000 FLUS42 KTAE 201031 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 531 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ750-755-770-775-211045- 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- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT TO 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM- WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 531 AM EST SAT JAN 20 2007 /431 AM CST SAT JAN 20 2007/ THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND GULF OF MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING MUCH DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL FAVOR THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES THAT MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN FLORIDA. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST. AT THIS TIME WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...ONLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO STALL ACROSS OR JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION ON MONDAY AND KEEP CONDITIONS UNSETTLED WITH GOOD CHANCES OF RAIN REMAINING IN THE FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHEN AN UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WELL TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION. A RETURN TO WINTER LIKE TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BEHIND THIS UPPER DISTURBANCE WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING TO NEAR FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TAE. $$ AG