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HWOTAE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
620 AM EST SUN NOV 8 2009
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COFFEE-DALE-HENRY-GENEVA-HOUSTON-INLAND WALTON-COASTAL WALTON-
HOLMES-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-BAY-CALHOUN-GULF-FRANKLIN-GADSDEN-LEON-
JEFFERSON-MADISON-LIBERTY-WAKULLA-TAYLOR-LAFAYETTE-DIXIE-QUITMAN-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-TERRELL-DOUGHERTY-LEE-WORTH-TURNER-TIFT-BEN HILL-
IRWIN-EARLY-MILLER-BAKER-MITCHELL-COLQUITT-COOK-BERRIEN-SEMINOLE-
DECATUR-GRADY-THOMAS-BROOKS-LOWNDES-LANIER-
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
620 AM EST SUN NOV 8 2009 /520 AM CST SUN NOV 8 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
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES...
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA
BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES...
...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN NOW EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...EXCEPT BEGINNING AT NOON EST TODAY FOR THE NEARSHORE
WATERS...
...A GALE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE WESTERN LEGS...
TODAY WILL BE THE PROVERBIAL QUIET DAY BEFORE THE STORM WITH
FILTERED SUNSHINE THROUGH HIGH CLOUDINESS ALLOWING HIGH
TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S OVER MOST
AREAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND MILDER VALUES
TONIGHT.
DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ALL EYES WILL BE TO THE SOUTH ON HURRICANE IDA WHICH AS OF 400
AM EST...WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.50 DEGREES AND LONGITUDE
85.60 DEGREES OR ABOUT 85 MILES EAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH AND IT IS MOVING
TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED. ALTHOUGH IDA COULD STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY
MORE INTO A LOW END CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE LATER TODAY...IT IS
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THEREAFTER AS IT HEADS NORTHWARD
TOWARDS OUR COASTAL WATERS AND EVENTUALLY BECOMES AN EXTRA-
TROPICAL STORM. NONETHELESS...IDA COULD STILL BE A FAIRLY STRONG
SYSTEM BY THE TIME IT APPROACHES THE REGION...AND THE COMBINATION
OF IDA TO THE SOUTH AND A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
NORTH IS EXPECTED TO CREATE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL
WATERS...WITH GALE FORCE CONDITIONS NOW ANTICIPATED OVER THE
WESTERN LEGS. THEREFORE...ALL MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AND THE LATEST TROPICAL WEATHER ADVISORIES FROM THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ON IDA...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT OUR
AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. FURTHERMORE...THESE WINDS WILL
PRODUCE INCREASING SEAS AND BREAKING WAVES OVER THE AREA BEACHES
DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THIS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS RANGE FROM
HAZARDOUS TO LIFE THREATENING FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER...WITH
POTENTIALLY DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AND MODERATE TO MAJOR BEACH
EROSION POSSIBLE. BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND BEGINNING OF NEXT
WEEKEND...HIGH PRESSURE WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR SHOULD BUILD
BACK INTO THE REGION.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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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