000 FLUS42 KTAE 050945 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 444 AM EST THU JAN 5 2006 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-041500- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 444 AM EST THU JAN 5 2006 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS OVER THE ENTIRE MARINE AREA. WINDS AND SEAS WILL FURTHER INCREASE TO ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER IN AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION FRIDAY. THIS ALONG WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL HELP TO PREVENT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES FROM RISING ABOVE THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. THE CLOUDS AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOST INTERIOR SECTIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE BY SATURDAY MORNING. MOST INLAND AREAS CAN EXPECT 5 TO 7 HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S WITH A FEW OF THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS IN THE LOWER 20S. EXPECT A LIGHT FREEZE ALONG THE COAST WITH 2 TO 4 HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AT ADVISORY LEVELS ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS FRIDAY INTO DAYBREAK SATURDAY. A GRADUAL WARMUP WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MID NEXT WEEK WITH NO APPRECIABLE CHANCE FOR RAIN. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. $$ 22-BARRY