467 FXUS62 KJAX 281810 AFDJAXArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL 210 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, MARINE...
.KEY MESSAGES...
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- Tropical Storm Watches Adjacent Coastal Atlantic Waters of NE FL and SE GA. Winds Gusts of 30-40 knots possible. Tropical Storm Conditions Possible Coastal Waters Beginning Monday
- Tropical Storm Imelda Local Impacts Late Tonight into Next Week. Dangerous beach and boating conditions. High Risk of Rip Currents through Tuesday. Localized flash flooding possible along and east of I-95 corridor. Monitor forecasts at hurricanes.gov
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.NEAR TERM... Issued at 209 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
A northeast to southwest frontal boundary will be stalled along the NE FL coast this afternoon and evening. The boundary will move to the southeast of the area overnight, as northward moving tropical system tracks east of southern FL. The boundary will continue to focus shower chances over mainly eastern counties, with a few thunderstorms possible. With the expected cloud coverage, Tonight`s lows will trend above normal.
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.SHORT TERM... (Monday through Tuesday night) Issued at 209 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
Elevated winds over the local waters as Tropical Storm Imelda is expected to begin a shift northeast and then east away from the SE CONUS after passing across the Bahamas late Monday into Tuesday. Tropical Storm Watches remain in effect across the local waters beginning Monday morning. With elevated winds over the waters, coastal and beach hazards are expected through the day on Monday and into Tuesday, with High risk for life-threatening rip currents and High surf likely with larger waves further offshore. Additionally showers from the outer bands of the tropical system will look to push along coastal locations and some activity possibly making their way towards inland locations past the I-95 corridor.
Tuesday, Hazards along the local waters and coastal locations will continue as winds will remain elevated as Tropical Storm Imelda will be moving away from the coast and the reinforced ridge over the area will persist breezy conditions. Drier air filtering into the area from the north-northwest will work to limit the chances of precipitation along inland locations, but coastal locations will likely still see some showers and occasional thunderstorms with the north-northeasterly flow along the coast.
Monday/Tuesday...Daytime highs in the 80s, upper 80s for inland locations of NE FL. Overnight Lows in upper 60s over SE GA and Suwannee Valley region, with the remainder of locations in the lower 70s.
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.LONG TERM... (Wednesday through next Sunday) Issued at 209 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
Drier air will continue to settle into the region midweek as Tropical Storm Imelda continues to move away from the CONUS. Scattered chances of showers and isolated storms along the coast as north-northeasterly onshore flow will continue to bring in moisture from the Atlantic through the remainder of the week. With the continuing northeasterly onshore flow, we could still see impacts to the coast and local waters during the later half of the upcoming week. Temperature highs will trend down to the upper 70s and lower 80s by midweek, but begin to tick upward by the weekend with most locations in the 80s.
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.AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 209 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
Occasional MVFR cigs along the TAF sites with chances of showers increasing for coastal TAFs. The chance of MVFR cigs will continue tonight, so kept the mention of prevailing MVFR. Inland sites may see IFR possibility with scattered decks below 1 kft and lower vsby as Fog develops during the overnight hours. Winds ease a bit overnight but will likely pick up once again by the early daytime hours on Monday.
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.MARINE... Issued at 209 PM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
A frontal zone will be located across the waters through Tonight into Monday. Northward moving Tropical depression number 9 will be east of Cape Canaveral Monday evening. The depression will then begin to track to the northeast, then east Tuesday into Tuesday night. Elevated winds and seas are expected as the system passes by.
Interests should continue to monitor the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center.
High pressure will strengthen to the north northeast later in the week, leading to a period of elevated conditions in what will become a persistent onshore flow.
Rip currents: Increasing onshore flow and building surf will lead to higher rip current risk today and continuing into next week as surf continues to build. There is a good chance of high surf for area beaches sometime on Monday which will likely continue into at least mid week. Surf builds up to the 7-10 ft range and could be higher in some spots. Peak wave heights generally occur in the Monday night through Tuesday evening time frame.
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.HYDROLOGY/COASTAL FLOODING POTENTIAL... Issued at 225 AM EDT Sun Sep 28 2025
Mostly a marginal risk of excessive rainfall for the coastal areas through Tuesday. Highest rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches are possible for the coast with locally higher of about 4 inches.
Coastal flooding potential: Coastal water levels will be rising Monday through Wednesday. PETSS mean water level guidance generically shows only minor tidal flooding concerns while localized spots could see slightly higher potential. Current forecasts show up to about 2 ft MHHW at the coast and 1-2 ft MHHW for the St Johns River Basin and Intracoastal Waterway.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 88 69 82 67 / 0 20 50 10 SSI 84 73 81 71 / 40 70 70 60 JAX 87 72 84 71 / 40 50 70 40 SGJ 86 73 84 72 / 50 60 70 60 GNV 90 70 87 70 / 20 20 50 10 OCF 89 72 87 72 / 30 10 40 10
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.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...High Rip Current Risk through Wednesday evening for FLZ124-125- 138-233-333.
GA...High Rip Current Risk through Wednesday evening for GAZ154-166.
AM...Tropical Storm Watch for AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474.
Small Craft Advisory from 2 AM Monday to 4 AM EDT Thursday for AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474.
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