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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Melbourne, FL

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HWOMLB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
843 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-
144-147-092100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
843 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
THERE IS A VERY SMALL THREAT OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. MARGINAL
INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BE OVERCOME BY AFTERNOON HEATING
DURING THE APPROACH OF A UPPER DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE A SHORT LIVED
THUNDERSTORM.

...HIGH WIND IMPACT...
BREEZY SOUTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 20 MPH WILL
TOSS LIGHT WEIGHT UNSECURED ITEMS. HUMAN POWERED CRAFT ON LARGE
LAKES AND THE OPEN INTRACOASTAL WATERS MAY BECOME UNSTABLE AND OR
SWAMPED BY STEEP WAVES.

...MARINE THUNDERSTORM GUST IMPACT...
LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS IN THE VICINITY OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
LIGHTNING STORMS WILL APPROACH 35 MPH OVER THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
AREA. SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT MAY ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR A
BRIEF PERIOD DURING PASSAGE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
DETERIORATING WINDS AND SEAS HAS PROMPTED ISSUANCE OF A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY OVER THE OUTER WATERS LATE THIS MORNING. ALL OF THE ATLANTIC
WATERS WILL BE UNDER A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE AND EVENTUALLY A
COLD FRONT PASSES OVER THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS OVER CENTRAL
FLORIDA LATE TONIGHT BRINGING MUCH DRIER AND COLDER AIR TO THE
REGION. WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S ARE FORECAST
BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. OVERNIGHT LOWS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE 30S AREA WIDE AND FREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING OVER
NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS.

FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL INCREASE BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
WITH LONG DURATION LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES POSSIBLE. WINDS
WILL ALSO BE GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE STATE
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ON FRIDAY. THE LOW IS CURRENTLY FORECAST
ON AN UNUSUALLY SOUTH TRACK AND THIS SCENARIO WITH MOVEMENT OVER
THE CENTRAL TO SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PENINSULA COULD BRING GUSTY
WINDS PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND PERHAPS THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG
WIND GUSTS TO THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.

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