.SATURDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37  39  49  54  59  64  63  62  61  60  59  57
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Temp............63  63  63  65  68  70  72  72  73  73  73  73
RH..............81  81  78  84  81  78  76  76  76  76  76  76
SFC wnd dir.....NE  NE  N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
SFC wnd spd kts.16  15  15  14  15  15  15  15  15  15  15  15
SFC wnd gst.....22  21  21  19  21  21  21  21  21  21  21  21
Wave period (s).2   5   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Wave height (ft)1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Nguyen
Requested by...Jackie Gonzalez
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2013106.3/JAX
.DELDT 10/30/20
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
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