BANDS OF SHOWERS & STORMS TUE. – GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT BUT ALSO SUN…. BREEZY – NOT MICHAEL YET

WINDY WED…. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS…. CLOSEST MICHAEL APPROACH TO W & N LATE WED. NIGHT/THU.

SCATTERED STORMS TO MIDDAY THU. THEN RAPID CLEARING, LOWER HUMIDITY

NICE FRI./SAT.

TROPICS: MICHAEL HEADED FOR CENTRAL PANHANDLE WED. AFTERNOON THEN RACES NE THROUGH GA. & CAROLINA’S – SEVERE WEATHER ALL ALONG ITS PATH…. LESLIE STILL OVER E. ATLANTIC & COULD GO HURRICANE AGAIN…. WAVE E. ATLANTIC MAY DEVELOP BUT STAYS FAR OUT OVER ATLANTIC

Action News Jax Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh has updated information about the soon-to-be-Hurricane Michael. The storm continues to gather strength as it moves across the Gulf toward the Florida Panhandle.

Tropical Storm Michael is front and center as it heads toward the Gulf Coast. It's bringing rains and winds to Jacksonville as it gets closer.

MILD EARLY MORNING TEMPS. THEN HOT AFTERNOON BUT NICE EVENING AGAIN

HOT WEEKEND… MAINLY DRY SAT… HIGHER HUMIDITY SUNDAY + A SHOWER OR TWO

BEACHES NICE BUT HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK

SHOWERS & HUMIDITY INCREASES NEXT WEEK

TROPICS: LESLIE CENTRAL ATLANTIC…. POTENTIAL FOR “MICHAEL” IN/NEAR GULF OF MEXICO NEXT WEEK – “TALKING THE TROPICS WITH MIKE”

STILL VERY WARM DAYS BUT RELATIVELY PLEASANT NIGHTS – 60S INLAND

NEAR 90 AGAIN FRI./SAT. – 90+ SUCH DAYS SO FAR THIS YEAR BUT STILL ONLY RANKS 13TH ON ALL-TIME LIST

ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS MOVING WEST OFF THE ATLANTIC

BETTER RAIN CHANCES BEGIN SUNDAY & ESPECIALLY NEXT WEEK

TROPICS: EYE ON CARIBBEAN/SW ATLANTIC/SE GULF – CLIMATALOGICALLY FAVORED AREA AS WELL – SEE “BURESH BLOG”

ONSHORE FLOW = A FEW SHOWERS, WARM/HUMID

DRIER THU./FRI.

NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN ARRIVES SUNDAY

TROPICS: EYE ON SW ATL/CARIBBEAN/SE GULF

TODAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered showers/storm, breezy. High: 85

TONIGHT: Partly cloudy, scattered shower. Low: 69

WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny, isolated shower. High: 87

THURSDAY: Mostly sunny, isolated shower. High: 88

FRIDAY: Partly sunny, isolated brief showers. High: 88

SATURDAY: Partly sunny, isolated brief shower. High: 88

Lower temps, but rainy and humid to start October, as we close out an unusually hot and dry September.

HOT FRIDAY!..... A FEW LATE DAY/EVENING SHOWERS/STORMS

HOT START TO THE WEEKEND – SATURDAY – A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS/STORMS, ESPECIALLY INLAND

WINDS OF CHANGE ARRIVE SUNDAY/MONDAY – BREEZY, PERIODS & BANDS OF SHOWERS/STORMS – SOME DECENT & NEEDED RAINFALL FOR MANY AREAS

JAGS: BREEZY, VERY WARM/HUMID, SCATTERED SHOWERS, MAYBE A T’STORM

RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES, ESPECIALLY SUN./MON.

TROPICS: LESLIE LIKELY TO BECOME SUBTROPICAL THEN MAYBE TROPICAL OVER OPEN N. ATLANTIC…. KIRK HAS MOVED ACROSS LESSER ANTILLES INTO THE CARIBBEAN WHERE THE STORM WILL DISSIPATE – SEASON NOT OVER THOUGH – “TALKING THE TROPICS WITH MIKE”

HEAT WAVE CONTINUES – 2ND HOTTEST SEPT. ON RECORD SO FAR…. CLOSE TO HOTTEST(!) MONTH OF THE YEAR

ISOLATED SHOWERS & STORMS INCREASE WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK