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Eta Aquarids meteor shower will be peaking in Jacksonville, Florida on the night of Friday, May 5.

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Jamaica: An additional 3 to 5 inches (75 to 125 mm), isolated maximum storm totals of 15 inches (380 mm). The Cayman Islands into portions of Cuba: 10 to 20 inches (255 to 510 mm), isolated maximum totals of 30 inches (760 mm). This rainfall will lead to catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding, along with landslides in areas of higher terrain of Central America. Significant, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding is possible in the Cayman Islands and Cuba. SURF: Swells generated by Eta are expected to affect portions of the coast of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico during the next couple of days.

I am still researching it, but could be the worst back to back hurricanes (tropical cyclones) to hit so quickly in recorded history. Sunrise temperatures will be in the 40s inland (west of I-95 or St. Johns River) and the low to mid 50s. Super sunny skies will allow for our temperatures to bounce back into the 60s quickly, yet a chilly northerly wind will keep temperatures from rising much more than the upper 60s. Winds though will be turning more Easterly which will also bring in some clouds and by Thursday morning, milder temperatures. The onshore winds will bring clouds and a slight chance of showers with temperatures will head closer to 80° by this weekend.

Sunrise temperatures will be in the 60s and as soon as the clouds break-up, rocket well into the 70s and low 80s. Winds will be lighter and there are no boater coastal advisories this weekend. There will be a few showers (clouds too) that will blow onshore, with the best possibilities of these rouge showers in St. Johns, Clay, Flagler and Putnam counties. Sunday will be the day our weather really turns the corner, a cold front will first pump-up our afternoon highs. Yep, where you might need to layer up a little for Saturday, by Sunday, the offshore winds will warm area beaches.

Hurricane experts were closely watching the Caribbean, where Tropical Storm Iota formed Friday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Iota could bring dangerous wind, storm surge and as much as 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rainfall to northern Nicaragua and Honduras. The storm was located about 350 miles (560 kilometers) south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). Iota is a record-setting 30th named storm of this year’s extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Earlier, firefighters in Tampa had to rescue around a dozen people who got stuck in storm surge flooding on a boulevard adjacent to the bay.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Not quite April Fools Day, but it is another weird day in the off the chart year of 2020. Tricsadactaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. The good news is, Eta is out of here and brighter days and more seasonal conditions are on their way. By the way, seasonal would be sunrise morning temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. Starting off this Friday the 13th with partly cloudy skies, with a light breeze coming down the coast (northerly) we will still see afternoon high temperatures well above normal.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Duval County Public Schools students spent Thursday attending virtual classes via Duval HomeRoom, the district’s school-based online learning format, due to the predicted impacts of Tropical Storm Eta. And, as several families told News4Jax, the abrupt change of formats did not come without some issues. “Another teacher went off and did his own thing, no communication until [8 a.m.] this morning.”Another parent, Courtney Tompkins, said one of her student’s classes had to deal with technical woes. While the district chose to switch students to virtual learning in this case rather than simply canceling classes for the day, DCPS spokesman Tracy Pierce said it will not be the contingency plan for any weather-related closure. “We had the capacity to handle it this way and it made sense to do it this way today,” Pierce said.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eta was barely handing onto tropical storm strength as it was moving over Jacksonville at 10 a.m., according to the National Hurricane Center. As the NHC put the center of the storm 10 miles southwest of Jacksonville and it was moving north-northeast at 15 mph. By 1 p.m., the storm’s sustained winds were down to 40 mph as it was moving off the coast near Fernandina Beach and moving to the north-northeast at 15 mph. By 4 p.m. Eta was 90 miles south-southwest of Charleston, South Carolina. Greater Jacksonville was forecast to see gusts up to 40 mph and bands of tropical rain, but winds nor rainfall didn’t reach near those totals for most of the area.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – At 10 p.m. Wednesday, a tropical storm warning was issued from the Flagler/Volusia County line northward to St. Andrews Sound in Georgia. As of 10 p.m. the center of Eta was located about 55 miles northwest of St. Petersburg and had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. Weakening is expected as Eta moves on shore which will be followed by rapid weakening throughout Today. Tropical storms and tropical depressions are typically poorly organized and, as such, oftentimes, a freak area of torrential rains can explode rather randomly leading to extreme rainfall amounts -- amounts of more than 4-5″ over a rather short period of time, say 6 hours. As Eta gets closer, we will update this story with what we can specifically expect as Eta approaches.

The headlines are alarming, Tropical Storm Warning, the implications would be for winds 40 mph or greater (all the way to 73 mph). The reality is we will see a few gusty winds and traveling over some of the taller bridges will be a little challenging. In general, Thursday will be a rapidly changing day with gusty winds 15-20 and gusts to 35-40 mph. Rainfall amounts will be fairly light as the tropical storm quickly moves across the area. Winds will diminishing throughout the day, morning westerly winds may be up to 20 mph.

