000 FLUS42 KTAE 211121 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 621 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161- GMZ730-750-755-765-770-775-221000- 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- 621 AM EST WED JAN 21 2009 /521 AM CST WED JAN 21 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... VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL ZONES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVERHEAD TONIGHT AND PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS FOR ANOTHER HARD FREEZE INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TONIGHT LOOKS TO BE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FREEZE WITH MANY INLAND LOCATIONS FALLING BELOW FREEZING FOR 8 TO 10 HOURS. COLDER INLAND LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND FAR SOUTHERN GEORGIA ARE EXPECTED TO SEE 4 TO 6 HOURS BELOW 25 DEGREES WHERE THE SANDIER SOILS WILL AID IN THE RADIATIONAL COOLING PROCESS. A FEW NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS ARE EVEN FORECAST TO REACH THE UPPER TEENS TOWARD SUNRISE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...2 TO 3 HOURS OF TEMPERATURES BELOW 25 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... A DRY AIR MASS AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FIRE WEATHER WATCHES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AS WELL AS THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FLORIDA BIG BEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THIS HIGH WILL REMAIN IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMITY TO RESULT IN ANOTHER GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING SETUP ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL GEORGIA AND THE EASTERN FLORIDA BIG BEND INTO EARLY FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE AS COLD AS PREVIOUS NIGHTS OVER THESE AREAS...SEVERAL HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE STILL POSSIBLE. .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