Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Woodbine, GA

NEAR TERM
(through Tonight)
Issued at 255 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

High pressure over the southeastern states will weaken this evening, allowing our local pressure gradient to relax through the overnight hours. Meanwhile, flow aloft will back slightly to west-southwesterly downstream of a shortwave trough that will be digging southward across the Plains states. This flow will transport mostly thin high altitude cloudiness from the Gulf of Mexico over our area after midnight. Our local pressure gradient will also begin to subtly tighten during the predawn and early morning hours on Wednesday as reinforcing Arctic high pressure begins to nudge into the southeastern states. A dry air mass and diminishing winds this evening should allow temperatures to quickly fall into the 30s towards midnight, but freezing temperatures should be mostly prevented as a light north- northwesterly breeze develops before sunrise. Lows will still fall to the low and mid 30s at most inland locations, where a Frost Advisory has been issued for the potential for widespread frost formation overnight. Lows at coastal locations will fall to the mid and upper 30s, where some patchy frost cannot be ruled out overnight.

SHORT TERM
(Wednesday through Thursday night)
Issued at 255 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

Surface high pressure will be centered to the north northwest Wednesday, with ridging at the surface extending across the region.
A flat flow aloft though will allow weak waves to move through, leading to partly to mostly cloudy skies. A northwest flow will keep temperatures below normal Wednesday, with highs generally in the 55 to 60 degree range. Readings will be a bit milder south of Gainesville where readings could rise into the lower 60s.

The surface high will center to the west Wednesday night into Thursday, with ridge extending across local area. A stronger wave aloft will move through Thursday morning, which could produce a few light rain showers, in addition to added cloud cover. The current timing of this upper wave should leave the afternoon hours dry with increasing sunshine. Clouds from upper wave will help keep temperatures above freezing Wednesday night, with lows ranging from the mid 30s over SE GA, to the upper 30s to lower 40s over NE FL.
Highs Thursday in the lower 60s will be common.

High pressure ridging at the surface and aloft expected for Thursday night, yielding mostly clear skies. With skies clearing and winds light, temperatures will fall into the lower 30s across much of the area. Mid to upper 30s will be the exception for the coast and north central FL. An inland Frost/Freeze if anticipated.

LONG TERM
(Friday through next Tuesday)
Issued at 255 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

Surface high pressure will build to the east of the area Friday.
This pattern will allow the flow to turn more from the east southeast Friday. Friday will be a dry and mostly sunny day with highs in the lower to middle 60s.

For Friday night, the high center will move further to the east.
This will increase the flow from the south, keeping lows generally in the upper 30s to middle 40s. Clouds will increase from the west northwest through the night as a frontal system approaches.

The frontal system is expected to cross region Saturday and Sunday.
Both days are forecast to be wet, but with temperatures running a little above normal.

Unsettled weather will continue into early next week, as a wave is expected to lift northeast from the Gulf. Below normal temperatures are forecast for Monday into Tuesday.

AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 559 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

VFR conditions are expected to prevail for the forecast period.
Some mid and high clouds will stream into the region this evening and persist across the area overnight and through the day on Thursday. Northerly winds will approach 10 knots at times Thursday Afternoon, but otherwise no other operational concerns for this period.

MARINE
Issued at 255 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

High pressure will weaken over the southeastern states this evening and will then be reinforced by stronger high pressure diving southeastward from the Upper Midwest, resulting in winds shifting back to northwesterly overnight, with speeds increasing to Caution levels overnight. Winds will then shift to northerly on Wednesday as this high pressure center shifts eastward across the Ohio Valley and weakens. Caution level seas of 4-6 feet overnight offshore will diminish to 3-5 feet on Wednesday. Seas of 2-4 feet will otherwise prevail near shore through Thursday night.

Yet another high pressure center will then settle over Texas on Wednesday night, with winds shifting back to northwesterly while increasing slightly. Offshore winds will prevail on Thursday, with winds and seas then briefly diminishing on Friday as high pressure builds directly over our local waters. A cold front will enter the southeastern states this weekend, with showers becoming widespread with isolated thunderstorms possible by Saturday night and Sunday as winds shift to southwesterly while strengthening.

Rip Currents: A northeasterly ocean swell will keep a moderate rip current risk in place at area beaches through at least Wednesday.

FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 255 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

Breezy northerly transport winds early on Wednesday morning will shift to northwesterly for locations along and north of I-10 on Wednesday afternoon and north-northeasterly for locations south of I-10. Diminishing transport speeds during the afternoon hours will result in poor daytime dispersion values, except fair values for locations north of Waycross in southeast GA and also for north central FL. Surface and transport winds will then become west- northwesterly on Thursday, with breezy transport speeds expected by the afternoon hours for locations along and north of I-10, where good daytime dispersion values are forecast, while lighter speeds across north central FL yield fair values. A dry air mass will prevail, with minimum relative humidity values generally falling to the 30-35 percent range at most locations during the afternoon hours.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
AMG 33 56 35 58 / 0 0 0 0 SSI 37 56 38 59 / 0 0 0 0 JAX 34 58 38 60 / 0 0 10 10 SGJ 39 58 42 61 / 0 0 20 20 GNV 36 60 38 60 / 0 0 20 10 OCF 37 62 41 62 / 0 0 20 10

JAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...Frost Advisory from 2 AM to 8 AM EST Wednesday for FLZ021-023- 024-030-031-035-120-136-220-232-236-322-422-425-522.

GA...Frost Advisory from 2 AM to 8 AM EST Wednesday for GAZ132>136- 149-151>153-162-163-165-250-264-350-364.

AM...None.