FXUS62 KJAX 050204
AFDJAX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
904 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009

.UPDATE...WIDESPREAD RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS FCST AREA WITHIN AREA
OF LIFT N OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN BROAD SWRLY FLOW ALOFT. UPR TROF
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA SAT...ENDING RAIN FROM W TO E DURING THE 
MORNING...WITH PARTIAL CLEARING OF SKIES IN AFTN. LOW TEMPS TNGT
NOT EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN A FEW DEGREES BELOW CURRENT TEMPS.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. IFR CONDITIONS AT GNV AND CRG EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO 
THE REST OF THE TERMINALS TONIGHT...BY 02Z AT JAX AND VQQ AND 
BY 04Z AT SSI. THE PCP IS FORECAST TO END BY 15Z SAT AS UPPER 
TROUGH MOVES THROUGH WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO MVFR BY 18Z-19Z  
AND VFR 20Z-21Z.

&&

.MARINE...AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS COME NEWD OUT OF THE GULF TOWARD 
THE ATLC WATERS TONIGHT... WINDS WILL BECOME MORE VARIABLE AT 10 KT 
BUT RAPID INCREASES EXPECTED SAT BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE 
SYSTEM WHICH RIDES UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY 
ALREADY ADVERTISED OFFSHORE WATERS WITH WINDS PICKING UP TO NEAR 
20-25 KT SAT AFTERNOON WITH SEAS NEARING 7 FT SAT EVENING. AT THIS 
TIME APPEARS 15-20 KT LOOKS REASONABLE FOR NEARSHORE WATERS SO WILL 
NOT HEADLINE SCA THERE. 

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
AMG  43  55  34  59 /  80  40   0   0 
SSI  47  59  41  59 /  90  50   0  10 
JAX  46  59  37  62 /  90  50   0  10 
SGJ  50  60  43  64 / 100  60   0  10 
GNV  48  61  35  65 / 100  50   0   0 
OCF  50  62  37  66 / 100  60   0   0 

&&

.JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...NONE.
GA...NONE.
AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY FOR 
     ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM 
     OFFSHORE-FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM 
     OFFSHORE-ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM 
     OFFSHORE.

&&

$$

WOLF/PETERSON/PRESNALL