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Small Craft Advisory 39, NWS Jacksonville, FL

November 5, 2013

NWS Jacksonville, FL issued this small craft advisory at Nov 5, 2013, 2:12 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2013, 2:12 PM EST (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 2013, 4:00 PM EST
In force
4 days
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 5, 1:59 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 1:59 PM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
159 PM EST TUE NOV 5 2013

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/...
STRONG E/NE FLOW CONTINUES. AFTER A BRIEF DESPITE FROM SHOWERS
EARLY THIS AFTN...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE MOVING BACK ONSHORE. WILL
CONTINUE SCATTERED POPS FOR COASTAL AREAS INTO THE IMMEDIATE
INLAND AREAS THROUGH TNGT...WITH A FEW SHOWERS MAKING IT FURTHER
INLAND. WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG THE COAST CONTINUE...AND WILL
RETAIN THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. ONCE
AGAIN TNGT...QUITE A TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PARTLY
CLOUDY INLAND AREAS...AND THE CLOUDY/MORE SHOWERY COASTAL
REGIME...WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 50S INLAND...TO 65 TO 70
COAST.

WED/THU...WHILE THE GRADIENT WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY WED...TROUGHINESS
WILL REMAIN IN THE ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WHICH WILL STILL LEAD TO
COASTAL SHOWERS. AS THE HIGH SLIDES EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A WEAK
COOL FRONT WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THURSDAY.
WILL KEEP POPS GOING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...
BUT MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD A WEAKENING BOUNDARY...WHICH
WOULD LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES. HAVE TRENDED THURSDAY POPS
LOWER...ENDING POPS FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO TREND ABOVE NORMAL.

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...AND REMAIN THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
IS PROGGED TO BE STRONGEST THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...THEN
WEAKEN INTO THE WEEKEND. THE THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY TIME PERIOD
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE ANOTHER PERIOD WITH GUSTY WINDS AND COASTAL
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...THEN RECOVER TO NEAR OR JUST ABOVE NORMAL
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...
AREAS OF IFR AT VQQ/CRG/JAX WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO MVFR LATER THIS
AFTN...WITH MVFR AREA WIDE TNGT INTO WEDNESDAY. AS THE NE SURGE
LESSENS WED...CIGS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR WED AFTN. WINDS 12-18KT
WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT THIS AFTN WILL LESSEN TO 6-10 KT TNGT.

&&

.MARINE...
AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUES TO WEAKEN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WINDS WILL DECREASE. THEREFORE...WILL BE
LOWERING GALE HEADLINE TO SMALL CRAFT WITH THE AFTERNOON ISSUANCE.
EXPECT WAVE HEIGHTS WILL FALL JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA
THURSDAY...AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WHICH WILL CROSS AREA WATERS
LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE REGION ONCE AGAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AND REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST TO BE TIGHT ENOUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
ONCE AGAIN...THEN WEAKEN OVER THE WEEKEND.

RIP CURRENTS: HIGH RISK TODAY. MODERATE RISK WEDNESDAY AS ONSHORE
FLOW BEGINS TO DECREASE.

COASTAL IMPACTS: HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
THROUGH TNGT. FOR THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE...ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL
BE LOWER THAN THIS MORNINGS CYCLE...THUS WILL NOT ISSUE A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  56  77  58  79 /  10  20  20  20
SSI  66  77  63  77 /  30  30  30  30
JAX  62  80  63  80 /  30  40  30  30
SGJ  69  80  67  81 /  40  40  30  20
GNV  61  83  61  82 /  20  20  20  20
OCF  63  85  63  83 /  20  20  20  10

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR DUVAL-FLAGLER-
     NASSAU-ST JOHNS.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR CLAY-DUVAL-
     FLAGLER-NASSAU-PUTNAM-ST JOHNS.

     HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR DUVAL-FLAGLER-
     NASSAU-ST JOHNS.

GA...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR COASTAL CAMDEN-
     COASTAL GLYNN.

     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL
     CAMDEN-COASTAL GLYNN.

     HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR COASTAL CAMDEN-
     COASTAL GLYNN.

AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND
     GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
     ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND
     GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST
     AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT
     20 NM.

&&

ALLEN/STRUBLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 5, 11:40 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 5, 11:37 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
1137 AM EST TUE NOV 05 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     COASTAL FLOOD    FERNANDINA BEACH        30.66N 81.45W
11/05/2013                   NASSAU             FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            THE NOS TIDAL STATION AT FERNANDINA BEACH MEASURED AN
            ELEVATED WATER LEVEL OF 8.59 FEET RELATIVE TO MEAN LOWER
            LOW WATER...WHICH WAS 0.75 FEET ABOVE THE PREDICTED
            LEVEL. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT FERNANDINA BEACH
            TYPICALLY BEGINS AT 8.5 FEET RELATIVE TO MLLW.

1048 AM     COASTAL FLOOD    1 W MAYPORT             30.38N 81.43W
11/05/2013                   DUVAL              FL   OTHER FEDERAL

            THE NOS TIDAL STATION AT MAYPORT MEASURED AT ELEVATED
            WATER LEVEL OF 6.52 FEET RELATIVE TO MEAN LOWER LOW
            WATER...WHICH WAS 0.56 FEET ABOVE THE PREDICTED LEVEL.
            MINOR COASTAL FLOODING TYPICALLY BEGINS AT 6.4 FEET
            RELATIVE TO MLLW.

&&

NELSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jacksonville, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 9:09 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryJAXFlagler, Nassau15 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.