The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was a nail-biter to the end, keeping seasonal hurricane forecasters on the edge of their seats this past hurricane season. So how did they do in predicting the numbers?

Temperatures round out to the 70's today.

A partly sunny day ahead with breezy conditions and a few showers.

Thursday morning was a chilly one, yet again, in the 30’s and 40’s. That’s a 20-30 degree difference over 24 hours since Wednesday morning.

The East Coast is due for a whiplash-inducing rainy, windy and potentially dangerous stretch of weather.

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season comes to a close Saturday, bringing an end to a season that saw 11 hurricanes compared to the average seven, billions of dollars in damage and deaths and destruction hundreds of miles from where storms came ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

Two Areas to Watch in The Tropics

These current can kill you, please stay out of the Atlantic Ocean.

Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives.

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.

A slow-motion catastrophe has been playing out in the coastal North Carolina village of Rodanthe.

Tropical Depression Gordon and Potential Tropical Cyclone 8

Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast.

You’ll want to pack the poncho and hold on to your Jags hats this afternoon. While we’re expecting scattered showers and the slight possibility of a thunderstorm, game time should be mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm.

Tropical Storm Francine, TD 7 and two other areas in the Atlantic

A Hurricane, High pressure and a pesky Front bring more Rain, Flooding

More rain means more of a risk for damage, due to winds

A few isolated pop-ups are possible

Active season so far and the peak has yet to come.

Models show consistent with a storm developing in the next 7 days

Multiple counties in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are eligible for federal assistance after Tropical Storm Debby.

A hot day with the potential for tropical development in the Atlantic

Debby moves north, Another system develops in the Atlantic

Federal forecasters are still predicting a highly active Atlantic hurricane season thanks to near-record sea surface temperatures and the possibility of La Nina.

Showers taper off, muggy evening ahead

Heat Index Advisory posted

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead.

Hurricane Beryl is the strongest Atlantic hurricane reached so early in the calendar year. Hurricane strikes this early in the season are virtually unheard of when hit Grenada Monday in the Lesser Antilles.

Hurricane Beryl is bearing down on the southeast Caribbean as a powerful Category 3 storm after previously becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record warm waters.

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened to Category 5 status as it crosses islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod after 125 of the creatures earlier stranded themselves.

Light rain in the morning, stormy weather in the afternoon

Beryl has grown into a hurricane in the Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen into a major storm as it nears the Caribbean.

Watching Two Trouble Spots in the Tropics

A low pressure system off the Atlantic coast will not develop into a cyclone but rain remains

Two areas of possible Tropical development

Scientists are trying to determine why bird flu kills some animals quickly but leads to mild illnesses in others.

U.S. stocks hung around their record levels as Wall Street remained relatively quiet following another slide in Europe.

The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world’s waters for the first time ever.

The first weekend of the summer kicked off, and hundreds of people visited the beaches as the beach renourishment project continues in Jacksonville Beach.

1912 Ocean Bar & Rooftop boasts breathtaking views of the Atlantic, offering both indoor and outdoor seating. Situated on the second and third floors of a brand-new venue at Sawgrass Marriott's Cabana Beach Club, the bar presents a menu that highlights fresh seafood, an assortment of small plates, elevated cocktails, and a curated selection of wines.

1912 Ocean Bar & Rooftop boasts breathtaking views of the Atlantic, offering both indoor and outdoor seating. Situated on the second and third floors of a brand-new venue at Sawgrass Marriott's Cabana Beach Club, the bar presents a menu that highlights fresh seafood, an assortment of small plates, elevated cocktails, and a curated selection of wines.

Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina.

Natural disasters are common in Florida and with hurricane season approaching, it’s a good time to stock up on the supplies you might need.

Florida’s property insurance market is showing signs of stabilization, according to the president of the Florida Senate. However, experts fear that an “explosive Atlantic hurricane season” predicted for this year could pose a threat to that positive trend.

Scientists say temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history.

The goal is to address erosion caused by tropical storms Ian and Nicole.

Record water temps are warmer than last year and are hotter earlier where hurricanes form most often in the Atlantic's peak season.

Colorado State University’s (CSU) preseason hurricane forecast could potentially have a detrimental effect on Florida’s property insurance rates.

Clouds may spoil the view for many eclipse watchers.

North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun during a total solar eclipse.

Emergency services in Spain say four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines after falling into the sea.

A passing cold front welcomes cooler temperatures before rain later this week.

For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent.

A Warm Workweek with a Few Showers Along the Way

Cloudy to cooler this week, frost returns

A busy Atlantic hurricane season is now coming to a close.

