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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
250 PM EST THU FEB 9 2012

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250 PM EST THU FEB 9 2012

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RIP CURRENTS: THE COMBINATION OF NORTHEAST WINDS FROM 15 TO 20
KNOTS ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS AND LOW TIDE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG
THE ATLANTIC COAST BEACHES, WITH THE GREATEST RISK IN THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY


A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA SATURDAY
MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS. BEHIND THE FRONT,
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS TO THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S ACROSS
THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH THE WIND
INCLUDED, THIS WILL MAKE THE WIND CHILL READING DROP INTO THE
LOWER TO MID 30S ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES, UPPER 30S TO
LOWER 40S REST OF INTERIOR AND WEST COAST METRO AREAS, AND MID 40S
TO LOWER 50S EAST COAST METRO AREAS.

THE COOLER WEATHER WILL STICK AROUND FOR SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH LOWS ON SUNDAY NIGHT DROPPING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S
ACROSS GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES, AND THEN INTO THE MID 40S TO
LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS THE EAST COAST METRO AREAS.

WINDS AND SEAS WILL ALSO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ON
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE ACROSS THE
REGION.


.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.

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