JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Cool and dry weather will kick off the weekend with plenty of sunshine and breezy conditions on Saturday. Winds will start to die down closer to sunset. Gusty winds at the beaches will keep the red flags flying due to hazardous conditions in the water - high rip current risk will prevail throughout the day.
Temperatures will stay in the “normal” range in the low 70s, but will gradually warm up Sunday into Monday. Evening lows will be in the 50s.
Rain returns Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Still tracking Tropical Storm Sara: according to the National Hurricane Center, a slow west-northwestward motion is
forecast to begin late Saturday, with a faster motion toward the west-northwest and northwest expected on Sunday and Sunday night. On the forecast track, the center of Sara will continue to move near the northern coast of Honduras during the next day or so before approaching Belize, and then move onshore in Belize during the day on Sunday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts. Little change in strength is likely today. Slight strengthening is possible tonight and Sunday before landfall in Belize, with weakening expected after landfall. Sara is expected to dissipate Sunday night or Monday as it crosses the southern portion of the Yucatan Peninsula.