000 FLUS42 KMLB 231105 HWOMLB HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 605 AM EST SAT DEC 23 2006 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 232315- COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD- OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA- SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD- 605 AM EST SAT DEC 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS TODAY AHEAD OF A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE ISOLATED STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LESS LIKELY TONIGHT...HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A PERSISTENT THREE FOOT EASTERLY SWELL WILL GENERATE A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. REMEMBER TO ALWAYS SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFEGUARD. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE 5 TO 7 FOOT SEAS. ACROSS THE NEAR SHORE WATERS...WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 KNOTS...WITH SEAS OF 4 TO 6 FEET. WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...HOWEVER LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS MAY STILL OCCUR NEAR HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS DAY. A LARGE AND COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A DEEP AND MOIST SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BY EARLY ON CHRISTMAS. AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND MOVE NORTHEAST DURING CHRISTMAS DAY...A SQUALL LINE WILL FORM AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF. THIS SQUALL LINE IS FORECAST TO CROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA CHRISTMAS DAY...MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME STORMS WITHIN THE LINE TO SEVERE... WITH THE GREATEST THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 55 MPH. SINCE THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS AS TO HOW STRONG IT WILL BE AND WHAT AREAS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS WILL REFINE THE IMPACTS AND TIMING OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM UPON EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. CHECK LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR UPDATES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND A COLD FRONT LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. OFFSHORE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REACH 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHICH WILL DRIVE SEAS TO AT LEAST 5 TO 7 FEET AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...