SATURDAY EVENING FORECAST
Temperatures will drop into the low 70s to upper 60s before midnight with breezy winds dying down after sunset for most counties, except Saint Johns and Flagler. The winds will die down for those counties between 9 PM and midnight. We will have mostly clear skies during the day and night until Sunday afternoon. Relative humidity will stay at its peak in the overnight hours with the chance for some spotty fog. Rain is not in the forecast for Saturday evening and Sunday morning. An update model as of (11 PM Saturday) shows a small cell of rain moving through Mayport and then southwest between 6 and 8 PM.
Rain Accumulation along the coast is 0.01 of an inch for Sunday.
AT THE BEACH
HIGH RIP CURRENT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
Dangerous rip currents will loom along the Atlantic coast through Monday evening.
Please swim near a lifeguard or stay out of the ocean altogether until conditions improve.
TRACKING THE TROPICS
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is moving toward the northwest near 10 mph (17 km/h). It will likely become a hurricane soon. It will not have a direct impact on Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida.
A turn toward the north-northwest is expected in the next 24 hours (Sunday). The center of Gabrielle is expected to pass east of Bermuda Sunday night or on Monday.
Reports from NOAA and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph (100 km/h) with higher gusts.
The storm is expected to strengthen during the next couple of day. Gabrielle is expected to become a hurricane tonight or on Sunday.
SURF: Swells generated by Gabrielle are beginning to reach Bermuda and will build through the weekend.
Swells generated by Gabrielle should reach the east coast of the United States from North Carolina northward, along with Atlantic Canada, later this weekend into early next week.
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE
Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic:
There is a tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic that is producing disorganized shower and thunderstorm activity well west-southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
This disturbance will likely develop slowly with as it moves west-northwestward across the central tropical Atlantic. Long term models suggests the potential storm would move to the Eastern Atlantic coast. However, it is too early to determine where the potential storm will travel.
Formation chance through 48 hours is 0 percent.
Formation chance through 7 days is 20 percent.