000 FLUS42 KTAE 311042 HWOTAE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 519 AM EST SAT DEC 31 2005 ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-GMZ750- 755-770-775-311500- BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA- CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA- DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL- GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL- INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL- LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA- MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA- THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA... ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO... CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD... CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON... DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA... ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA... GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA... MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON... OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY... PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS... STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON... VALDOSTA AND VERNON 519 AM EST SAT DEC 31 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR MONDAY... .DAY ONE... AREAS OF FOG ARE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ABOUT A MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES IN A FEW AREAS MAY DROP TO A QUARTER OF A MILE...BUT WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO PREVENT WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE MORNING. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL QUICKLY DROP AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE COASTS...DROPPING TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS IN MANY LOCATIONS BY MIDNIGHT. DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BUT THEY ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE SEVERE. ON MONDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH OUR AREA FROM THE WEST. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL TRANSPORT A WARM HUMID AIRMASS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. THE APPROACHING DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE WITH THIS MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORM UPDRAFTS TO ROTATE. THESE STRONG ROTATING STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT...UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PASSES AND BRINGS DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. RESIDENTS...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUT CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED THIS WEEK...BUT THE LARGE SCALE WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE LATE IN THE WORK WEEK... INCREASING THE THREAT OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEKEND AS A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE EASTERN U.S. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THIS WEEKEND...BUT WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED ON MONDAY. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS. $$ FOURNIER