MILD FRI. WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING WEST OFF ATLANTIC

VERY WARM SAT…. A FEW LATE DAY/EVENING SHOWERS W/ STRONG COLD FRONT

SUNNY, WINDY, MUCH COOLER SUNDAY…. 40S & 50S SUN. NIGHT – COOLEST IN AT LEAST 5 MONTHS

MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK LOOKS POTENTIALLY WETTER

TROPICS: QUIET

NOAA WINTER OUTLOOK ISSUED THU. – ABOVE AVG. PRECIP FOR JAX…. NEAR AVG. TEMPS.

COOLER TEMPS…. A FEW SHOWERS… BREEZY WINDS OFF ATLANTIC

BRIEF WARM-UP SAT.

MUCH COOLER SUN./MON.

TODAY: Partly sunny, shower late. High: 90 (record: 91 (1989))

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy, mild. Low: 71

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, a few sct’d showers, turning breezy. High: 79

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy, a few showers. High: 82

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy, sct’d showers/storm. High: 85

SUNDAY: Turning partly sunny, breezy and cooler. High: 78

Another warm day on the way today.

Heat and Humidity returns today.

Wx Meter: 10

First Alert Meteorologist: Garrett Bedenbaugh

Today: sunny and pleasantly warm. High: 86

Tonight: clear and nice. Low: 56

Saturday: mostly sunny. High: 84

Sunday: partly sunny. High: 86

Monday: partly cloudy. A few showers. High: 88

Tuesday: partly sunny. Scattered showers. High: 88

As Michael steadily recedes from hurricane to tropical storm and moves farther from the Jacksonville area, sunny skies and a temperature drop are on the horizon.

Mike Buresh checks in with an update on Hurricane Michael's impact on the panhandle, currently tracking as a Category 4 hurricane and expected to make landfall today.

MICHAEL MAKING LANDFALL THIS AFTERNOON – FL. PANHANDLE – COULD BE WORST FOR P’HANDLE – CAT. 4 – NOW SINCE OPAL – OCT., 1995

MOVING QUICKLY NE THROUGH GA INTO THE CAROLINA’S

FRINGE EFFECTS FOR JAX/NE FL. – STRONG WINDS, ISOLATED TORNADOES

MUCH NICER WEATHER LATE THU. – FRI….. COOLEST TEMPS. FRI. NIGHT – 50S – SINCE FIRST WEEK OF MAY!

NICE WEEKEND

REST OF TROPICS: LESLIE GOES HURRICANE AGAIN…. T.S. NADINE DEVELOPS E. ATLANTIC

NOW CAT 3

CENTRAL PANHANDLE HIT WED. AFTERNOON – WORST SINCE IVAN, 2004

RELATIVELY MINIMAL IMPACTS FOR JAX/NE FL BUT STILL SOME STRONG STORMS, GUSTY WINDS, ISOLATED TORNADOES