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17 hours ago
- Business
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Construction headaches in Beachwalk, Deerwood Village
Welcome to the Monday edition of Jacksonville's Morning News for June 9, 2025. A construction traffic shift on County Road 210 has been delayed, while small business owners in the Deerwood Plaza area can't wait for construction of a new Publix to end. TRAFFIC: A construction traffic shift on County Road 210 has been delayed by a week. WOKV reported last week that a traffic shift in the Beachwalk area was planned to start today. But the county says it will now happen on June 16th. That's when westbound traffic will be diverted to a newly constructed roadway. Eastbound lanes will shift to the new roadway on the night of June 19th. It's part of a $15 million widening project that will include six traffic lanes, bike lanes, sidewalks, and a new intersection. A construction maze in Deerwood has businesses appealing for help to speed things up. Construction of a new Publix store at Baymeadows and Southside began last October, and isn't expected to be done until December. Businesses in the area say they've been having a hard time with limited parking spaces and construction vehicles all over. The owner of Scramblers says business has been down substantially since they lost their parking lot. Shop owners say if they could just get access to even a section of their parking spaces, it would dramatically help their business. WEATHER: First Alert Meteorologist Corey Simma says heat and humidity continue with a few storms. Highs today will reach the lower and middle 90s with peak feels like temperatures 100-105. Like yesterday, rain and storm coverage will be greatest in SE GA and will still be hit-or-miss. Many neighborhoods, especially across NE FL, look to stay mostly dry today. Storm coverage ramps up beginning Tuesday across the area with daily rounds of rain continuing through the rest of the week. Wednesday and Thursday look to feature the most storms across our area with an active sea breeze. TROPICS: All is quiet in the Atlantic. You can follow daily updates with Chief Meteorologist Mike Buresh and his Talking the Tropics blog. Three Big Things to Know: Thousands of protesters took to the street in Los Angeles on Sunday in response to President Donald Trump's extraordinary deployment of the National Guard against Governor Gavin Newsom's wishes. The demonstrations centered on a cluster of federal buildings including a detention center where immigrants arrested on Friday were taken. As the protests swelled on Sunday, demonstrators blocked a freeway entrance, set self-driving cars on fire and threw objects including concrete and electric scooters at law enforcement officers and vehicles. It was a story that captivated Jacksonville nearly three decades ago - the search for 8-year-old Maddie Clifton ended with the discovery of her body under a neighbor's waterbed. This morning, the man who killed Maddie heads before a judge to learn if his sentence of life in prison will be reviewed. Josh Phillips is expected to be in court at 9:00 am to learn when the judge will review his sentence. A child drowned in the ocean in Fernandina Beach. Lifeguards just north of Seaside Park were flagged down by beachgoers just before noon Saturday about a child in distress. The 5-year-old was pulled from the water by bystanders before lifeguards arrived to perform CPR, and still had a pulse when the fire department arrived. Despite rescue and medical efforts, the child reportedly went into cardiac arrest again at the hospital and died. GALLERY: Photos from Weathering the Storm, June 4, 2025 in the Farah and Farah Performance Studio.
