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Spot Forecast for Special Event- District Adter Dusk...Jekyll Island Fire Department
National Weather Service Jacksonville FL
756 AM EST Fri Feb 20 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1000 EST on February 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at (904) 741-4370 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

A frontal system will begin to approach the area Saturday with
shower chances increasing by 2 PM. A line of weakening
thunderstorms will approach Jekyll Island around 4 PM and bring an
attendant risk of lightning and gusty outflow winds. The line of
thunderstorms will slow and stall near Jekyll, potentially setting
up several rounds of rain and isolated thunderstorms from 6 PM to
11 PM. Before the rain, winds will be breezy and offshore (from
the southwest) through the afternoon with temperatures in the
upper 70s.


.SATURDAY...
TIME (EST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........42  39  35  32  34  36  38  46
Weather cov.....            CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....            RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  40  40  40  40  40
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10
Temp............68  71  73  75  77  77  77  75
RH..............87  79  71  66  62  60  60  64
Heat index (F)..68  71  73  75  77  77  77  75
Wind chill (F)..68  71  73  75  77  77  77  75
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.8   9   10  10  10  10  10  9
Surface wnd gst.14  15  16  17  17  17  17  16
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.15  16  16  17  17  18  18  17

.SATURDAY NIGHT...
TIME (EST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........53  61  67  72  78  81  83  86  86  87  87  84
Weather cov.....CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).40  70  70  70  70  70  70  80  80  80  80  80
Chc of thdr (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Temp............73  70  68  66  64  63  62  62  61  60  60  59
RH..............68  76  81  84  90  93  97  97  97  100 96  100
Heat index (F)..73  70  68  66  64  63  62  62  61  60  60  59
Wind chill (F)..73  70  68  66  64  63  62  62  61  60  60  59
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   7   8
Surface wnd gst.14  13  13  13  13  13  14  14  14  15  15  15
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W
Transp wind spd.16  14  14  14  15  15  16  16  16  16  16  15

$$
Forecaster...Boothe
Requested by...Dennis Gailey
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2603304.0/JAX
.DELDT 02/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dgailey@jekyllisland.com