Saturday’s forecast will bring in morning coastal showers and gusty winds that will push inland throughout the day; temperatures will be slightly cooler in the low-to-mid 80s.

The disorganized shower and thunderstorm low pressure system lingering in the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t seem to be dissipating anytime soon.

Showers expected through the weekend and into the beginning of next week

While Kirk is approximately 2,452 miles away from Jacksonville, effects will be felt here by the weekend. Not your normal rain, wind and tropical event, but more like what surfers want to see: Atlantic coast waves.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves caused by it could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane.

In the Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, a low-pressure system is making waves over a large area.