HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Florida's National Weather Service reported the following hazardous weather outlooks for their respective regions:

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
605 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE...

TODAY AND TONIGHT
IN THE WAKE OF TUESDAY`S COLD FRONT...COLDER AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION...WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AWAY FROM THE COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ENHANCE THE SPREAD OF ANY WILDFIRES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

ANOTHER CLEAR AND COLD NIGHT IS FORECAST...AND WITH THE LIGHTER WINDS AND CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE RIDGE...A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS LIKELY LATER TONIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE HARD FREEZE IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
YET ANOTHER COOL DAY IS ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY...SOME PRECIPITATION FRIDAY COULD FALL AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW. BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL FORECAST...THIS POTENTIAL IS HIGHEST ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND GEORGIA. DRIER AIR WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE NEXT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
600 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

TODAY AND TONIGHT
...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL USHER COLD AND DRY AIR INTO THE CENTRAL PENINSULA TODAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT OUT OF THE MID 50S ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR...AND WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE LOWER 60S ALONG THE TREASURE COAST AND AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AND ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK NORTH OF I-4 AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GENERATE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S OVER MOST OF THE ARE DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS THURSDAY MORNING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
530 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

TODAY AND TONIGHT
……FREEZE WARNING FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS IN THE SUWANNEE VALLEY MAY EXPERIENCE A BRIEF HARD FREEZE...PARTICULARLY IF WINDS DROP OFF MORE THAN FORECAST. THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY ACROSS NORTHEAST FLORIDA DUE TO DRY AIR AND STRONG WINDS.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER AGAIN THURSDAY FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA DUE TO CONTINUED DRY AIR. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE AS PRECIPITATION MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IF THE LOW TRACKS FARTHER NORTH THAN PRESENTLY INDICATED...AS WELL AS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION AREA DEPARTS. THE CHANCE OF THIS REMAINS LOW...BUT RESIDENTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
515 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

TODAY AND TONIGHT
...COLD IMPACT... LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT IN INTERIOR AREAS OF THE NATURE COAST. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NATURE COAST TONIGHT... DRY AIR IN PLACE WILL ALLOW FOR CRITICALLY LOW VALUES OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY THAT WILL BE COMBINED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY TO MAKE FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
...COLD IMPACT... SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED EARLY ON THURSDAY MORNING IN INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE A FEW HOURS ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING.. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS ON THURSDAY.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
420 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

TODAY AND TONIGHT
TEMPERATURES: A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTH FLORIDA BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES ALONG THE COAST WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.

THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OVER ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON FRIDAY NIGHT.