First Alert Weather: Increasing onshore winds and scattered showers

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Here’s what the First Alert Weather Team said you can expect for the First Alert Weather forecast:

Wild day today with a few storms around Duval midday
The Jags game was delayed by more than an hour around 2-3 PM
Rain is pushing south of the area and fading away
We have to watch the coast for stray showers overnight/in the morning
Onshore winds breeze up tomorrow, setting us up with several days of rough beaches
Showers will stream onshore off and on through the day, mainly in NE FL
I would grab the umbrellas, even though it shouldn’t rain all day, it will be heavy at times
The pattern stays wet through Wednesday, then dries out a bit late week as the heaviest rain shifts south
We’ll see a HIGH rip current risk each day with the potential for minor tidal flooding
Wave heights through Wednesday will be 3-5+ ft.
Temperatures stay below average with the increase in clouds and rain,

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There are no active storms in the Atlantic Basin and no threat to Florida for at least a week
Long-term, we have to watch the Northern Gulf/Western Atlantic for weak low pressure to develop
We also have to watch the Central Atlantic as tropical waves leave Africa
Next name storm: “Gabrielle”