000 
FXUS62 KJAX 020042
AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
840 PM EDT SUN AUG 1 2004

...TROPICAL STORM ALEX OFFSHORE...

.PUBLIC...THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES QUITE TROPICAL. PRECIPITABLE 
WATER (PW) IS HIGH AT 2.33 INCHES THIS EVENING AND WET BULB ZERO IS 
NEAR 15 KFT. GENERAL TROFINESS EXTENDS FROM NEAR T.S. ALEX THROUGH 
OUR CWA INTO NERN GULF OF MEXICO. ALTHOUGH MOST CONVECTION HAS 
DISSIPATED THERE IS ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND LIFT TO SUPPORT 
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. WILL LIKELY SEE MORE BANDS DEVELOPING OVER 
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THUS WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS 
GOING INLAND AND HIGH CHANCE AT THE COAST. 

&&

.MARINE...SHOWERS MOVING OVER ST AUGUSTINE BUOY HAVE DRIVEN WINDS 
ABOVE 20 KT. RADAR SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFFECTING WATERS WHICH 
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WIND WAVES DOMINATE THE COMBINED SEAS AS 
SWELLS HAVE DECREASED TO ARND 2 FT. WILL KEEP SCEC NEAR SHORE AND 
SCA OFFSHORE.

&&


.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO FLAGLER BEACH 
20-60 NM OFFSHORE.
GA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM ALTMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH 20-
60 NM OFFSHORE.
&&

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