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Spot Forecast for Saint Simons Sound Incident Forecast #45...NOAA
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
221 AM EDT Fri Sep 20 2019

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0300 EDT on September 20.
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...
Windy conditions will continue today with east winds at 15-20 knots,
and gusts up to around 25 knots. A chance of showers are expected through
the day...moving in off the Atlantic waters. A small craft advisory is in
effect for the nearshore waters. Seas will be around 2 feet over the
St Simons Sound.

Tides at St. Simons Island Lighthouse (FT datum MLLW)

09/20> Low  6:45 AM  1.19 | High 12:54 PM   7.33
       Low  7:20 PM  1.70 |
09/21> High 1:19 AM  6.43 | Low   7:37 AM   1.27
       High 1:48 AM  7.38 | Low   8:22 PM   1.78


.TODAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........74  66  66  68  69  67  71  75  70  74  79  88
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  30  30  30  40  40  30  40  40  40  30
Temp............74  74  74  76  78  80  81  82  82  82  82  81
RH..............84  84  84  76  71  67  67  65  67  67  65  67
SFC wnd dir.....E   NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.15  14  16  14  14  16  15  15  17  16  16  18
SFC wnd gst.....20  20  17  17  19  22  21  21  24  22  22  25
Wave period (s).3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Wave height (ft)2   2   1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........83  80  44  44  44  44  44  44  35  35  35  35
Weather cov.....CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).30  30  10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............80  79  78  77  76  76  76  75  75  75  75  74
RH..............69  72  71  74  79  79  79  79  79  79  76  79
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.16  16  18  16  17  17  17  17  16  16  16  15
SFC wnd gst.....22  22  25  22  24  24  24  24  22  22  22  21
Wave period (s).3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Wave height (ft)2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2

.SATURDAY...
TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  35  34  34  34  34  34  34  33  33  33  33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   10  10  10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0
Temp............74  74  74  76  79  81  82  83  83  83  83  82
RH..............79  76  76  71  64  60  58  57  57  57  57  58
SFC wnd dir.....E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
SFC wnd spd kts.15  14  14  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13  13
SFC wnd gst.....21  19  19  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18  18
Wave period (s).3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Wave height (ft)2   1   1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...Zibura
Requested by...Al Sandrik
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 1915302.2/JAX
.DELDT 09/20/19
.FormatterVersion 1.0.26
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