AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
955 AM EDT FRI JUL 29 2011

.SHORT TERM...SUNNY SKIES PREVAIL THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF CU EVEN OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THIS IS THANKS TO
THE LARGE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE CAROLINAS AND THE DRIER AIR
(PRECIP H2O OF 1.76) OVER THE AREA. SUBSIDENCE INVERSION STILL
APPEARS FAIRLY WEAK ON 12Z KJAX SOUNDING...BUT TEMPS HAVE WARMED 1
TO 3 DEG C FROM 750MB TO 450MB OVER THIS TIME YESTERDAY. WILL STILL
HAVE CAPES AROUND 3000 J/KG THIS AFTN...SO ISOLD SHOWERS OR TSTMS
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG SEABREEZES WITH LOW END SCATTERED POSSIBLE AT
BOUNDARY COLLISIONS OVER THE INTERIOR. PRESENT POP DISTRIBUTION
LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK. TEMPS WILL BE HOT AND HEAT INDICES WILL RISE
JUST ABOVE 105.

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.AVIATION...VFR EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF ANY TSTMS. WILL CONTINUE CB AT
KGNV...ALTHO VCTS MAY BE NEEDED THERE ON THE 18Z UPDATE.

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.MARINE...LOW WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.

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

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