000 FLUS42 KTAE 041053 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 553 AM EST THU JAN 4 2007 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY... ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-051100- 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- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 553 AM EST THU JAN 4 2007 /453 AM CST THU JAN 4 2007/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... DENSE FOG EAST OF THE AREA COULD WORK WESTWARD INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND EARLY THIS MORNING. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. EAST WINDS WILL VEER TO SOUTHEAST AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG AREA BEACHES. FINALLY...WINDS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ONCE THE WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY. A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO PRECEDE AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY BEFORE PUSHING ACROSS SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITHIN THE SQUALL LINE. HOWEVER...WINDS SHEAR PROFILES WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS OUT AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE. SUPERCELLS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON FRIDAY WILL BE HIGH. THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT ARRIVES IN THE FORECAST AREA BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL THEN DEVELOP LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST AND PULL THIS FRONT BACK TO OUR NORTH AS A WARM FRONT ON SATURDAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. THESE FRONTS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR WILL FINALLY ARRIVE IN THE AREA ON MONDAY ALONG WITH A RETURN TO SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...BUT MAY BE NECESSARY ON FRIDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. $$