HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 543 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 600 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...MUCH COLDER WEATHER TO ARRIVE STARTING TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND
PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
A QUICK MOVING GULF LOW WILL ZIP EASTWARD WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA
THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE GULF OF
MEXICO...MAINLY THE OFFSHORE LEGS. AN ISOLATED ELEVATED
THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND THIS
MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF TALLAHASSEE. THE STRONGEST STORMS
WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE AREA. STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS IN THE WAKE
OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS. MUCH
DRIER AND COLDER AIR WILL ALSO ARRIVE AND MOST INLAND AREAS WILL
SEE A BRIEF FREEZE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
A SERIES OF HARD FREEZES IS EXPECTED...BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 NIGHTS AFTER THAT. FREEZE
DURATIONS COULD BE AS LONG AS 15 HOURS ON THE COLDEST NIGHTS WITH
MANY INLAND AREAS BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY MORNINGS. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE ONLY SLIGHTLY FOR THE
LATER PART OF THE WEEK. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO REMAIN ELEVATED
OVER THE GULF FOR MUCH OF THE WORK 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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