A dry air mass combined with above normal temperatures supported an increase in wildfire potential.
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The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
A dry air mass combined with above normal temperatures supported an increase in wildfire potential.
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 Mar 8, 8:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 838 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2016 .UPDATE... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUING. THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL KEEP LOWS MILDER WITH READINGS IN THE MID 50S INLAND...TO NEAR 60 ALONG THE COAST. THIS FLOW WILL ALSO RESULT IN MORE MOISTURE...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP. && .AVIATION... PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...WITH A PERIOD OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES TOWARD DAWN. OTHERWISE...PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED THIS 00Z TAF PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 53 80 58 82 / 0 0 0 10 SSI 57 70 59 74 / 0 0 0 10 JAX 56 78 60 82 / 0 0 0 10 SGJ 58 76 63 79 / 0 0 0 10 GNV 54 83 59 85 / 0 0 0 10 OCF 55 83 60 85 / 0 0 0 10 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...NONE. && STRUBLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 330 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2016 AMZ450-452-454-470-472-474-FLZ020>025-030>033-035>038-040-124-125- GAZ132>136-149>154-162>166-090900- COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-INLAND NASSAU-INLAND DUVAL-UNION- BRADFORD-CLAY-ST. JOHNS-GILCHRIST-ALACHUA-PUTNAM-FLAGLER-MARION- COASTAL NASSAU-COASTAL DUVAL-COFFEE-JEFF DAVIS-BACON-APPLING- WAYNE-ATKINSON-WARE-PIERCE-BRANTLEY-INLAND GLYNN-COASTAL GLYNN- ECHOLS-CLINCH-CHARLTON-INLAND CAMDEN-COASTAL CAMDEN- 330 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2016 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT... MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
An over 100 acre brush fire was reported near U.S. Highway 1 north of St. Augustine near the 500 block of Stratton Road. One care was destroyed. Four structures were evacuated. The smoke plume was noted on KJAX radar.
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