AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
854 PM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011


.UPDATE...ISOLATED CONVECTION LINGERS OVER THE SUWANNEE VALLEY OF
NE FL THIS EVENING. SHOWERS SHOULD END BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND WILL
DELETE POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE EVEN HOTTER
ON SATURDAY AS UPPER RIDGE REMAINS OVER THE REGION. HEAT INDICES
WILL BE NEAR 110 OVER INLAND AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A HEAT
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF THE AREA.

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.AVIATION...

SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED AND MOVED SOUTHWEST. THE
EXCEPTION IS GNV WHICH COULD SEE A BRIEF SHOWER OR STORM EARLY THIS
EVENING. A PERIOD OF REDUCED CONDITIONS IN FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT AT CRG/VQQ/GNV. OTHERWISE...ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY.

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.MARINE...

A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GIVE WAY TO SURFACE TROUGHING
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST US THIS WEEKEND. WHILE WINDS AND WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA THIS PERIOD...CONVECTION
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A RESULT OF THE TROUGH.

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.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...NONE.
&&

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