Live Sandy Updates from National Weather Service in Jacksonville

 St. Johns County Office of Emergency Management

Sandy Web Briefing by NOAA 

 

ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
ST AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 20 NM-ST JOHNS-SUWANNEE-
UNION-WARE-WAYNE-
1200 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2012

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE OUTER WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

...GALE WATCH FOR OUTER WATERS THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT...

STRENGTHENING ONSHORE FLOW BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND
TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY TO THE SOUTH WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...AND ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

AS SANDY TRACKS TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS WEEK
INTO THIS WEEKEND...HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS RESULTING IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES AND POSSIBLY
GALE WARNINGS FOR THE OUTER WATERS...AND A CONTINUED HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS...ROUGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN JACKSONVILLE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV/JAX.