HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 359 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 400 PM 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 FRIDAY.
A MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY OVER THE
MARINE AREA. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. WINDS WILL
INCREASE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WELL OFFSHORE AND MAY APPROACH
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER
THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH
AND EAST THROUGH SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TRACKS EASTWARD
TOWARD THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY...BRINGING COLDER AIR INTO
THE REGION. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY MIDDAY SATURDAY.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. AS COLDER AIR
CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...THE RAIN WILL
BEGIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...MAINLY OVER GRASSY AND ELEVATED
SURFACES...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO
GROVE HILL LINE. AS A RESULT...A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED
LOCATIONS.
THE RAIN MAY BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
SATURDAY AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS ANY SUBTLE SHIFTS IN THE LOW
PRESSURE TRACK OR CHANGES IN THE TIMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF COLD AIR
WILL RESULT IN CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST.
OVER THE MARINE AREA...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE
REQUIRED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MIDDAY SATURDAY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO
DECREASE LATE SATURDAY AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY AND HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED THROUGH FRIDAY.
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