A squall line departed offshore during the early morning hours trailed by gusty SW winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 40-50 mph through the day that cased minor wind damage and power outages.
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A squall line departed offshore during the early morning hours trailed by gusty SW winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of 40-50 mph through the day that cased minor wind damage and power outages.
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 16, 12:36 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
1236 PM EST Sun Jan 16 2022
.AVIATION...
[Through 18Z Monday]
CIGS have lifted to VFR at all TAF locations along with Southwest
winds at 20-25 knots with gusts to 30-35 knots through sunset
(around 23Z), then a subtle decrease in winds to 15-20 knots with
gusts continuing at 25-30 knots, with wrap-around lower MVFR CIGS
in the 1500-2500 ft range arriving at SSI by 04Z with CIGS around
1500 ft, then arriving at GNV/JAX/VQQ by 05-06Z, then at CRG by
07Z with OVC020 expected, slightly higher CIGS around BKN025
expected at SGJ by 08Z. The lower MVFR CIGS will start to become
BKN around 10-12Z, then dissipate with widespread VFR CIGS
returning by 14-15Z onward with West winds generally in the 15G25
knot range.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION [847 AM EST]...
.NEAR TERM [Through Tonight]...
A shield of light to moderate rain was moving across the area
early this morning. A strong area of low pressure around 1000mb
across the western Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama will
deepen to 996-998mb as it moves across southwestern Georgia this
morning. Southerly winds will increase early this morning ahead of
the low pressure, with breezy to windy conditions expected around
daybreak. A broken squall line was developing across the Gulf and
this will move into the Suwannee Valley around daybreak, and then
move quickly across the area through the mid morning hours. Shear
was impressive across the area, with 0-6km shear 60-75 knots and
0-1km storm relative helicity was as high as 600 m2/s2 over
portions of the Suwannee. However, with dewpoints only in the 50s,
there was absolutely no low level instability away from the
immediate coastline. Guidance indicates that MUCAPE will increase
to 100-200 J/kg across the Suwannee Valley and also south of a
line from St. Augustine to Gainesville as the line of storms moves
across, and an isolated damaging wind gust or brief tornado
cannot be ruled out. 1-2 inches of rain are expected across
southeast Georgia and the Suwannee Valley, with rainfall amounts
0.5-1 inch elsewhere. Locally higher amounts are possible.
The strong south to southwest low level flow will lead to a
northward surge of the St. Johns River towards downtown
Jacksonville this morning. Guidance has backed off on significant
impacts, but minor nuisance flooding is possible in the normally
susceptible areas near the river.
The area will be quickly dry slotted by the early afternoon, and
windy west to southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph
will prevail across the area. As the upper level low approaches
from the west in the afternoon, widely scattered light showers may
redevelop due to the strong forcing. Temperatures will only warm
into the mid 50s across interior southeast Georgia to the north
and west of Waycross, with highs climbing into the upper 60s to
lower 70s towards the coast.
Windy conditions will continue across much of the area through the
evening, with wind gusts around 40 mph continuing through
midnight. A Wind Advisory is in effect from this morning through
midnight tonight. Temperatures will fall into the mid 30s across
interior southeast Georgia overnight, and the upper 30s to lower
40s across the rest of the area. Breezy west to west northwest
winds will continue through daybreak, and wind chills will be in
the mid to upper 20s across southeast Georgia and the low to mid
30s across the rest of the area.
.SHORT TERM [Monday Through Tuesday]...
Monday, the lifting mid level shortwave near the Mid Atlantic
states will be followed by a second shortwave diving SE from the
OH valley to the Carolinas that will help drive a drier, colder
air mass over the region with clearing skies offset by strong cold
air advection that will bring a chilly start to our Martin Luther
King Day Holiday with lows in the mid to upper 30s for most areas
and only warming into the 50s despite full sunshine as high
pressure builds to our west over the Sabine valley of TX and moves
east towards our region Monday night with cold conditions setting
in after sunset. The high pressure will slide east along the Gulf
coast and sit just west of the area Tuesday morning with a
combination of cold air advection, light NW winds and maximum
radiational cooling under clear skies allowing for lows 10 degrees
below normal to greet inland areas and NW portions of the
Jacksonville area with near freezing temperatures while widespread
frost and subfreezing lows are expected over inland areas around
the 30 degree mark west of I-95 in SE GA and locations west of the
St Johns River in NE FL. A sunny day on Tuesday will keep highs
5-10 degrees below average as temperatures struggle to make it out
of the 50s under sunny skies with low 60s possible over north
central FL.
.LONG TERM [Wednesday Through Sunday]...
