000 FLUS42 KTAE 011115 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 615 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-021100- COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON- HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON- JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN- CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL- IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE- DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER- APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 615 AM EST TUE JAN 1 2008 /515 AM CST TUE JAN 1 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND MUCH OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST... ...A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE... ...WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...ADDITIONAL HARD FREEZES ARE NOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LONG DURATIONS OF HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE EVEN NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS INTO THURSDAY...WITH SOME GUSTS TO GALE FORCE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A DRY ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION TODAY...WITH NORTHWESTERLY WINDS USHERING IN MUCH COLDER AIR ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH TEMPS TODAY WILL STILL REACH THE 55 TO 60 DEGREE RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...BUT LOW TEMPS TONIGHT WILL DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 20S OVER THE INTERIOR...AND THE UPPER 20S NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 20 DEGREE RANGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DOMINATE OUR WEATHER INTO FRIDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL HARD FREEZES EXPECTED BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. OVER THE WEEKEND...THIS HIGH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND ALLOW A RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS WILL FINALLY PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM THE COLD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 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. $$ 17-GOULD