Temperatures this afternoon are topping out in the upper 70s to 80s inland with breeze easterly winds. Rip current risk has increased to a ‘high risk’ due to the gusty easterly winds between 10-15 gusting at 25.Tomorrow: Morning temperatures will drop to the mid-60s under mostly to partly cloudy skies.Temperatures will continue in and around normal for this time of year with Tuesday highs topping out in the upper 70s to 80s. Rest of the Week: Consistent weather pattern for the first few days of the week and with the gusty winds subsiding towards the end of the week. Slight rain chances possibly next week depending on how far north the moisture can reach us here in JAXTROPICS: Tropical Depression 20 has formed in the Caribbean but no local threat to FLHurricane tammy continues to move over the central Atlantic but also no threat locally.

A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours.

Tropical Storm Philippe is aiming for Bermuda on a path that would eventually take it to Atlantic Canada and eastern New England.

Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that would take it toward Bermuda and later New England and Atlantic Canada.

Tropical Storm Philippe has made landfall in the tiny island of Barbuda as it unleashes heavy rains and flash floods in the northeast Caribbean.

Another fall like morning across the region with temperatures in the upper 50s inland and mid 60s near the coast. Temperatures will quickly warm up into the upper 80s to 90s so a HOT afternoon in store.Monday: Spotty showers possible across our southern locations Monday morning. Most of us stay dry with wake-up temperatures in the upper 60s to 70s.In the afternoon, scattered rain showers become widespread into Monday evening across our coastal locations.TROPICS: Philippe become the 17 named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, but it is no threat to land as it goes out into the open waters of the Atlantic. Ophelia continues to bring gusty winds and rainfall to the northeast, but it is on its way out!

More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents have committed to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more.

If you missed the first hurricane supply sales tax holiday in May at the beginning of hurricane season, your second chance to receive a few savings is Saturday, which comes just as a developing system is brewing in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

Florida’s second Disaster Preparedness sales tax holiday starts Saturday and runs through Sept. 8. It allows families to save on important items necessary for hurricane season.

A system

From the Pacific to the Atlantic, we are dealing with activity in the Tropics

After a big lull for much of late July and August, it appears the tropics will likely become more active.

Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall.

Forecasters at Colorado State University continue to call for an above-average hurricane season in the Atlantic.

Welcome to August, a month that traditionally features heat, storms and a big uptick in Atlantic tropical activity.

JSO said it responded to the Woodhollow apartments around 5 a.m. following reports of an altercation between several people.

Tuesday evening showers, storms, Warmer Wednesday...

It is currently moving north at 6 mph and will likely turn and stay out to sea by the middle of next week.

Something to watch in the Atlantic

The European Union has signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease concerns about electronic spying by American intelligence agencies.

The seasonal forecast, which was updated on July 6, has been raised from a slightly above-average season earlier this year.

So what do two systems so early mean for the rest of hurricane season? It’s actually unprecedented.

Tropical Depression Four formed Thursday morning in the open waters of the Atlantic.

The tropics in the Atlantic have become very active. Tropical Storm Bret formed Monday evening and a second system is becoming likely to develop by midweek. But it’s not just active. It’s historically active in a region where June systems are extremely rare.

Tropical Storm Bret continued to strengthen Wednesday morning as it moved westward toward the Lesser Antilles.

Tropical Development: One with a Number and One Taking Shape

Tropical Depression 3 formed Monday morning in the open waters of the Atlantic.

Dust from the Saharan desert is impacting portions of the tropical Atlantic.This dust is transported thousands of miles and has a key purpose in the early stages of hurricane season.

After months of gradually warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, NOAA officially issued an El Nino advisory Thursday and stated that this one might be different than the others.

It’s about this time every year where we look for Saharan dust to make its several thousand-mile trip across the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has formed in the Gulf of Mexico.

The depression formed Thursday evening.

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is underway, which means a new list for named storms will be active.

Two leading seasonal hurricane forecast groups make predictions about the next six months of storm activity in the Atlantic.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is forecasting an average 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlantic hurricane season will be.

A man was fatally stabbed Friday morning during what Jacksonville Sheriff's Office investigators described as a domestic dispute

In one week, two motorcyclists have died after being involved in two separate crashes.

A group of fish farmers wants to be the first to bring offshore aquaculture to the waters off New England by growing salmon and trout miles from land.

Weather officials say they’re retiring the names Fiona and Ian from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction caused by the most recent storms with those names.

Sunny skies and open windows today!  A steady Atlantic breeze will keep the beaches a little cooler while inland areas warm to near seasonal afternoon highs.  Cloudy skies tonight with increasing rain chances through Friday.

Florida’s Matthew Tkachuk was right at home at the NHL All-Star Game.