HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 602 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST WED DEC 16 2009

/500 AM CST TUE DEC 15 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...
WIDESPREAD FOG CONTINUING TO IMPACT THE COASTAL AREA THIS
MORNING. FOG IS NOT AS DENSE AS YESTERDAY...BUT VISIBILITIES ARE
STILL EXPECTED TO BE LOW IN SOME AREAS AS WELL AS OUT OVER THE
WATERS. SHOWERS AND STORMS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. RAIN
SHOULD BE LIGHT IN NATURE...BUT COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUNDS WILL CAUSE FLOODING CONCERNS. SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING
IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE WHERE RAINS WERE EXCESSIVE ON MONDAY
EVENING AND TUESDAY MORNING. ALSO...OFFSHORE WINDS AND SEAS MAY
REACH ADVISORY LEVELS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.
SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST ALABAMA AND SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. THIS FLOODING IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS FOR EXPECTED IMPACTS AND RIVER STAGES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND LOW PRESSURE
OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL KEEP WINDS ELEVATED OVER THE WATERS
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
ADVISORY LEVELS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY AS THE GULF LOW PASSES SOUTH
OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAINFALL TO ACCOMPANY THIS LOW ON FRIDAY. THIS RAINFALL POTENTIAL
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA AS SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL HAS ALREADY IMPACTED
THESE REGIONS THIS WEEK.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS LOW...DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF NEXT WEEK A
MUCH COLDER AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR SUB FREEZING
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
.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.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 546 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST TUE DEC 15 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
545 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
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545 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...DENSE FOG IMPACT...
ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIGHT WINDS HAS LED TO AREAS OF
FOG ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...SOME OF WHICH IS LOCALLY
DENSE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF OF A MILE. THIS
FOG WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AND DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING...BUT
UNTIL THIS TIME MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SHOULD SLOW DOWN...USE
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND MAINTAIN EXTRA SPACING BETWEEN VEHICLES.
THERE IS ALSO SOME SEA FOG THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT MAINLY FROM SARASOTA COUNTY
NORTHWARD. SOME OF THE SEA FOG WILL DRIFT ONSHORE EFFECTING
COASTAL AREAS FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY. MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE INEXPERIENCED...MAY WISH TO POSTPONE
TRIPS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
MORE FOG...SOME LOCALLY DENSE...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN
LATER TONIGHT WITH THE SEA FOG GRADUALLY DISSIPATING FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
...DENSE FOG IMPACT...
AREAS OF FOG WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LIFT AND DISSIPATE BY LATE
MORNING.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THEN LATE IN THE WEEK AN
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
CONTINUING THE RATHER ROUGH BOATING CONDITIONS WITH SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES POSSIBLE.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS AND MOVES EAST ACROSS THE
GULF OF MEXICO. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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