000 FLUS42 KTAE 181009 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 509 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-191015- 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- 509 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2009 /409 AM CST SUN JAN 18 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...TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA LATER TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WEST OF THE APALACHICOLA RIVER...AND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF THIS RIVER. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. AFTER THE FRONT EXITS...RAIN WILL DECREASE AND THEN END WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AND DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE MILDER THAN PREVIOUS NIGHTS... GENERALLY IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S INLAND. SOUTHWEST AND THEN WEST WINDS ALONG WITH SEAS WILL INCREASE AHEAD AND THEN ALONG THE FRONT AND...IN ITS WAKE...REMAIN ELEVATED AND OFFSHORE UNTIL EARLY MONDAY. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINERS. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD. PREDAWN INLAND LOW TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN DROP TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A WEAK FRONT WILL LIKELY CROSS THE LOCAL AREA ON TUESDAY BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN...MAINLY TO THE BIG BEND AND THE ADJACENT WATERS. .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. $$ BLOCK