HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 454 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
445 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-061000-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
445 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING...THEN
COME TO AN END AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION.
A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH MID DAY TODAY.
...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE
WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT TODAY. THIS MAY GENERATE HAZARDOUS RIP
CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON.
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
TEMPERATURES MAY FALL TO NEAR FREEZING IN LEVY COUNTY TODAY...AND
INTO THE MIDDLE 30S FOR THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST.
LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW PATCHY FROST TO DEVELOP IN THESE AREAS
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS WILL BUILD UP TO 8
FEET TODAY. THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTH TONIGHT RESULTING IN DIMINISHING
WINDS AN SUBSIDING SEAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS AND SEAS MAY AGAIN REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...THEN PUSHES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE GULF
WATERS ON THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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