000 FLUS42 KTAE 151023 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 523 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-161030- 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- 523 AM EST THU JAN 15 2009 /423 AM CST THU JAN 15 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. ...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CLEAR SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE EXPECTED. LATER TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 DEGREES NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING WEST FROM VALDOSTA TO MARIANNA TO WALTON COUNTY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF A DRY COLD FRONT FRIDAY. A VERY DRY AND COLD AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE WILL LEAD TO THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 DEGREES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. IN ADDITION...LONG DURATIONS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES WILL POSE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TUESDAY AND BEYOND...TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO MODERATE BACK TOWARD NORMAL. .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. $$