JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A warm fall-like pattern starts to take shape Sunday and through the first half of the week as September ends and October begins.
Sunday highs will be in the upper 80s along the coast, inland, and in Southeast Georgia, while areas near the St. Johns River will top out closer to 90. All flood, rip current and hazardous weather alerts in our region have expired.
Once the sunsets at 7:14 p.m., temperatures will gradually drop into the upper 70s.
Another nice day on Monday, with a chance of scattered showers in the late afternoon.
Hurricane Issac is located near latitude 42.6 North, longitude 36.5 West. Isaac is moving toward the northeast near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds are near 80 mph with higher gusts. It is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone by next week. The estimated minimum central pressure is 969 mb.
Tropical Storm Joyce is moving toward the northwest near 9 mph (15 km/h), and a northwestward to northwestward motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected through Sunday. A slow turn toward the north-northwest and north is forecast Sunday night and Monday. Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 45 mph with higher gusts. Joyce is forecast to gradually weaken, and could degenerate into a remnant low by early Tuesday. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles (185 km) from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1004 mb (29.62 inches).
There is a disturbance off the coast of Cape Verde Eastern and Central Tropical Atlantic. It is a low-pressure shift that is tailing Tropical Storm Joyce. It will likely continue to develop and become a tropical depression by next week. It will follow a similar path as Tropical Storm Joyce.
Formation chance through 48 hours is 40 percent. Formation chance through 7 days is 70 percent.
Western Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico there is an area of low pressure that will continue to grow and develop, likely into a tropical depression and then a storm. According to models, wind patterns and the NHC it is expected to move northwestward into the Gulf of Mexico. Formation chance through 48 hours is 0 percent. Formation chance through 7 days is 50 percent.