January 2, 2010

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPDATE FOR STATE OF FLORIDA.

N.E. FLORIDA AND S.E. GEORGIA

TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO INFILTRATE THE AREA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT AROUND 50 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND LOWER 50S ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR AN EVEN COLDER EVENT TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND INLAND NORTHEAST FLORIDA...HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH 8 TO 10 HOURS OF VALUES BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. CLOSER TO THE COAST...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 30 TO 32 DEGREES.

...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK WITH A SERIES OF WIDESPREAD FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE EVENTS LIKELY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL LIKELY REACH THE LOWER TO MID 20S FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INTO NEXT WEDNESDAY. LOW WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED EACH MORNING.

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA

...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...AFTER A VERY COOL AFTERNOON TODAY...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL OFF RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES FROM AROUND THE INTERSTATE FOUR CORRIDOR NORTHWARD...WITH SOME MID 20S POSSIBLE IS NORMALLY COLDER SHELTERED LOCATIONS. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S ARE EXPECTED TO THE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE FOUR...WITH SOME UPPER 20S IN WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

A FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...VOLUSIA...SEMINOLE...AND ORANGE COUNTIES FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA... EXPECT FOR THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS OF BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.


...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A CONTINUED CONCERN FOR TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING...AND FROST ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS.
EXPECT ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES WATCHES AND WARNINGS TO BE POSTED DURING THIS COLD WEATHER EPISODE.


SOUTH FLORIDA

...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BY LATE TONIGHT BELOW FREEZING ACROSS GLADES, HENDRY AND NORTHERN COLLIER COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST WITH AROUND 40 TO THE MID 40S ALONG THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN REGION. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A NORTH WIND OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS OF 30 TO 35 DEGREES OVER MOST OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST WITH READINGS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S OVER THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN AREAS.

...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GLADES, HENDRY, INLAND PALM BEACH, INLAND COLLIER, INLAND BROWARD AND INLAND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES FOR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION.

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