{"id":258359,"date":"2026-05-04T22:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258359\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:12:12","slug":"front-brings-chance-for-rain-amid-extreme-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258359\/","title":{"rendered":"Front brings chance for rain amid extreme drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The rest of the day will be warm and pleasant with temperatures in the 80s. We will see plenty of sunshine and it will be breezy. Winds could gust up to 20 mph at times. <\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s temperature forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">High pressure will be overhead for most of the upcoming week, which means we will see plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures. Near-record high temperatures are likely on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of an approaching front. Highs will be in the low 90s on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Wednesday: 96 degrees set in 2012. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Thursday: 95 degrees set in 1952. <\/p>\n<p>A front will bring a better chance for showers and storms later this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The front will cross our area late Thursday into Friday, bringing with it the potential for showers and storms reach day. While rainfall won\u2019t be widespread, we will certainly take anything we can get as our area is in a drought. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Highs on Friday will be lower behind the front, in the low 80s. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Isolated storms will remain possible as we head into the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The latest drought monitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Regarding the drought, the latest drought monitor reflects the overall pattern over the past few months. Most of our area remains in an extreme drought. An exceptional drought classification has been expanded to include more of our area. <\/p>\n<p>Rainfall forecast over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The good news is that our area is highlighted in seeing a higher probability of above normal rainfall over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">TONIGHT: Mostly Clear. Low 58.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">TUESDAY: Mostly Sunny. High 85, Low 66.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">WEDNESDAY: Partly Cloudy. High 92, Low 67.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">THURSDAY: Partly to Mostly Cloudy &amp; Breezy. Isolated Rain &amp; Storms. High 94, Low 68.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">FRIDAY: Partly to Mostly Cloudy &amp; Breezy. Isolated Rain &amp; Storms. High 83, Low 67. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SATURDAY: Partly to Mostly Cloudy. Isolated Rain &amp; Storms. High 85, Low 66. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The rest of the day will be warm and pleasant with temperatures in the 80s.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[508,116,118,117,221],"class_list":["post-258359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-forecast","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}