000 FLUS42 KTAE 041025 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 525 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-051030- 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- 525 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008 /425 AM CST FRI JAN 4 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 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN DOMINATE THE SOUTHEAST REGION. EXPECT ANOTHER COLD DEBUT AS SUNRISE WILL WITNESS TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S AT MANY INLAND SPOTS. THEN...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO THE MID 50S BY MID AFTERNOON. WITH VERY DRY AIR ACROSS THE REGION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN PLUMMET THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES...SHOULD ANY OCCUR. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A GRADUAL WARMING TREND TAKES PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NORMAL LEVELS (MID-UPPER 60S) ON SATURDAY AND TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS (LOWER-MID 70S) SUNDAY INTO MID WEEK. THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ALL NWS COOP SITES ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THEIR LOWEST TEMPERATURES TODAY. 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. $$ BLOCK