000 FXUS62 KJAX 080106 AFDJAX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 806 PM EST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...CONTINUED DRY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY... .UPDATE... RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS BACK INTO THE SERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD FIRM THROUGH SUNDAY. SFC TO 700 MB FLOW WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AND INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON SUNDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MIX OF SCT HIGH CLOUDS COMING ACRS THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST WHILE SCT STRATO-CU WILL MOVE ONSHORE AND DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES INLAND ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR. MIN TEMPS A BIT MORE MILD OVERNIGHT WITH UPPER 40S TO 50S INLAND AND 60S ALONG THE COAST. ON SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND AN INCREASE IN EAST WINDS EXPECTED WITH POSSIBLE LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS ALONG THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE ST JOHNS RIVER BASIN WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AT 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES. A FEW SPRINKLES WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN LESS THAN 10 PERCENT THROUGH THE DAY IN THE ONSHORE FLOW. MAX TEMPS WILL PUSH UPWARDS INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. SATELLITE SHOWS SCATTERED STRATOCU CLOUDS OVER NE FL AND HIGH CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. NO FOG EXPECTED AT TAF SITES DUE TO MODERATE NE WINDS RIGHT ABOVE SURFACE. && .MARINE...E TO NE FLOW OVER THE WATERS WILL CONTINUE WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE OFFSHORE FL WATERS. NO CHANGES TO HEADLINES. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AMG 45 79 56 78 / 0 0 10 10 SSI 60 76 63 76 / 0 0 10 20 JAX 54 78 60 78 / 0 0 10 20 SGJ 62 78 69 80 / 0 10 10 20 GNV 53 80 60 82 / 0 10 10 20 OCF 55 81 62 84 / 0 10 10 20 && .JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GA...NONE. AM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY FOR FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST AUGUSTINE FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE. && $$ HESS/ZIBURA/KEEGAN