Jacksonville, Fl — After weeks of widespread heavy rain at times, we are entering a stretch of mainly drier days. Action News Jax Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh says we won’t be completely rain-free, but showers will be isolated.
“They’re not going to last long with a tendency to get pushed south and west of the area as we go through the afternoon, leaving us with what looks to be a mostly dry late day commute.” Buresh said.
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However, a cool front rolls through on Friday and brings more pleasant temperatures and humidity into the upcoming weekend - the final homestand for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
Temperatures will climb into the upper 80s this afternoon, and even hotter for Wednesday and Thursday. The record of 96 degrees on Thursday was originally set in 1990.
TROPICS: Hurricane Fiona is now a major category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph (as of 5 am Tuesday). Fiona is about 45 miles SSE of Grand Turk Island this morning. The hurricane is forecast to strengthen more into a category 4 storm over the next 24 hours as it moves NNW. It will travel well east of the U.S. this week and be near Bermuda by Thursday night / Friday morning. Rough surf and rip currents will arrive at our local beaches as early as tomorrow. No local rain from Fiona. We are also monitoring a tropical wave in the North Central Atlantic that has some potential to develop briefly. A tropical wave is moving to the west this morning east of the Lesser Antilles. Some development is possible as it moves through the Caribbean this week. We will watch this one as it potentially moves into the Gulf of Mexico late next week.
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