000 FLUS42 KTAE 141021 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 521 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-151000- 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- 521 AM EST MON JAN 14 2008 /421 AM CST MON JAN 14 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA... SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS OVER THE OFFSHORE MARINE LEGS WILL DECREASE TO EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THEN BELOW HEADLINE CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. A DRY AIRMASS WILL COMBINE WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S TO PRODUCE EXTENDED DURATIONS OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THESE LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF WILDFIRES DURING THE AFTERNOON. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING FOR A BRIEF TIME APPROACHING SUNRISE. AT THIS TIME THE DURATION OF TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING APPEARS TO BE 2 HOURS OR LESS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO LATER TUESDAY TO NEAR THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THURSDAY. A PERIOD OF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS APPEARS LIKELY STARTING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GULF OF MEXICO LOW ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...IF THE LOW TRACK BECOMES CLOSER TO THE COAST THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. A COLDER AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO REACH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH IT IS IN THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST...NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. .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. $$ 14-MROCZKA