HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 734 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 745 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SKIES WILL REMAIN
PARTLY CLOUDY. IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY`S COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL
INCREASE THE REST OF TONIGHT TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS FOR
ALL THE WATERS.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EXPECTED IMPACTS AND RIVER STAGES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
THE DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON
THURSDAY SHOULD TRACK EAST AND MAKE LANDFALL IN THE EXTREME
SOUTHEAST BIG BEND ON FRIDAY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF RAINFALL TO
ACCOMPANY THIS LOW BEGINNING ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES. THIS
RAINFALL POTENTIAL WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY
FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS
ALREADY IMPACTED THESE REGIONS THIS WEEK.
A TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE GULF WILL KEEP WINDS ELEVATED OVER THE WATERS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY
LEVELS AT TIMES.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF
NEXT WEEK...A MUCH COLDER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SUB
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF NEXT
WEEK.SKIES WILL REMAIN PARTLY CLOUDY AS THE RECENT COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED
WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. IN ITS WAKE...WINDS WILL INCREASE
THE REST OF TONIGHT INTO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS FRO ALL THE
WATERS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
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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