HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 946 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 900 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY
SATURDAY OVER THE MARINE WATERS AND BAYS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
IN EFFECT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS ARE FORECAST TO DIP TO SUBFREEZING LEVELS OVER THE
INTERIOR...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S EXPECTED OVER THE INLAND
AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
COLDEST AIR OF THE WINTER THUS FAR EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE GULF COAST
REGION OVER THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BELOW FREEZING OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. A
HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA NORTH OF THE COAST. THE LATEST FORECAST CALLS FOR OVERNIGHT
LOWS DIPPING DOWN INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA
BOTH SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS. THE COLDEST MORNING LOOKS
TO BE TUESDAY MORNING WHERE AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
WIGGINS MISSISSIPPI TO CRESTVIEW FLORIDA COULD SEE THE THERMOMETER
DIP TO NEAR 15 DEGREES. SEVERAL AREAS COULD SEE NEAR RECORD TO
RECORD COLD.
FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...A STRONG CANADIAN RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMES REESTABLISHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL STATES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THIS HIGH BRINGS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND A BUILDING TREND IN SEAS
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SEVERAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS SHOW ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH
BETTER MOISTURE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. GIVEN THE EXTENT OF COLD AIR IN
PLACE PRIOR TO THIS LOW...THE LOWS TRACK WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT
IMPLICATIONS ON OUR WEATHER. SOME OF OUR RELIABLE EXTENDED RANGE
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT ON THE LOW TRACK...WHILE ALSO SUGGESTING
A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN...TO SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW OVER THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
SINCE THIS IS STILL 5 TO 6 DAYS OUT...UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AND THERE
IS PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE GUIDANCE TO CHANGE. STAY TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
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