A brush fire was reported in Nassau county and caused some road closures.
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A brush fire was reported in Nassau county and caused some road closures.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Oct 4, 2:46 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 346 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 .SHORT TERM...AFTER A CHILLY START THIS MORNING WITH NEAR RECORD LOWS ACROSS THE INTERIOR...CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEATHER IS FORECAST WITH SUNNY SKIES AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 80 AND 85 DEGREES. A CLOSED LOW OVER THE NEW ENGLAND STATES WILL DEPART OFFSHORE THROUGH THE SHORT-TERM. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES TO ADVANCE EAST. LOCALLY... INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST AND THIS FLOW REGIME WILL BRING A SLOW INCREASE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST AREA-WIDE WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN BETWEEN 80 AND 85 DEGREES. THURSDAY...THE PLACEMENT OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INVERTED TROUGH OVER THE LOCAL WATERS. CONVERGENCE ACCOMPANYING THIS LATTER FEATURE WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS WILL ADVANCE INLAND BEFORE DISSIPATING. HAVE INCLUDED LOW-END POPS FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 301...EXCEPT CHANCE POPS FOR SOUTHERN ST. JOHNS AND FLAGLER COUNTIES. .LONG TERM...NUMERICAL MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN INCREASING NORTHEAST TO EAST FLOW ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY FOLLOWED BY A DEEP AND STRONG EASTERLY FLOW THIS WEEKEND. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES FORECAST OVER THE EASTERN ZONES WHERE LIFT WILL BE MAXIMIZED. HAVE CAPPED POPS JUST BELOW LIKELY CATEGORY...AS IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHERE PERSISTENT BANDS WILL ESTABLISH. NUMERICAL MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL SPIN UP OVER THE BAHAMAS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS FEATURE ARE UNCERTAIN...ALTHOUGH HAVE DISCOUNTED THE DGEX SOLN WHICH BRINGS A VIGOROUS LOW ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. NONETHELESS... RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS. && .AVIATION... VFR TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER 24 HOURS. && .MARINE... WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE AREA. SPEEDS WILL NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS NEAR 20 KNOTS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...JUST BELOW SCEC CRITERIA ALTHOUGH THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. WINDS/SEAS WILL LIKELY REACH SCA CRITERIA BY TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH SOLID SCA CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD AS SEAS BUILD UPWARDS TO 15 FEET AND WINDS APPROACH GALE FORCE LATE IN THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. RIP CURRENTS: LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY. IN ADDITION...ONSHORE WINDS WILL NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER GUSTS. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... RH VALUES WILL BE LOW AGAIN TODAY...NEAR 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY. SUSTAINED WINDS HOWEVER WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH AND ERC VALUES WILL NOT REACH 35...THUS RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 82 52 83 56 / 0 0 10 0 SSI 79 61 80 64 / 0 10 10 10 JAX 81 56 83 61 / 0 10 10 10 SGJ 82 64 82 68 / 0 10 10 10 GNV 84 55 84 60 / 0 10 10 10 OCF 85 57 86 62 / 0 0 10 10 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && ZAPPE/SHULER/
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 432 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-051000- ALACHUA-APPLING-ATKINSON-BACON-BAKER-BRADFORD-BRANTLEY- CAMDEN (COASTAL)-CAMDEN (INLAND)-CHARLTON-CLAY-CLINCH-COFFEE- COLUMBIA-DUVAL-ECHOLS-FLAGLER-GILCHRIST-GLYNN (COASTAL)- GLYNN (INLAND)-HAMILTON-JEFF DAVIS-MARION-NASSAU-PIERCE-PUTNAM- ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-UNION-WARE-WAYNE- 432 AM EDT TUE OCT 4 2011 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... ...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL EVENT LIKELY LATE THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND.... THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT EAST COAST BEACHES DUE TO LINGERING EASTERLY SWELLS. REFER TO THE LATEST SURF ZONE FORECAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A PERSISTENT AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEK AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT COASTAL PROBLEMS...INCLUDING HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH SURF...BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING MAINLY AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...COASTAL SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION LATER IN THE WEEK. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. ECZ
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Florida Highway Patrol reported that U.S. Highway 301 was closed between U.S. Highway 90 in Baldwin to Otis Road due to smoke from a brush fire.
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