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First Alert Weather: Trending drier and hotter with less wind

Rising back into the 90s by the weekend First Alert Meteorologist Trevor Gibbs is tracking a late summer warm up.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Here’s what the First Alert Weather Team said you can expect in the forecast for Tuesday evening and beyond

  • Isolated showers I-95 to the beaches, otherwise partly cloudy tonight with pleasant temperatures dropping into the 60s inland to the 70s at the beaches.
  • Still an isolated shower or two moving in off the Atlantic Wednesday, otherwise decreasing winds and warming temps. with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.
  • Trending dry and hotter Thursday through Saturday with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s.
  • At least isolated showers and storms return Sunday and increase Mon.-Tue. of next week. A hot home opener for the Jags with Sunday afternoon temps. 90-95.

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Tropics

A tropical wave over the Eastern Atlantic has a good shot at becoming Tropical Storm Gabrielle, but it appears that it will turn more northward by next week. Always more: “Talking the Tropics With Mike”.

First Alert 7-Day Forecast

  • TONIGHT: Isolated brief shower near the coast, otherwise partly cloudy. Low: 70
  • WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny with an isolated brief shower. High: 87
  • WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low: 71
  • THURSDAY: Partly sunny. High: 89
  • FRIDAY: Partly sunny, hot. 70/90
  • SATURDAY: Partly sunny & hot. 71/94
  • SUNDAY: Partly sunny with an isolated afternoon shower/storm. 73/94
  • MONDAY: Partly sunny with a few showers, an afternoon t’storm. 74/91
  • TUESDAY: Partly sunny with a few showers, an afternoon t’storm. 74/90

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