Freeze Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
259 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010


FLZ020>023-030>032-035>037-040-100900-
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/O.NEW.KJAX.FZ.A.0007.100211T0600Z-100211T1500Z/
HAMILTON-SUWANNEE-COLUMBIA-BAKER-UNION-BRADFORD-CLAY-GILCHRIST-
ALACHUA-PUTNAM-MARION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...LIVE OAK...LAKE CITY...
MACCLENNY...LAKE BUTLER...STARKE...GREEN COVE SPRINGS...TRENTON...
GAINESVILLE...PALATKA...OCALA
259 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THIS FEATURE AND WILL LIKELY
SUSTAIN AROUND 15 MPH TONIGHT AND CLOSER TO 20 MPH ON WEDNESDAY.
IN ADDITION...GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY.
AS A RESULT...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATED WINDS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S LATER
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF DECREASING WINDS AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER
20S...WITH LONG DURATIONS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES FORECAST.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES...WITH A HARD
FREEZE POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
132 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE OVER THE NATURE COAST LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT MUCH COLDER AND DRIER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON A BRISK NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY
WIND FLOW DURING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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/O.NEW.KTBW.FZ.A.0012.100211T0800Z-100211T1300Z/
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...CHIEFLAND...CRYSTAL RIVER...
INVERNESS...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...
NEW PORT RICHEY...ZEPHYRHILLS
132 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS
ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

A MUCH COLDER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A
COLD FRONT. THIS COLDER AIR MASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO RUN
SOME 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY WITH DAYTIME HIGHS
ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 50S ACROSS THE NATURE COAST WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAKING IT FEEL EVEN COLDER. DURING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE ITSELF INTO THE REGION FROM
THE NORTH. LIGHTER NORTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLD DRY AIR
MASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL OFF QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH
READINGS DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN BOTTOMING
OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TOWARDS SUNRISE ON THURSDAY MORNING.

RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE FREEZE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE PROTECTIVE
MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS ARE COVERED
OR BROUGHT INDOORS WEDNESDAY EVENING. PETS SHOULD ALSO BE BROUGHT
INDOORS. RESIDENTS PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD DRESS WARMLY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES
FROM THE COLD. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER
THAN A SINGLE COAT OR JACKET.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A WIDESPREAD AND
DAMAGING FREEZE WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS. DURING THE FREEZE
PERIOD...TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW 32 DEGREES FOR MORE THAN 8
HOURS.

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