HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 524 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 530 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES HAS ALLOWED FOR
UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER TO PUSH DEEP INTO SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE INTERIOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. TEMPERATURES AS COLD AS THE UPPER 20S WILL
OCCUR IN PORTIONS OF LEVY COUNTY. WIND CHILL READINGS AS COLD AS
25 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE IN LEVY COUNTY...WITH VALUES OF AROUND 35
DEGREES OCCURRING FROM SARASOTA NORTH. WIND CHILL ADVISORIES AND
FREEZE WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING.
...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
VERY DRY AIR TODAY WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TODAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM AROUND NOON TIME UNTIL THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN
THE FORECAST AREA TODAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ALONG THE NATURE COAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS OF THURSDAY AND THEN ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED BUT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS A
HAZARD IN ALL THUNDERSTORMS.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA THIS
WEEKEND. IT APPEARS THAT SEVERAL NIGHTS IN A ROW OF LOW TEMPERATURES
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S IN THE NORTH...TO MID 30S CENTRAL...AND
UPPER 30S SOUTH...ARE POSSIBLE. THIS COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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