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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 4, 2010

NWS Mobile, AL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 4, 2010, 4:44 AM CST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2010, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 4, 2010, 4:44 AM CST (10:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 5, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 3, 11:15 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 11:15 PM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 5:54 AM CST, 22 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
554 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-041200-
CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW-
ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE-
LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-
COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
554 AM CST SUN JAN 3 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES OVER THE
REGION TODAY.

WITH THE PRESENCE OF A COLD AIRMASS...THE DEGREE OF VERY DRY AIR IN
PLACE...HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED TO THIN...AND LIGHT NORTHERLY
WINDS...OVERNIGHT LOWS LOOK TO PLUNGE. ANOTHER HARD FREEZE IS
ANTICIPATED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CRITICALLY LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITY MAINTAINS THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD AIR IS UPCOMING. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL BELOW FREEZING OVER THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY. THE LATEST FORECAST SUGGESTS A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY BOTH
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS FOR MOST OF THE AREA NORTH OF THE
IMMEDIATE COAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS DURING THIS PERIOD COULD BOTTOM OUT
INTO THE TEENS. ITS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THAT SEVERAL AREAS COULD
EXPERIENCE NEAR RECORD TO RECORD COLD AS WELL.

FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...A STRONG CANADIAN RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMES REESTABLISHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL STATES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
THIS HIGH BRINGS A RETURN TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND A BUILDING
TREND IN SEAS LATE MONDAY.

WITH THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD...FORECASTERS ARE CONTINUING TO
WATCH CLOSELY FOR THE NEXT THREAT OF MOISTURE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. THE DISCUSSION THEN WILL BE ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL
OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION. SOME OF THE RELIABLE EXTENDED RANGE WEATHER
MODELS CALL FOR A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF ON THURSDAY. NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE LOW TRACK...THE AIR
LOOKS TO REMAIN COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER INLAND LOCATIONS...
GENERALLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. IF THE TRACK OF THE
LOW COMES IN A LITTLE SOUTH OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST...SOME
WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTH AS THE IMMEDIATE
COASTAL ZONES. STAY TUNED.

THERE ARE STRONG INDICATIONS OF ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR ENTERING
THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS AIRMASS MAY BE EVEN COLDER THAN
THE ONE TO IMPACT THE AREA EARLY THIS WEEK.

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR
NAVIGATION OF SMALLER MARINE CRAFT LATE IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 4, 4:32 AM CST	Hard Freeze Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	28 hr
Jan 4, 6:58 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	23 hr
Jan 4, 6:58 AM CST	Red Flag Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	35 hr
Jan 4, 3:42 PM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	13 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.