HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 328 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2009 Expiration: 330 AM EST MON NOV 23 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 ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FOR ROUGH SEAS
AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY NEAR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE RAIN WILL END FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS
STILL A SMALL CHANCE...ABOUT 5 PERCENT OR LESS...THAT A STORM OR
TWO COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR A BRIEF TORNADO. IF THIS
HAPPENS...IT IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
COAST THIS MORNING...AS AN ISOLATED SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS DURING MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
UPCOMING WORK WEEK DUE TO VARYING SOLUTIONS FROM THE COMPUTER
MODELS USED TO FORECAST THE WEATHER. ONE MODEL FORECASTS FAIR AND
MILD WEATHER WHILE THE OTHER FORECASTS A RAIN EVENT BY MID WEEK.
EVEN IF THE RAINY SOLUTION IS CORRECT...IT APPEARS UNLIKELY THAT A
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL OCCUR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE STILL ASKED
TO MONITOR THE WEATHER TODAY IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED.
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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