Thursday morning is a Weather Authority Alert Day

Disruptive rain and flood advisory

A flood advisory until 7:45am for heavy rain causing flooding on roads, creeks and urban areas.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Thursday morning has been declared a Weather Authority Alert Day due to disruptive rain that will impact your morning routine and commute. Over an inch of rain has fallen in just an hour filling the roads with water. Traffic could be slow-moving as the heavy rain makes for low visibilities and slick roadways. 

The heaviest rain is moving across Jacksonville through 6 am and into St. Augustine through 7 am.

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This rain moves out quick so that by 8 am showers will be nearly over. By 10am clouds linger but begin breaking up by noon. 

A strong cold front sweeps in from west to east across the entire area returning sunshine this afternoon and boosting wind gusts oveer 30 mph from the west. 

Severe weather is unlikely except for areas well south of Orlando. 

Max wind gusts will fade as they approach Jacksonville, but remain in the 40 mph range.

Greatest impacts will come in the form of gusty sustained pre-downpour/storm winds and intense blinding rains that may last up to an hour or two and bring rainfall amount between 0.8 and 1.25 inches. Greatest threat for heavy rains will be between now through  8 a.m. Thursday.

The bulk of the rain will be pushing through our I-95 counties between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. 

Rainfall amounts are shifting around (as expected) from one model run to the next. Currently indicating about .75" to 1.5" across the area Thursday morning.

Expect drier conditions as we head toward lunchtime, with clearing skies and gusty winds. Our temperatures will hold in the 60s all day before dropping into the upper 30s late Thursday night into Friday morning. 


About the Authors:

After covering the weather from every corner of Florida and doing marine research in the Gulf, Mark Collins settled in Jacksonville to forecast weather for The First Coast.