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Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Today: A slight chance of sprinkles before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming west between 8 and 11 mph.  

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Forecast Details: high pressure ridge stretches from the North Carolina coast into
south/central Georgia allowing winds to become calm. Temperatures range from lower
30s interior southeast Georgia to low 40s south of Gainesville and also along the East
Coast. Satellite imagery shows an impulse moving through zonal flow aloft with middle/high clouds entering the forecast area at this hour. This will likely pause the drop in temperatures for the rest of the night as cloud coverage increases. The RUC indicates middle/high clouds will not be clearing out until afternoon. Areas of dense
fog have occurred mainly over the south portion due to moist surface layer within strong low level inversion. Fog seems to be improving as clouds roll in.

Radar shows weak showers associated with the impulse moving east across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama/ Georgia. Models often perform poorly in showing light rain or drizzle from middle clouds above 10,000 ft and this is no exception. Some of what appears on radar may not be making it to the ground and thus have kept only silent probability of precipitation less than 15% to zone forecast product for today. Maximum temperatures should still rebound into the 60s under filtered sun through the middle/high clouds.

Tonight hould generally remain partly cloudy in zonal flow with in/out middle/high clouds and expect slightly milder low temperatures in upper 30s to the 40s.

Today's Pollen Levels: 4.5 Low Medium (on a scale to 12); Predominate Pollen:Juniper

For additional information visit the National Weather Service in Jacksonville website on the internet at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/

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