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Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Bell, FL

April 30, 2025 1:35 PM EDT (17:35 UTC)
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NOTE: Zones were updated 3/20/2025
GMZ765 Expires:202505010315;;717097 Fzus52 Ktae 301413 Cwftae
coastal waters forecast for florida national weather service tallahassee fl 1013 am edt Wed apr 30 2025
gulf coastal waters from the mouth of the suwannee river to okaloosa-walton county line out to 60 nm.
seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves - .along with the occasional height of the average highest 1/10 of the waves.
gmz730-755-765-775-010315- apalachee bay or coastal waters from keaton beach to ochlockonee river fl out to 20 nm- coastal waters from ochlockonee river to apalachicola fl out to 20 nm- coastal waters from suwannee river to keaton beach fl out 20 nm- waters from suwannee river to apalachicola fl from 20 to 60 nm- 1013 am edt Wed apr 30 2025

Today - Southeast winds near 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave detail: southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.

Tonight - West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east to southeast near 15 knots late this evening. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave detail: southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.

Thursday - Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming south 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave detail: southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Protected waters a moderate chop.

Thursday night - Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave detail: south 2 feet at 5 seconds. Protected waters a light chop.

Friday - Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave detail: south 2 feet at 6 seconds. Protected waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Friday night - Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Wave detail: south 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. Protected waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms after midnight.

Saturday - South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Protected waters a light chop. A chance of showers and Thunderstorms.

Saturday night - West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Protected waters a light chop. A chance of showers and Thunderstorms.

Sunday - Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Protected waters a light chop. A chance of showers and Thunderstorms.

Sunday night - North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Protected waters a light chop. A chance of showers. A chance of Thunderstorms, mainly in the evening.
winds and waves higher in and near Thunderstorms.
GMZ700 Synopsis For The Suwannee River To Okaloosa-walton County Line Out To 60 Nm 1013 Am Edt Wed Apr 30 2025

Synopsis -
a high pressure ridge extending from near bermuda to the georgia coast will maintain easterly and southeasterly flow across the gulf waters through Thursday, punctuated by a moderate nocturnal surge late tonight. The high pressure ridge will slip south across the waters on Friday, bringing a decrease in winds. A weak cold front will settle south over the northeast gulf on Saturday night, followed by a turn to north or northeast breezes on Sunday and Sunday night.

7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Bell, FL
   
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Tide / Current for Steinhatchee River ent., Deadman Bay, Florida
  
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Steinhatchee River ent.
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Wed -- 05:07 AM EDT     2.96 feet High Tide
Wed -- 06:51 AM EDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 08:58 AM EDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 09:56 AM EDT     1.56 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 03:31 PM EDT     3.94 feet High Tide
Wed -- 08:10 PM EDT     Sunset
Wed -- 11:27 PM EDT     -0.72 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 11:58 PM EDT     Moonset
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Steinhatchee River ent., Deadman Bay, Florida, Tide feet
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Tide / Current for Pepperfish Keys, Florida
  
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Pepperfish Keys
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Wed -- 05:02 AM EDT     2.93 feet High Tide
Wed -- 06:51 AM EDT     Sunrise
Wed -- 08:58 AM EDT     Moonrise
Wed -- 09:51 AM EDT     1.56 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 03:26 PM EDT     3.90 feet High Tide
Wed -- 08:09 PM EDT     Sunset
Wed -- 11:22 PM EDT     -0.72 feet Low Tide
Wed -- 11:57 PM EDT     Moonset
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Pepperfish Keys, Florida, Tide feet
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Area Discussion for Jacksonville, FL
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FXUS62 KJAX 301724 AFDJAX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jacksonville FL Issued by National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 124 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

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Issued at 1125 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

Late morning surface analysis depicts gradually weakening high pressure (1023 millibars) situated off the Carolina coastline.
Meanwhile, a cold front extends from coastal New England southwestward across the Tennessee Valley and the Ozarks.
Aloft...ridging over the Bay of Campeche continues to extend its axis northeastward along the southeastern seaboard.
Aloft...previously cutoff troughing over the Desert Southwest is now beginning to lift northeastward from New Mexico towards the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. Latest GOES-East derived Total Precipitable Water imagery indicates that PWAT values have fallen below 1 inch area-wide, with the morning sounding at Jacksonville registering a value under three-quarters of an inch. A flat cumulus and stratocumulus field is developing along locations east of the U.S. Highway 301 corridor, with fair skies elsewhere.
Breezy onshore winds continue along the northeast FL coast, with light southeasterly winds developing elsewhere. Temperatures at 15Z were climbing to the 75-80 degree range, with the very dry air mass in place allowing dewpoints to fall to the 55-60 range at most locations.

Breezy onshore winds will continue at coastal locations this afternoon, with the inland moving Atlantic sea breeze boundary progressing inland this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine and the very dry air mass will allow highs to soar to the 85-90 degree range inland, with coastal highs closer to 80 degrees.

The strongly subsident air mass in place could allow for some patchy radiation fog to develop during the predawn and early morning hours on Thursday for locations between the I-95 and U.S.-301 corridors. Several wildfires burning in the Ocala National Forest could combine with this fog to create dangerous driving conditions during the next several mornings, particularly along State Road 40 to the east of Ocala. A diminishing onshore breeze should keep coastal lows in the lower 60s, while radiational cooling drops inland lows to the 55-60 range, which is near climatological values for early May.

