HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 442 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
CHILLY NORTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 10 MPH THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW
WIND CHILLS TO DROP INTO 30 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND
SUNRISE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM
FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA EXCEPT MARTIN COUNTY.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
NORTHWEST WINDS TO AROUND 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY THIS MORNING WILL
BUILD SEAS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE AND THE NEAR SHORE GULF STREAM
WATERS SOUTH OF SEBASTIAN INLET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN
EFFECT. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE STEEP SEAS IN
THE GULF STREAM UP TO 7 TO 9 FEET THIS MORNING.
...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
DRY VEGETATION AND LONG DURATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A FIRE WEATHER DANGER ACROSS INTERIOR
PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
LONG PERIOD NORTHEAST SWELLS IMPACTING THE EAST CENTRAL NEAR SHORE
WATERS WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES TODAY. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE
BEACH UNTIL OUT OF THE PULL OF THE CURRENT...AND THEN SWIM BACK TO
SHORE. REMEMBER...ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD AND DO
NOT SWIM ALONE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A FEW LIGHTNING STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL
FLORIDA. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THESE WINDS
WILL USHER IN MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR...WHICH WILL LEAD TO LOWS
IN THE 30S OR LOWER 40S FOR THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...
WITH LOW WIND CHILLS POSING A HAZARD SATURDAY MORNING. THE FIRE
DANGER WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEGINNING FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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