HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1000 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...COOL WEATHER EXPECTED TUESDAY AND ONCE AGAIN NEXT WEEKEND...
...SLIGHT CHANCE OF RIP CURRENT PALM BEACH BEACHES TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
RIP CURRENTS: A NORTHEAST LONG PERIOD GROUND SWELL OF AROUND 2 FEET
OR LESS OFF THE PALM BEACH COASTAL BEACHES WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. DESPITE THE LOW TIDE BEING LATE THIS
MORNING...THE THREAT WILL STILL LINGER AROUND THROUGH THE DAY
PARTICULARLY AS THERE IS A CHANCE OF THE SWELL INCREASING A BIT
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE LONG PERIOD SWELLS COULD RESULT IN
BREAKERS OF UP TO 4 TO 5 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE.
NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME
TODAY OR TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON, LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN NORTHERLY WINDS AND
DETERIORATING CONDITIONS ON THE LOCAL WATERS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN LATE THIS WEEK, FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF AN EVEN
STRONGER COLD FRONT.
MINIMUM APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 40 TO 45 DEGREE
RANGE FOR A LARGE PART OF MAINLAND SOUTH FLORIDA, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST, BY TUESDAY MORNING, WITH VALUES
POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE 35 TO 40 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS NORTHERN
INTERIOR LOCATIONS. MINIMUM APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL
INTO THE 30S FOR MOST OF THE REGION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE
IMMEDIATE SOUTHEAST COAST NEXT SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS,
FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF A STRONGER COLD FRONT LATE THIS WEEK.
A LINGERING GROUND SWELL THIS WEEK WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RIP CURRENTS MAINLY ALONG THE PALM BEACH BEACHES. THIS WILL COMBINE
WITH AN INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED BETWEEN THE TWO FRONTAL
SYSTEMS TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, TO RAISE THE THREAT FOR RIP
CURRENTS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST BY THEN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIAMI
WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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