January 4, 2010

MONDAY NIGHT’S FORECAST

Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service


NORTHWEST FLORIDA - TONIGHT-PART OF THE HARD FREEZE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY FOR ALL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE HAS NOW BEEN CANCELED FOR PARTS OF LOWER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND ALL OF FLORIDA. THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY TO A LARGE LOW CLOUD DECK INVADING FROM THE NORTHWEST COVERING MOST OF THE REGION. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES OVER THE REGION TUESDAY.

EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
- TONIGHT....EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO BUILD DOWN OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. LOWS WILL REACH THE UPPER 20S OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR TO ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST...WITH NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS OVER LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES FALLING TO THE MID 20S FOR A COUPLE HOURS TOWARD SUNRISE. ALONG THE BREVARD AND TREASURE COAST...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOW 30S WITH NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF NORTHERN BREVARD COUNTY AND DIRECTLY ALONG THE COAST OF SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES.
ADDITIONALLY...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING INTO THE UPPER TEENS TOWARD SUNRISE IN LAKE AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES...AND THE LOWER TO MID 20S ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

SOUTH FLORIDA - TONIGHT-LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COULD DROP TO AROUND OR JUST BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PARTS OF THE INTERIOR. THE GREATEST THREAT IS OVER THE LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGION. WIND CHILLS BELOW 35 DEGREES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE INTERIOR, METRO PALM BEACH AND METRO BROWARD COUNTIES WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. WIND CHILLS ACROSS METRO MIAMI AND THE NAPLES AREAS WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 40 DEGREES.

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