SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 514 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 700 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES
ON SUNDAY MORNING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THIS FRONT
LATER TODAY INTO THIS WEEKEND...AND BRINGS SOME OF THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR TO THE AREA. NEAR FREEZING
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NATURE COAST TONIGHT...WITH MID
TO UPPER 30S ELSEWHERE. GUSTY WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL
CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S OVER THE NATURE COAST
AND LOWER TO MID 30S FOR ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE
COAST.
AS THE HIGH PUSHES FURTHER SOUTH ON SATURDAY...EVEN COLDER AIR IS
POISED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE IMMEDIATE COAST WILL SEE TEMPERATURES NEAR OR
BELOW FREEZING WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE LOWER
TO MID 20S OVER THE NATURE COAST. WINDS REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH
RANGE OVERNIGHT AS WELL...AND THIS CREATES WIND CHILLS EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING IN THE TEENS OVER THE NATURE COAST AND LOWER TO MID
20S ELSEWHERE.
THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND SMALL
PETS LEFT OUTDOORS ARE ALSO AT RISK. COVER PLANTS AND BRING PETS
INDOORS EACH EVENING. RESIDENTS VENTURING OUT IN THE MORNINGS
SHOULD ALSO DRESS WARMLY. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING WILL INSULATE
YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 439 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED HOWEVER.
...HIGH WIND IMPACT...
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE LATER THIS MORNING AS
THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THIS
EVENING. WIND SPEEDS OF AROUND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 30 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME LATE TONIGHT BUT
REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. WINDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING TOO MUCH
TONIGHT...BUT THE COMBINATION OF COLDER AIR AND GUSTY WINDS
OVERNIGHT WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S OVER THE
NATURE COAST AND LOWER TO MID 30S FOR ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT FOR
THE IMMEDIATE COAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THERE
WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. A RIP CURRENT IS A 10
TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG
SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR
PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE
YOUR KNEES.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING
AND AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WINDS WILL BE IN
THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. LOWS IN THE
LOWER TO MID 20S ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NATURE COAST...LOWER 30S
OVER MOST INLAND AREAS AND MID 30S NEAR THE COAST. THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH WINDS STILL IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE
WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE MID TEENS OVER THE NATURE COAST AND
MID 20S ELSEWHERE.
...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS
EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.
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