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443 AM EST SUN MAR 3 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. .EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT... TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE A FEW HOURS WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE LOW 30S EARLY THIS MORNING...MAINLY OVER THE INTERIOR AND ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS NORTH OF VERO BEACH. ANOTHER COLD NIGHT EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORMALLY COLDER INTERIOR LOCATIONS EARLY MONDAY MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS OKEECHOBEE COUNTY AND FAR NORTHERN LAKE AND NORTHWEST VOLUSIA COUNTIES. IN ADDITION NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 TO 10 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S AROUND DAYBREAK. MAKE SURE TO DRESS WARMLY IF GOING OUTSIDE AND BRING PETS INDOORS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. .RIP CURRENT IMPACT... OCEAN CONDITIONS WILL GENERATE A LOW TO MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON DUE TO TIDAL EFFECTS. .WIND AND SEA IMPACT... POOR TO HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS OFFSHORE PRODUCING CHOPPY SEAS AROUND 5 TO 7 FEET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OFFSHORE AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION NEARSHORE. .FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... WHILE WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY...THEY WILL STILL BECOME BREEZY INCREASING TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES TO PRODUCE ANOTHER DAY OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ELEVATED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS OFFSHORE INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING INTO THE AFTERNOON. INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS THEN EXPECTED AGAIN INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. $$ WEITLICH
