First Alert Weather: Drought conditions persist as rain is still days away for the Jacksonville area
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The extended period of dryness will only exacerbate the ongoing drought condition across our area, First Alert Weather Meteorologist Trevor Gibbs said.
Here's what you can expect:
Mild temperatures to continue through early Thursday with highs around 80 degrees and lows in the 50s & 60s.
Warmer temperatures by Friday into Saturday with highs near 90 degrees.
We'll stay dry through Friday and most of Saturday, but an isolated shower or storm will develop late Saturday/Saturday evening
We will see widely scattered showers Sunday that will shift more inland through the day. Overall, any rain looks to be scattered and amounts are mostly minimal.
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TONIGHT: Becoming mostly clear. Low: 61
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. High: 83… upper 70s @ beaches.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear & nice. Low: 62
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. High: 87
FRIDAY: Partly sunny. 62/89
SATURDAY: Partly sunny with an isolated late day/evening shower or t'storm. 65/88
SUNDAY: Partly sunny cloudy with a widely scattered shower shifting inland through the afternoon. 64/80
MONDAY: Mostly sunny. 60/80
TUESDAY: Partly sunny & mild. 61/81
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