HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 520 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW EARLY TODAY WILL GIVE WAY TO
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OVER THE MARINE AREA THROUGH
NOON. NORTHERLY WINDS AND SEAS WILL REBUILD OVERNIGHT GIVING WAY TO
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT MOSTLY OFFSHORE BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE SURFACE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH
OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
COUNTRY. WITH THIS PATTERN AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE CENTRAL GULF...AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER THE
WEEKEND. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT...POSSIBLY CHANGING
OVER TO LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET AT TIMES MOSTLY OVER INLAND AREAS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA....GENERALLY NORTH AND
WEST OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO CAMDEN
ALABAMA. AT THIS TIME...LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH
MAYBE AN INCH OVER SOME GRASSY SURFACES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING PATTERN THROUGHOUT
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
AS THE GULF LOW DEVELOPS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE AREA
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE ON SATURDAY. AS
A RESULT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR MOST OF THE MARINE
AREA FRIDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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