One death in Florida was linked to the storm, along with some scattered flooding and forecasters said the tropical storm was on a path offshore of South Carolina that would eventually take it further out to sea. That came amid a combination of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico being carried up by a cold front that had pushed Eta across Florida earlier. Earlier Thursday, Eta was in the Gulf of Mexico when it slogged ashore near Cedar Key, Florida. Before that first brush with Florida, Eta first hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane and killed at least 120 people in Central America and Mexico, with scores more missing. A 29th named system, Tropical Storm Theta, was centered late Thursday about 440 miles (705 kilometers) south of the Azores and moving east.

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. – The school district in Columbia County decided to close schools on Thursday as Eta approached Florida’s west coast. As of Wednesday evening, the county’s emergency operation center said it was unlikely Columbia County would be put under a tropical storm watch or warning. Shannon Miller made a trip to Publix on Wednesday night to get some last minute supplies before the storm. Miller said he’s glad he’s prepared, but he’s hoping he won’t have to put his new generator to use. County officials planned to monitor Eta throughout the night.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to the “erratic nature” of the storm as it threatened a large part of Florida’s west coast, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday expanded a state of emergency and asked President Donald Trump for a federal emergency declaration as Tropical Storm Eta prepared to make landfall Thursday. In the request to Trump, DeSantis cited risks of flooding and potential complications in sheltering people because of COVID-19. The governor on Saturday declared a state of emergency for counties in the southern part of the state, after Eta last week hit Nicaragua as a hurricane. In the request to Trump, which could bring federal financial assistance to Florida, DeSantis said some counties also had declared local states of emergency.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County Emergency Management says it will be in contact with the National Weather Service throughout the week regarding any potential impacts from Eta. According to a news release from the county, the tropical storm was expected to arrive as a tropical depression on Thursday. County officials said the impact from the storm could include rain and wind. The county’s Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, and all Seventh Judicial Circuit Court operations were to be suspended Thursday. County-by-county: Northeast Florida preps for impact as Eta weakens to tropical storm“What’s going to happen is going to happen,” said Tim Miscovich, who lives in the Davis Shores community.

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – With Clay County emergency management officials preparing for the threat of wind damage as a result of Tropical Storm Eta, the school district announced schools will be closed Thursday. Clay District Schools Superintendent David Broskie said at a news conference early Wednesday evening that the decision to close all schools and offices, as well as cancel all after-school activities, on Thursday was made based on information from the National Hurricane Center and Clay County Emergency Management. Orange Park leaders concerned about downed treesTown leaders in Orange Park told News4Jax Wednesday night that they’re mostly concerned about downed trees because there is so much tree coverage in Orange Park. News4Jax also asked about the major drainage operation in certain Orange Park neighborhoods. Orange Park Town Manager Sarah Campbell said they’re still waiting on grant money.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Eta is bringing heavy squalls with tropical-storm-force winds onshore as it tracks northeast across Northeast Florida. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday expanded a state of emergency and asked President Donald Trump for a federal emergency declaration as Tropical Storm Eta prepared to make landfall Thursday. It will be a weak tropical storm or possibly even a depression as it moves across Northeast Florida. About 5 p.m., Clay County District Schools announced all schools and offices within the district will be closed on Thursday, and all after-school activities will be canceled. The Bradford County School District said it is closing schools Thursday due to Eta.

Temperatures for today will be well above the seasonal average, with high temperatures reaching into the lower to mid 80s. NHC brings Eta into the forecast area Thursday afternoon and evening tracking the system northeastward. Eta will also bring a threat of locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the area as the system pushes through. Eta will then weaken as it turns northeastward and approaches the Florida Gulf coast late tonight and early Thursday. Strong wind over the water and inland Thursday.

Tropical Storm Eta is parked off the western coast of Cuba, dumping rain. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Theta — which formed overnight and broke a record as the 29th named Atlantic storm of the season — is chugging east toward Europe on the cusp of hurricane status. The system now has a 70% chance of becoming the 30th named storm. Never before have three named storms been twirling at the same time this late in the year, Klotzbach said. The overall message is that everyone in the area should pay attention to Eta, Brennan said.

Jacksonville, Fla. – The “squeeze” play between the big high pressure to our north and Eta to our south will be slowly fading the next few days. Coastal advisories are numerous as we see tides run above normal, to moderate flood levels along the St. Johns River. There is a pronounced higher flooding issue along the St. Johns River, at high tide, mainly south of downtown Jacksonville. Basically, the constant onshore wind at the mouth of the St. Johns River is slowing the amount of water being discharged from the St. Johns River into the Atlantic Ocean. At the same time, the slight southerly component of the wind is helping the St. Johns River pile water into the “crook” of the St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville.

