000 FLUS42 KTAE 051106 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 606 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-061115- 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- 606 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009 /506 AM CST MON JAN 5 2009/ ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING... 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT... WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG COVERS THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE-HALF MILE. CONDITIONS SHOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE BY 10 AM EST. PLENTIFUL MOISTURE AND A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST NORTH OF THE REGION WILL HELP TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ACROSS OUR ALABAMA AND GEORGIA ZONES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO CAUTIONARY LEVELS LATE TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TUESDAY AND PUSH ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT MAY BE PRECEDED BY A SQUALL LINE CONTAINING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE TIMING ALONG WITH MORE DETAILS ON THIS POSSIBLE SEVERE EVENT WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS HIGHLIGHTED MOST OF THE REGION UNDER THE SLIGHT RISK CATEGORY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT WOULD BE FROM DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE IF ANY THE STORMS WITH THIS FRONT WILL BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. .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. $$ BARRY