National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Current Short Range Forecasts - National Overview: The NWS Continental US (CONUS) map images and links below point to the National Short Range Forecast products depicting pressure patterns, circulation centers, front types and extent of precipitation. See the NWS National Forecast Maps - Short Range Forecasts and Weather Forecast Graphics pages for more information. There is also a new Experimental page, that includes a survey for feedback. See this Interactive NWS Graphical Forecast, which is being evaluated for new features like geo-location, zoom, drop-down menus and customizable product displays.

Local Hourly Forecast: Mouse-over the links in the "Weather Forecast Graphics" table below to change the graphic displayed on the right or click [Temp, Humidity, Wind, Precip%] product links to display a single image. This Hourly Forecast displays a wide area, graphical representation of the NWS-JAX Point Forecast (see Point Forecast Matrices - Text Product).

These Hourly Forecast .png images are generated from our NWS Forecast Database. New images should be available within a few minutes of the Top of the Hour. Here is a PDF guide on interpreting these hourly forecast images. For more detailed forecasts at your specific point of interest, see the JAX Point Forecasts 'point-click' map displayed in the bottom frame.

Note: The Hourly Forecast information on this page represents average conditions expected across an area, and does not show localized differences in conditions that may occur due to terrain or ground conditions (e.g. low-lying areas, areas by small lakes or creeks, urban areas, etc).

NWS Jacksonville Florida » Experimental MyWeather Forecasts

Here is a new NWS Southern Region Innovation "MyWeather" page displayed in the frame below. This frame provides Experimental "MyWeather" GEO-Location Forecasts for the Jacksonville, FL Airport around the 32218 Zip Code: This "MyWeather page" has a number of new features that can be customized for your Hourly Forecast needs. Starting with the middle column, the "Top Story" provides our Graphicast or an overview of the current weather situation. Next are the "Forecast Tabs" that provide a quick 12, 24, 48 Hour or 7 Day summary or the pending weather forecast, based on our NWS hourly weather gridded database. Below that is a "Forecast Graph" that may help some visualize hourly forecast conditions. All these products are customizable via your location information. Please use the upper right seach box to "Get Another Forecast", for "Your Zip Code" or "City or Other Area of Interest". Unfortunately the "Doppler Radar" widget is Not Operational, while this is an experimental page. If necessary, please use the horizontal & vertical scroll bars within the frame to see all the available data. The Reload button or CTRL-R will reset the frame & return to NWS JAX Area.