Shower activity will continue to move northwest tonight as tropical moisture moves through. This pattern continues with deep tropical moisture will remaining across the area. Tonight: A few clouds with off and on showers, lows in the mid to low 70s, and breezy winds out of the east 15-20 mph. Wake up temperatures in the 70s across southeast Georgia and northeast Florida. Looking ahead: Tropical moisture continues this week.

Elsewhere, forecasters announced that Subtropical Storm Theta, a record-breaking 29th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, had formed far out in the northeast Atlantic by late Monday night. Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys and posed a serious threat across South Florida, which was already drenched from more than 14 inches (35 centimeters) of rain last month. “Never seen this, never, not this deep,” said Anthony Lyas, who has lived in his now-waterlogged Fort Lauderdale neighborhood since 1996. It was the 28th named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. ___Associated Press writers Cody Jackson in Fort Lauderdale, Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, and Haleluya Hadero in Atlanta contributed to this report.

The National Hurricane Center’s NHC forecast track on Monday morning had a cone of uncertainty nearly 400 miles wide by the end of the week, extending from Pensacola east to Cape Canaveral. Yes, that cone includes Jacksonville, but the confidence in the forecast models with this storm is especially low. It leaves the Keys on a slow path Monday morning out west past the Dry Tortugas. After that Eta will meander in the Gulf west of Florida before it decides which route to take next. Parallel track lines lead to high confidence in forecast path next 24-48 hours.

Tropical Storm Eta moves across the Florida Keys late tonight and into the eastern Gulf tomorrow. It will be wetter Monday with increasing showers as tropical moisture moves in with the potential for some locally heavy rainfall around the coastal areas. We keep rain around Tuesday and possibly into Veterans Day as rounds of showers pass quickly in the moist flow. Winds will decrease Tuesday and Wednesday as high pressure moves to the east and guides Tropical storm Eta through the Keys and into the Gulf where it wanders next week off the west Florida coast. Rain totalsIf this track plays out, the wettest day would be Thursday evening and Friday morning with 1-2 inches of rain.

A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami declared hurricane and storm surge warnings for the Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas, including Florida Bay. Several shelters also opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low lying areas. On Sunday night, authorities in Lauderhill, Florida, responded to a report of a car that had driven into a canal. South Florida started emptying ports and a small number of shelters opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low-lying areas.

TALLAHASSEE – A state of emergency was declared Saturday by Gov. Ron DeSantis for eight southern Florida counties because of a growing threat from Tropical Storm Eta, which also could affect northern parts of the state later in the week. DeSantis issued an executive order that declared the state of emergency in Broward, Collier, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties, as Eta was moving away from the Cayman Islands and toward central Cuba. DeSantis' order directed Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz to coordinate the state’s emergency plans and to seek federal assistance as needed. Also, to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, the order said the state will activate agreements with hotels for non-congregate sheltering.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Bad weather start to the work week as a strong nor’easter kicks it up from Central Florida to South Georgia. Meanwhile, in South Florida, Eta brushes through the Keys giving them torrential heavy rains and possible hurricane conditions. Inland Tidal Flooding up to 2′ possible as well, especially on Tuesday afternoon. All High Tides from here through Friday Monday and Tuesday High Tides Beach Erosion Moderate but not as bad as the September nor’easter Constant the next 7 days Monday and Tuesday morning Deadly Rip Currents Heavy surf advisory and High Rip Current Risk. Now Sunrise Monday into Sunset Monday Power Outages Possible when bands of heavy rains roll though on Monday Now Monday sunrise to mid-afternoonJacksonville ImpactsMonday Wind GUSTS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Tropical Storm Eta became a tropical storm again Saturday morning south of Cuba. Maximum sustained winds are now near 40 mph Eta is near the Cayman Islands with 35 mph winds. A tropical Storm Watch covers south Florida and up the east coast stopping at Volusia county. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect along the Florida east coast north of Sebastien Inlet to the Brevard/Volusia county line. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for the Florida west coast north of Bonita Beach to Englewood.

Frequent on/off brief showers will be with us this weekend. Rain will be more frequent during the mornings with peaks of sun through mostly cloudy skies. 60% rain potential today decreases to 20% by the evening. Easterly wind today at 15-20 mph picks up Sunday night with gusts to 40 around the coast through Monday. Monday will be the wettest day as moisture from Tropical Depression Eta lifts up from south Florida.

