000 FLUS42 KTAE 121016 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 516 AM EST MON JAN 12 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-131030- 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- 516 AM EST MON JAN 12 2009 /416 AM CST MON JAN 12 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. IN THE WAKE OF SUNDAY EVENING'S DEPARTING COLD FRONT..A FEW SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES MAY LINGER THIS MORNING ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA. OTHERWISE A DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL DAY IS FORECAST. HOWEVER...A LOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE GULF AND MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONT TONIGHT BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN BACK TO THE EASTERN COUNTIES..ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND AND ADJACENT WATERS. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LOCAL WATERS FOR BORDERLINE ADVISORY WINDS THIS MORNING. WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN...CONDITIONS FAVOR THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES SHOULD ANY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS INLAND SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... LIGHT RAIN MAY WILL LINGER EARLY TUESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BIG BEND. THEN...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD RAPIDLY INTO THE NORTHEAST GULF ACCOMPANIED BY THE FIRST SHOT OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH LIGHT FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS INLAND AREAS EACH NIGHT. CONFIDENCE IS ALSO INCREASING THAT A TRUE ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY...WITH THE GOOD POSSIBILITY OF A HARD FREEZE OR TWO ON FRIDAY AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING. ALL INTERESTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED 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