First Alert Weather: Increasing rain chances into weekend

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Here’s what the First Alert Weather Team said you can expect for the First Alert Weather forecast:

  • A nice night with temps. dropping into the low 60s.  Wednesday will be hot with highs around 90 degrees.
  • A slow-moving front will impact the local area Thursday through the weekend, offering a much better opportunity for much-needed rain across NE Florida & SE Georgia.  The first round of showers, a scattered storm, will be through the day Thursday, spreading into Southeast Georgia in the morning & Northeast Florida & Jacksonville in the afternoon. 
  • There will be a few more scattered showers on Friday with highs in the 80s as the front stalls near the area.  Then Saturday, a stronger disturbance that has the potential to bring significant rain & t’storms later Sat. & Sat. night into Sunday morning. 
  • There is the potential for everyone to get at least some rain from Thu. through early Sunday, with amounts averaging a half inch to an inch, locally 1-2” or more.

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First Alert 7-day Forecast:

  • TONIGHT: Partly cloudy. Low: 62
  • WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. High: 92
  • WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Becoming cloudy with a shower late.  Low: 64
  • THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers.  High: 82
  • FRIDAY: Partly cloudy, a few showers. 64/86
  • SATURDAY: Partly cloudy, breezy & very warm with afternoon & nighttime showers & t’storms. 68/89
  • SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers. 65/76
  • MONDAY: Partly sunny. 53/79
  • TUESDAY: Partly sunny. 52/83

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