HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 451 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 800 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...MUCH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH TONIGHT...
...FREEZE WARNING LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION TONIGHT...
...ROUGH MARINE CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WIND: NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE GULF AND ATLANTIC WATERS.
TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BY LATE TONIGHT BELOW
FREEZING ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND NORTHERN COLLIER COUNTIES.
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST WITH AROUND 40 TO THE MID 40S ALONG THE EAST COAST
METROPOLITAN REGION. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A NORTH WIND
OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 35
DEGREES OVER MOST OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST COAST WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE
EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS.
WAVES: THE NORTH WIND OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN ROUGH MARINE
CONDITIONS WITH SEAS IN THE GULF STREAM OF 7 TO 9 FEET.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY, INLAND PALM BEACH,
AND INLAND COLLIER COUNTIES FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.
FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREAS, LOWS MOSTLY IN THE 40S ARE EXPECTED,
LASTING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES ON THIS COLD WEATHER EPISODE
ALONG WITH POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL FREEZE WATCHES AND POSSIBLE FREEZE
WARNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
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