000 FLUS42 KTAE 090732 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 232 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-101100- 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- 232 AM EST FRI JAN 9 2009 /132 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2009/ 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... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH A SUNNY...MILD...AND DRY AFTERNOON...AND A CLEAR AND SEASONABLY COOL NIGHT. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL ENHANCE WILDFIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY STRUGGLE TO PUSH SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND SOME OF THESE COULD CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS. THEREAFTER... PROGRESSIVELY COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN OVER THE AREA...ALTHOUGH HOW COLD WILL IT GET AND WHICH DAYS WILL BE THE COLDEST ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN QUESTION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED 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. $$ 17-GOULD