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Small Craft Advisory 44, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 8, 2012

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this small craft advisory at Nov 8, 2012, 7:45 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 8, 2012, 7:45 PM EST (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Nov 9, 2012, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jacksonville, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jacksonville, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Nov 8, 1:50 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 8, 1:50 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
150 PM EST THU NOV 8 2012

...FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR THE INLAND AREAS...

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SATURDAY NIGHT)...

COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AND
THEN MOVE BEGIN TO MOVE OFFSHORE THE EASTERN U.S. COAST SATURDAY.
WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH COOL DAYS AND COLD NIGHTS THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT...
WILL SEE COLDEST TEMPS ESPECIALLY THE INLAND AREAS WHERE MIN TEMPS
WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S WITH AREAS OF FROST MAINLY ALONG AND WEST
OF U.S. 301. HAVE ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA. A WARM UP
WILL BEGIN SATURDAY AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE AREA AND
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ONSHORE BRINGING
MORE MOISTURE AND COASTAL CLOUDS.

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY-THURSDAY)...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE FOR DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY.
INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW WILL RESULT IN A FEW SHOWERS OFFSHORE BUT
LITTLE CHANCE OF ANY PRECIP MAKING IT ONSHORE. AN APPROACHING UPPER
TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO APPROACH THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT...CROSSING THE AREA TUESDAY...AND EXITING TUESDAY
NIGHT. STILL SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS...SO WILL
USE CHANCE POPS FOR THE FRONTAL APPROACH/CROSSING. NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL WARM TO ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. MONDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WITH LOWER 80S LIKELY FOR INLAND LOCATIONS
MONDAY AFTN. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT.

&&

.AVIATION...PREVAILING VFR. PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT BUT NOT
EXPECTING ANY RESTRICTIONS IN VISIBILITY.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS HAVE DECREASED AT BUOY 41012 TO 15-20 KT RANGE AND
SEAS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY 6 FT. THE SCA IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
AND WILL ALLOW TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. WINDS/SEAS WILL GRADUALLY
DECREASE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LIGHTER WINDS AND LOWER SEAS EXPECTED
THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS/SEAS
WILL INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
GFS INDICATES CONDITIONS IMPROVE BY TUESDAY AS A FRONT APPROACHES.

RIP CURRENTS: LOW RISK THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

.FIRE WX...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY AND RH VALUES
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN 20-25 PERCENT RANGE WEST OF I-95. ERC VALUES ARE
CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO BE 28-33 WHICH IS DOES NOT QUITE MEET
CRITERIA FOR A RED FLAG EVENT. WINDS AND DISPERSION INDICES ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THUS WILL NOT ISSUE A
FIRE WX WATCH. LATER SHIFT MAY ISSUE A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT TO
HIGHLIGHT THE CONCERNS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REBOUND OVER THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  37  71  38  74 /   0   0   0   0
SSI  45  68  47  70 /   0   0   0   0
JAX  39  70  42  74 /   0   0   0   0
SGJ  45  68  49  73 /   0   0   0   0
GNV  36  72  40  75 /   0   0   0   0
OCF  37  73  42  77 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FROST ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY FOR ALACHUA-BAKER-
     BRADFORD-COLUMBIA-GILCHRIST-HAMILTON-MARION-SUWANNEE-UNION.

GA...FROST ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY FOR APPLING-ATKINSON-
     BACON-BRANTLEY-CHARLTON-CLINCH-COFFEE-ECHOLS-JEFF DAVIS-
     PIERCE-WARE-WAYNE.

AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

&&

PP/MKT/SP

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 8, 4:52 PM EST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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