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FXUS62 KJAX 281447
AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1047 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2014

...RAIN MOVING IN FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
RAINY NIGHT IN STORE FOR MOST LOCATIONS...

.UPDATE...CLOUD BREAKS THIS MORNING WILL ENABLE TEMPS TO RISE 
INTO THE MID/UPPER 70S BY EARLY AFTN WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS
15-20 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH MIXING DOWN PER THE 12Z JAX 
RAOB. UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REFLECT LATEST NMM...ARW...SREF AND
HRRR WHICH ADVERTISE REMNANT MCS CONVECTION CURRENTLY IMPACTING
THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION DRIFTING ESE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
UPDATED OUR FORECAST TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS INCREASING IN
COVERAGE DURING THE AFTN...WITH NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH
ISOLATED TSTORMS SPREADING INLAND FROM THE GULF AROUND 22-02Z WITH
80-90% RAIN CHANCES TRANSLATING ACROSS NE FL AND SOUTH OF WAYCROSS
TOWARD THE GA COAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 1-1.5 INCHES TOWARD THE GULF COAST REGION FROM
WAYCROSS TO LAKE CITY WESTWARD. HIGHER RAINFALL POSSIBLE WHERE
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IMPACTS. 

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR THIS MORNING WITH MVFR CIGS CREEPING IN
FROM THE WEST WITH SHOWERS THIS AFTN/TONIGHT. 

&&

.MARINE...SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION CONTINUED OFFSHORE FOR SEAS
4-6 FT AND SOUTHERLY WINDS 15-20 KTS THIS AFTN. 

RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK. 

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  74  60  76  41 /  50  70  60  50 
SSI  70  61  72  45 /  20  90  60  50 
JAX  77  63  76  46 /  40  90  60  50 
SGJ  75  63  74  50 /  30  90  60  50 
GNV  78  61  77  46 /  70 100  60  50 
OCF  79  64  78  49 /  70 100  60  60 

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

$$

ENYEDI/WALKER