HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 457 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010
Expiration: 800 AM EST TUE FEB 09 2010
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE GLADES/HENDRY COUNTIES THURSDAY MORNING...
...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ATLANTIC BEACHES...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF A 1 TO 3 FOOT NORTHEAST SWELL AND
INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ALONG THE ATLANTIC BEACHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS ON TUESDAY, PRIOR TO
THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS MARINE
CONDITIONS, AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
ATLANTIC WATERS, WHERE A LINGERING NORTHEAST SWELL WILL ENHANCE
THE ROUGH CONDITIONS. THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO
INCREASE ALONG THE GULF COAST ON TUESDAY, AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
WEST.
A COLD AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA BEGINNING LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH WIND CHILL READINGS POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE
40 TO 45 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES.
THE COLDEST NIGHT WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES BY DAWN THURSDAY.
LOWS ACROSS THE REST OF THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 35 TO 40 DEGREES. ACROSS THE EAST COAST METROPOLITAN
AREAS...LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL GENERALLY INTO THE
40S...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE MID 30S TO AROUND 40.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK, WITH A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA ON
FRIDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.
