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northjaxpro wrote::uarrow: I just received under 2 inches in a heavy thunderstorm during this past 45 minutes. This is the most rain I have measured here in nearly a month. I never have been so happy to see rainfall, given the intense heat we have been getting the past four days, and the extreme dry conditions which have brought about the wildfire concerns here across Northeast Florida. There is another heavy batch of storms across Western Duval County and out I-295 beltway around Normandy Blvd and out across Cecil Commerce.

The rain may have kept us from reaching or breaking the record max for a second straight day. I believe at the NWS JAX office, which today was 99 degrees. . I will double check.The highest I see it on my thermometer was 97.6 degrees, before the rain came in. It reached 101 degrees at my home station yesterday.

I agree with Psyclone in that we will see a gradual relinquishing of the Upper Ridge, which has had Florida in its grip for about 10 days now. Today is the best sign we have had to this juncture that moisture is creeping back in, and we are getting some seabreeze convergence storms firing now, at least here across the Northeast Florida area. We should see the rainy season kick into gear hopefully as we get into next week, as southerly flow will return to bring rich moisture back across the peninsula.

northjaxpro wrote::uarrow: Most of the widely scattered rain and storms stayed confined across metro and West Jax and west into Baker, Bradford and Union Counties. Most areas north along Interstate 95 from downtown Jax north and areas northwest did not see a drop of.rain. Hopefully, the areas experiencing the wildfires will get some dire rain relief their way in the coming days.