SHORT TERM
(Thursday through Friday night)
Issued at 209 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

High pressure ridge axis from the Western Atlantic remains across the region with mainly dry conditions and a return to above normal temps with highs reaching into the upper 80s/near 90F over inland areas both days, while the East Coast sea breeze is expected to push inland to the US 301 corridor both days and should keep the Atlantic Coastal areas slightly cooler with highs into the middle 80s. Moisture levels increase slightly by Friday and may be enough to trigger an isolated shower and/or sprinkle along the East Coast sea breeze front as it moves inland, but overall rainfall chances will remain below 20%. Low temps are expected to fall into the lower/middle 60s over inland areas, while the onshore flow will allow temps to only bottom out in the upper 60s/lower 70s along the Atlantic Coastal areas. The dry airmass will not support significant late night fog formation, but patchy fog will be possible over inland areas just before sunrise on both mornings.

LONG TERM
(Saturday through Tuesday)
Issued at 209 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

Saturday...Models in good agreement with next frontal boundary pushing into the local area from the Northwest and expect above normal temps into the 85-90F range prior to the onset of scattered showers and storms by the afternoon/evening hours, with a few strong storms with gusty winds/small hail possible, but significant severe weather is not expected.

Sunday into Monday...Models begin to diverge slightly, but overall pattern suggests that frontal boundary will stall across the FL peninsula with a low level breezy East to Northeast flow developing at the surface, while a disturbance moves aloft along the stalled frontal boundary which could develop a weak low pressure center off the NE FL coast. This set-up would lead to a return to near normal temps and increased rainfall chances with scattered to numerous showers and isolated storm activity, with best rainfall chances along the NE FL Coastal Counties, with lesser rainfall chances inland. Not much agreement in details between the wetter GFS and drier ECMWF solutions, so confidence definitely lower in forecast during this time frame.

Tuesday...High pressure likely builds into the Carolinas and nudges frontal boundary further southward and any low pressure development probably pulls away from the region. This will likely continue the breezy low level East to Northeast flow along with near normal temps. A few showers still possible along the coastal areas of NE FL/SE GA, but the remainder of inland areas should be mostly dry.

AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 118 PM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the rest of this evening. A few gusts of around 15-20 kts will be possible at the coastal terminals through the rest of this afternoon. Winds will calm down this evening and turn southeasterly overnight through tomorrow. There is a possibility of low vsbys at VQQ late tonight.

MARINE
Issued at 1125 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

High pressure situated off the southeastern seaboard will keep a general southeasterly wind flow in place across our local waters, with an evening wind surge on Thursday expected to bring Caution level speeds of 15 to 20 knots to the near shore waters. Seas of 3 to 5 feet will prevail both near shore and offshore through Saturday night. Southerly winds will then increase to Caution levels of 15 to 20 knots over the offshore waters on Friday and Saturday ahead of a cold front that will approach our area by Saturday evening. This cold front will cross our local waters towards midnight on Saturday night, accompanied by showers and thunderstorms. A surge of northeasterly winds is forecast in the wake of this frontal passage on Sunday and Sunday night as high pressure wedges down the southeastern seaboard, with waves of showers and embedded thunderstorms possible through early next week as seas gradually build. Seas will likely build to Caution levels of 4-6 feet offshore by Sunday afternoon, with further increases expected throughout our local waters early next week.

Rip Currents: Breaker heights have fallen to the 3-4 foot range at the northeast FL beaches and the 2-3 foot range at the southeast GA beaches. A persistent easterly ocean swell will combine with these wave heights to keep a higher end moderate rip current risk in place at all area beaches through Saturday, and a high risk will be possible beginning on Sunday as a northeasterly surge of winds provides increasingly rough surf conditions.

FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 1125 AM EDT Wed Apr 30 2025

A dry air mass will prevail across our region through Friday.
Relative humidity values will fall to around 30 percent each afternoon for locations along and west of the U.S. Highway 301 corridor. Otherwise, east-southeasterly surface and transport winds will shift to southeasterly by Thursday morning, with southerly transport winds expected across inland southeast GA by Thursday afternoon. Breezy easterly surface winds are expected for locations along and east of the I-95 corridor each afternoon and early evening through Friday. Surface and transport winds will shift to southerly on Friday. Elevated mixing heights will yield fair to good daytime dispersion values across our region through Friday.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 85 59 87 60 / 0 0 0 0 SSI 80 62 82 64 / 0 0 0 0 JAX 85 57 87 59 / 0 0 0 0 SGJ 81 61 83 62 / 0 0 0 0 GNV 89 57 88 60 / 0 0 0 0 OCF 89 59 89 61 / 0 0 0 0

JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...None.
GA...None.
AM...None.


Weather Reporting Stations
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Stations Dist Age Wind AirWater WavesinHgDewPt
CKYF1 44 mi47 minSSE 6G6 74°F 80°F30.14


Wind History for Cedar Key, FL
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AirportDistAgeWind ktVisSkyWeatherAirDewPtRHinHg
KCTY CROSS CITY,FL 15 sm20 minvar 0110 smClear82°F55°F40%30.13

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