A wildfire burned about 41 acres on Cumberland Island.
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A wildfire burned about 41 acres on Cumberland Island.
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 Jan 8, 9:15 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 915 PM EST SUN JAN 8 2012 .UPDATE... A SEA BREEZE DEVELOPED EARLIER TODAY AND RESULTING ONSHORE FLOW INCREASED LOW LEVEL (LLVL) MOISTURE ALONG THE EAST COAST. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW LLVL SELY FLOW SHIFTING TO SLY LATE TONIGHT. POSSIBILITY OF DENSE FOG IS HIGHEST ALONG THE EAST COAST AS WELL AS SUWANNEE RIVER VALLEY WHERE ADVECTION FOG OFF THE GULF HAS BEEN RECURRING OVER PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF DENSE SMOKE AND FOG ACRS WRN PUTNAM COUNTY WHERE THIS COMBINATION CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS LAST NIGHT. THIS AREA IS IDENTIFIED IN WEATHER GRIDS. ELSEWHERE WILL KEEP MENTION OF AREAS OF FOG. INCREASING COVERAGE OF CIRRUS CLOUDS SHOULD LIMIT FOG AT TIMES. ELSEWHERE A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS ACRS NORTH GA AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE IS MOVING OVER AL/GA. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE NEXT COUPLE HOURS OVER THE NW PORTION OF SE GA WITH CHANCES DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. && .AVIATION...CONFIDENCE IN LIFR OR LESS CONDITIONS TONIGHT IS DRASTICALLY WANING AS A THICK BLANKET OF MID-HIGH CLOUDS TRAVERSES THE AREA FROM THE GOMEX. PLAN ON TWEAKING TEMPO GROUPS TO SOLID IFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE...NO HEADLINES TONIGHT WITH SLY FLOW 10 KTS OR LESS AND SEAS 1-2 FT. DID HAVE TO LOWER SEAS HEIGHTS IN THE FORECAST BASED ON OBS. RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE RISK EXPECTED ON MON DUE TO PERSISTENT LONG PERIOD EASTERLY SWELLS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 48 73 49 75 / 20 10 10 10 SSI 51 69 53 71 / 10 10 0 0 JAX 46 76 48 75 / 10 10 0 0 SGJ 50 70 52 73 / 10 10 0 0 GNV 45 77 46 77 / 10 10 0 0 OCF 45 77 48 77 / 10 10 0 0 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && TRABERT/ENYEDI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 1208 AM EST SUN JAN 8 2012 FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-091000- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-NASSAU-DUVAL-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY- ST JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION-COFFEE- JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING-WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY- INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN-ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN- COASTAL CAMDEN- 1208 AM EST SUN JAN 8 2012 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT. VERY LOW VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT IN WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY DUE TO A MIX OF SMOKE AND FOG. EASTERLY SWELLS WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX. JDS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Hickory Hill wildfire had burned about 41 acres on Cumberland Island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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