HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 537 AM EST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST THU DEC 17 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED
SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN ITS WAKE...WINDS WILL BE MAINLY
NORTH TO NORTHEAST TODAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE PANHANDLE PORTION OF THE COASTAL WATERS...AND MAY BE REQUIRED
LATER THIS MORNING FOR THE BIG BEND PORTION OF THE COASTAL WATERS.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EXPECTED IMPACTS AND RIVER STAGES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN
GULF ON THURSDAY...AND IT SHOULD TRACK EAST AND MAKE LANDFALL IN
THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST BIG BEND ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT ANOTHER
ROUND OF RAINFALL TO ACCOMPANY THIS LOW BEGINNING ON THURSDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD
EXCEED 2 INCHES. THIS RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED
CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY IMPACTED THESE REGIONS THIS WEEK.
TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL KEEP WINDS ELEVATED OVER THE WATERS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY
LEVELS AT TIMES.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF
NEXT WEEK...A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SUB
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT
WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.
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