Members of search and recovery teams search for survivors in the debris of a massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. The storm was expected to hit Cuba by early Sunday, and approach the Florida Keys and south Florida late Sunday or Monday. Tropical storm warnings were issued for central Cuba, southern Florida and the Florida Keys. South Florida started emptying ports and a small number of shelters opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low lying areas. The storms’ threat comes as many streets across South Florida have been inundated by heavy rains and unusual King Tides.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mini to moderate nor’easter develops over the next 3-5 days (yes, into the weekend). Hopefully, next weekend we will clear out and be a little bit closer to November weather. High pressure will be keeping Eta well down south in the Caribbean Sea and will slowly relax allowing Eta to move northward. Back over the super warm (and deep) waters in the Caribbean Sea, Eta will, once again, re-intensify. Temperatures will be pleasantly warm, starting off each day in the mid 60s to around 70° and each afternoon in the mid to upper 70s.

High pressure will be keeping Eta well down south in Central America and will not relax for at least the next 3 days. This high pressure is forcing Eta to move ashore, weaken. As the high pressure backs off, Eta will move back over the super warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. That will be, good and bad news for Cuba and possibly South Florida where heavy rains are expected. Temperatures will be pleasantly warm, starting off each day in the mid 60s to around 70° and each afternoon in the mid to upper 70s.

(AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)TEGUCIGALPA – Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country's east and the north of neighboring Nicaragua. Heavy rain was forecast to continue across Honduras through at least Thursday as Eta moved northward toward the capital of Tegucigalpa and the northern city of San Pedro Sula. Before the center of Eta even reached Honduras, hundreds of people had been forced from their homes by floodwaters. Eta left a path of destruction across northern Nicaragua, starting with the coastal city of Bilwi. In the country's northern province of Jinotega, communities were already flooded.

(AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)MANAGUA – Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east and in northern Nicaragua. Before the center of Eta had even reached Honduras, hundreds of people had been forced from their homes by floodwaters. Eta left a path of destruction across northern Nicaragua starting with the coastal city of Bilwi. Northern Nicaragua is home to most of the country’s production of coffee, a critical export. In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Odalys continued to move across the open ocean and posed no threat to land.

A man fixes the roof of a home surrounded by floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Eta in Wawa, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Herrera)MANAGUA – Hurricane Eta churned inland through northeast Nicaragua Tuesday night with devastating winds and rains that destroyed rooftops, caused rivers to overflow and left at least three people dead in the region. The hurricane had sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, down from an overnight peak of 150 mph (240 kph). Even before it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, Honduras reported the first death after a mudslide trapped a 12-year-old girl in San Pedro Sula and two miners were killed in a mudslide in Bonanza, Nicaragua. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.

MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Eta erupted quickly into a potentially catastrophic major hurricane Monday as it headed for Central America, where forecasters warned of massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region. Eta was a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph) late Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It was centered about 45 miles (75 kilometers) east of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, and moving west-southwest at 7 mph (11 kph). Eta tripled in strength in about 24 hours, rapidly intensifying from a 40 mph (65 kph) storm Sunday morning to a 120 mph (190 kph) hurricane around midday Monday, and continued gain power throughout the rest of the day. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rain-heavy Tropical Storm Eta strengthened on Sunday as it headed for a drenching collision with Central America. The system ties the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is forecast to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane by Monday before making landfall near Honduras and Nicaragua as a hurricane. Eta is the 28th named Atlantic storm this season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.

MIAMI – Rain-heavy Tropical Storm Eta grew rapidly to near hurricane strength Sunday while heading for a drenching collision with Central America, as this Atlantic hurricane system tied the record for the most named storms. Eta had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) late Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Forecasters expected Eta to become a hurricane during the night and it was predicted to be nearing the Nicaraguan coast early Tuesday. Eta is the 28th named Atlantic storm this season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.

Location 85 miles SE of Wilmington North Carolina Wind 45 mph Heading ENE at 21 mph Pressure 29.65 Coordinates 76.8W, 33.3NDiscussionAt 400 AM EST (0900 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Eta was located near latitude 33.3 North, longitude 76.8 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the east-northeast near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue with an increase in forward speed through Saturday. On the forecast track, Eta is expected to gradually pull away from the southeast U.S. Coast today. Eta could intensify a little as an non-tropical cyclone during the next day or so before it becomes absorbed by a larger non-tropical cyclone on Saturday or Saturday night. Tropics Models at 3:34 Friday Night, November 13thLand HazardsSURF: Swells generated by Eta will affect portions of the southeastern United States coast today.

Josu Urrutikoetxea, a former leader of Basque separatist militant group ETA, speaks in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Just because he oversaw ETA’s end in 2018, they stress, that doesn’t erase his past. Survivors of violent attacks and relatives of ETA’s victims say the campaign humiliates them. ETA’s cause was politically and socially divisive inside Spain’s Basque society and widely rejected across the rest of Spain. What I do want is to see him taking the stand in court,” she said, standing at the site of ETA's attack on the Civil Guard.