{"id":595310,"date":"2026-04-20T09:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595310\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:52:17","slug":"low-humidity-gusty-winds-increase-fire-threats-throughout-northeast-florida-southeast-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/595310\/","title":{"rendered":"low humidity, gusty winds, increase fire threats throughout northeast Florida, southeast Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  \u2013 Sunny, highs in the upper 70s after a cold front pushed through Sunday afternoon. Skies will start mostly cloudy before becoming partly cloudy throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Breezy winds from the northeast will dominate in the 10-20 mph range, gusts up to 30, which will continue to keep the fire threats high. Relative humidity is expected to be critically low in the teens in southeast Georgia, 20% along US 301 inland northeast Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Winds will decrease after sunset tonight, and cooler air will sink into the area, allowing the humidity to rise into the overnight hours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">There\u2019s no rain in the forecast this week to provide any relief.<\/p>\n<p>Red Flag Warning<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">RED FLAG WARNING (all counties west of 95)- 8am-8pm Monday &#8211; critical fire weather conditions through a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Weather Watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">FIRE WEATHER WATCH- (NE FL) Tuesday morning through Tuesday afternoon &#8211; issued before a Red Flag Warning<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Impacts- existing or newly developed wildfires may exhibit erratic fire behavior, spread rapidly, making it harder to contain and suppress (NWS)<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Sunny, highs in the upper 70s after a cold front pushed through Sunday afternoon. Skies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,11315,451,3,452,453,2986],"class_list":["post-595310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-forecast","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}