Wednesday, ridging aloft will shift to the east coast and the
southeast states with surface high pressure moving ENE of the
area as a weaker shortwave and surface cold front develops over
the mid MS and TN valleys. The day will begin about 5-10 degrees
below normal with areas of frost possible for most inland areas as
lows dip into the 30-35 degree range west of I-95, with warmer
40s at the coast. Southerly low level flow aloft will help highs
rebound to near normal values in the 60s over the area. Light and
variable winds will become southerly by afternoon as the high
weakens and shifts into the western Atlantic.
Thursday, the cold front will slide SE over our region with clouds
on the increase with light SW winds and near normal temperatures
ahead of the front bringing scattered showers into the area by
late Thursday over SE GA with the showers spreading into NE FL
overnight into Friday as the cold front presses further south and
east through the region.
Friday through the weekend, A strong center of high pressure will
build in behind the front from the midwest filtering in another
chilly airmass that will deliver well below normal temperatures
to end the week with a potential for light freezing rain and snow
flurries over inland SE GA areas as suggested by the ECMWF which
keep precipitation over the area as temperatures fall below
freezing north of I-10 late Friday evening into Saturday morning
while GFS pulls all the precip off the coast before temperatures
fall below freezing Friday night. Cold temperatures expected next
weekend as strong Canadian high pressure sinks into the midwest
and builds north and west of our region keeping dry weather in
place with an additional freeze potentially near Jacksonville this
weekend.
Temperatures will begin near normal midweek, then fall below
normal Friday through the weekend.
.MARINE...
A strong area of low pressure will pass north of the area and
bring a strong cold front across the waters today. The front will
bring widespread rainfall and possibly a few thunderstorms. Winds
will increase ahead of and behind the front, and sustained gales
are forecast for the offshore waters, and frequent gusts to gale
force are expected over the nearshore waters. Winds and seas will
gradually decrease as high pressure builds into the region
Tuesday and Wednesday. Another cold front is expected to cross the
waters late in the work week.
Rip Currents: Moderate risk of rip currents through Monday.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG 35 53 28 56 31 / 0 0 0 0 0
SSI 40 55 34 54 40 / 0 0 0 0 0
JAX 39 57 32 58 36 / 0 0 0 0 0
SGJ 40 59 36 58 43 / 10 0 0 0 0
GNV 38 58 32 60 35 / 20 0 0 0 0
OCF 41 61 32 61 36 / 20 0 0 0 0
&&
.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...Wind Advisory until 1 AM EST Monday for Baker-Bradford-Central
Marion-Coastal Duval-Coastal Flagler-Coastal Nassau-Coastal
St. Johns-Eastern Alachua-Eastern Clay-Eastern Marion-
Eastern Putnam-Gilchrist-Hamilton-Inland Flagler-Inland
Nassau-Inland St. Johns-Northern Columbia-South Central
Duval-Southern Columbia-Suwannee-Trout River-Union-Western
Alachua-Western Clay-Western Duval-Western Marion-Western
Putnam.
GA...Wind Advisory until 1 AM EST Monday for Appling-Atkinson-Bacon-
Brantley-Clinch-Coastal Camden-Coastal Glynn-Coffee-Echols-
Inland Camden-Inland Glynn-Jeff Davis-Northeastern Charlton-
Northern Ware-Pierce-Southern Ware-Wayne-Western Charlton.
AM...Gale Warning until 10 AM EST Monday for 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.
Gale Warning until 4 AM EST Monday for 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.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
110 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1226 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ENE FORT CAROLINE 30.39N 81.48W
01/16/2022 M46 MPH DUVAL FL MESONET
MESONET STATION XJAK JACKSONVILLE.
&&
JCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
111 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1229 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW ALMA 31.53N 82.50W
01/16/2022 M40 MPH BACON GA ASOS
ASOS STATION KAMG ALMA.
&&
JCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
112 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 WSW JACKSONVILLE HEIG 30.22N 81.88W
01/16/2022 M40 MPH DUVAL FL AWOS
AWOS STATION KVQQ CECIL FIELD.
&&
JCHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
211 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM NON-TSTM WND GST JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIO 30.48N 81.71W
01/16/2022 M59 MPH Duval FL ASOS
THE KJAX ASOS MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 59 MPH FROM THE
SSW.
&&
AENYEDIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
228 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0123 PM NON-TSTM WND GST ST. SIMONS 31.18N 81.38W
01/16/2022 M51 MPH Glynn GA ASOS
THE ST SIMONS ISLAND ASOS MEASURED A WIND GUST TO 51 MPH
FROM THE SW.
&&
AENYEDIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
305 PM EST SUN JAN 16 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 N MAYPORT 30.42N 81.41W
01/16/2022 M53 MPH AMZ452 FL MESONET
MESONET STATION XHUP HUGUENOT PARK.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported tree limbs were blown down and knocked out power to homes off of University Blvd North. Wind gusts in the are were 45-55 mph. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
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