JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This morning is mostly dry with temperatures in the 70s and 80s.
- Coastal showers are possible through midday, then shifting inland with a few storms through the afternoon.
- Temperatures will rise into the upper 80s and low 90s today.
- Less coverage of rain and more sunshine Tuesday-Thursday will give higher temperatures in the lower to middle 90s.
- The risk for rip currents will increase through the day today and persist all week as Hurricane Erin passes by hundreds of miles offshore.
- Surf will steadily increase through mid-week with several days of breakers at least 6-8′ at most of our beaches, eventually leading to some beach erosion.
TROPICS:
- Powerful Hurricane Erin is a Category 4 hurricane again north of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- Fortunately, there is very high confidence in the core of Erin remaining well offshore the eastern United States.
- Erin is growing in size, and is pushing a large swell toward the southeast coast, including all of our beaches.
- Frequent, life-threatening rip currents are very likely at all local beaches later today and lasting through at least Thursday.
- Wave heights will build toward 6-10 feet by Wednesday and Thursday. This will cause at least some beach erosion around the times of high tide.
- Higher than normal tides are possible later this week which could produce some minor coastal flooding in the flood-prone tidal locations.
- Behind Erin, another tropical wave bears watching in the long-range but it is far too soon for any specifics.
- The next name is Fernand (pronounced fair-NAHN).
TODAY: Partly cloudy with a few inland moving showers/storms. HIGH: 90
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy and humid. LOW: 74
TUESDAY: Partly to mostly sunny, breezy at the coast, isolated shower. 74/93
WEDNESDAY: Partly to mostly sunny, breezy at the coast, isolated shower. 73/92
THURSDAY: Partly cloudy and hot with an isolated storm. 74/94
FRIDAY: Partly cloudy with a few storms. 75/91
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered storms. 74/93
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered storms. 74/92
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