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4 days ago
- Climate
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FIRST ALERT WEATHER: Dry morning commute before a few isolated late day storms
This morning, we are tracking a dry morning commute. The humidity is still around. Highs today will be in the lower to mid 90s. Feels like temperatures will approach 100 degrees this afternoon. A few late afternoon showers/storms will develop today either side of 4 pm and linger into the early evening. Tomorrow will bring a hot day with highs in the lower to mid 90s and feels like temperatures 100-105. An isolated afternoon shower/storm is possible each day over the weekend. TROPICS: No areas of concern. Always more: 'Talking the Tropics With Mike.' TODAY: Mostly sunny start. Partly sunny this afternoon. Isolated late afternoon shower/storm. High: 94 TONIGHT: Cloudy with a few lingering showers early. Low: 71 SATURDAY: Partly sunny, Isolated afternoon showers/storms. 71/93 SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, Isolated afternoon showers/storms. 72/94 MONDAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/94 TUESDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/94 WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 72/92 THURSDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/91 >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
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4 days ago
- Climate
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First Alert Weather: Trending drier and hotter in the Jacksonville area
On Thursday night, we'll see scattered evening showers and thunderstorms. Here's the full forecast for the days ahead from the First Alert Weather Team: Scattered showers and storms into Thursday evening with downpours at times, then clearing skies overnight. Only isolated afternoon storms Friday through the weekend, so more sun will mean hotter temperatures with highs in the low to mid 90s and feels-like temperatures 100+ degrees. A return to scattered afternoon storms next week. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] TROPICS: No areas of concern. Always more: 'Talking the Tropics With Mike'. TONIGHT: Scattered evening showers & thunderstorms… clearing later. Low: 72 FRIDAY: Partly sunny & hot with an isolated afternoon thunderstorms. High: 94 FRIDAY NIGHT: An isolated storm early then mostly clear. Low: 71 SATURDAY: Hot… partly sunny with an isolated afternoon thunderstorms. High: 93 SUNDAY: Partly sunny & hot with an isolated afternoon thunderstorms. 72/94 MONDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon thunderstorms. 73/91 TUESDAY: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. 73/91 WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny with scattered afternoon showers/thunderstorms. 72/92 THURSDAY: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/91 [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
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5 days ago
- Climate
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FIRST ALERT WEATHER: A few morning showers ahead of more midday, afternoon showers
This morning, we are tracking a few showers pushing north. Wet roads in spots for the AM commute A few heavy downpours are possible throughout the afternoon. Embedded storm is likely at times. Highs today will be in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. A few showers will linger into this evening, but generally we will be drying out. Tomorrow will bring a hot day in the lower to mid 90s. Feels like temperatures will be about 100 in the afternoon. Only isolated showers and storms on Friday afternoon. TROPICS: The weak area of low pressure that will develop north/northeast of Jacksonville is not expected to become tropical. Still monitoring Gulf &/or Western Caribbean for possible long-range development but nothing is out there right now. Always more: 'Talking the Tropics With Mike.' TODAY: Cloudy and humid. A few morning showers before afternoon showers. High: 90 TONIGHT: Cloudy with a few lingering showers early. Low: 72 FRIDAY: Partly sunny and hot, Isolated afternoon storms. 72/94 SATURDAY: Partly sunny, Isolated afternoon showers/storms. 71/93 SUNDAY: Partly cloudy, A few afternoon showers/storms. 72/94 MONDAY: Mostly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/91 TUESDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 73/91 WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy, scattered afternoon showers/storms. 72/92 >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
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5 days ago
- Climate
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Buresh Blog: Our wet season... a toasty May... Jekyll Island turtle tracking
To become a part of the First Alert Neighborhood weather station network - scan below &/or click * here *: The 2025 hurricane season is underway. Check out 'Talking the Tropics With Mike' for daily updates about what's up across the Atlantic Basin & all of the tropics. Our wet season is June, July, August & September - an average of 28.81″ of rain - & generally accounts for more than half of Jacksonville's/NE Fl. & SE Ga. annual rainfall. I define the start of the wet season as at least 3 days in a row with more than half of NE Fl. & SE Ga. measuring rain that is not caused by a large scale system like a front or low pressure system, for example. Our wet season is driven by two main forces: (1) the nearly daily sea breeze - either from the east coast or west coast or both. As the land heats up adjacent to the cooler ocean, a natural area of low pressure forms over land. Since air flows from high to low pressure, a sea breeze develops which acts like a front & lifts the hot, humid air creating showers & storms as the sea breeze moves inland (at least as long as the atmosphere is favorable such as high humidity & at least somewhat cooler air aloft). (2) tropical disturbances - this could be tropical waves, tropical depressions, tropical storms or hurricanes. We're coming off a very warm May - only one days was below average & not until the 31st. Jacksonville had its 5th warmest May on record (going back to 1871)... a record number of 90-degree days with 19... a record number for May - 16 - straight 90-degree days (the old record - 12 straight days in 1957)... & the highest average high temp. for May on record at 90.4 degrees. For the spring months of March, April & May, it was the second warmest on record (71.1 degrees/+2.6 degrees) for Jacksonville with the 24 90-degree days beating the old spring record of 23 days in 2011, the average is 10 days. This is pretty cool - the Jekyll Island Authority launches an interactive map to track turtle activity. From GPB News: Wildlife officials have deployed an interactive dashboard with real-time maps tracking diamondback terrapin crossings and sea turtle nests on beaches. The full story is * here *. Photo source: National Park Service
