Small Craft Advisory 44, NWS Mobile, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 PM CDT THU NOV 4 2010

.AVIATION...(18Z ISSUANCE)THE LAST OF ANY MVFR CIGS SHOULD MOVE OUT
OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AS STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW MOVE OVER THE
AREA.  THIS STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH THE
FORECAST.

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.UPDATE...HAVE UPDATED THE WINDS OFFSHORE TO BETTER REFLECT CURRENT
CONDITIONS. OTHER THAN THIS...HAVEN'T OBSERVED ANY SERIOUS DEVIATION
FROM THE REST OF THE PACKAGE.

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.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: BUTLER...CHOCTAW...CLARKE...CONECUH...
     COVINGTON...CRENSHAW...ESCAMBIA...MONROE...UPPER BALDWIN...
     UPPER MOBILE...WASHINGTON...AND WILCOX.

FL...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
     AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL OKALOOSA...
     COASTAL SANTA ROSA...INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...
     AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: INLAND ESCAMBIA...INLAND OKALOOSA...AND
     INLAND SANTA ROSA.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 3 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL ESCAMBIA...COASTAL SANTA ROSA...
     INLAND ESCAMBIA...AND INLAND SANTA ROSA.

MS...FREEZE WATCH FROM 3 AM SATURDAY TO 8 AM SATURDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: GEORGE...GREENE...PERRY...STONE...AND
     WAYNE.

GM...GALE WARNING ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20
     NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT
     20 NM...MOBILE BAY...WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL
     FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO
     PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 AM CDT THU NOV 4 2010

ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078-
079-051100-
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-
500 AM CDT THU NOV 4 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MARINE AREA DUE TO
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND HIGH SEAS.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AREA EXPECTED TODAY IN THE
WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OF THE AREA TODAY.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT DUE TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND HIGH SEAS.

FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE. OVERNIGHT
LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER
THIRTIES TO UPPER TWENTIES ACROSS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND
THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE INLAND AREAS
SUCH AS NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEW AUGUSTA MISSISSIPPI TO ANDALUSIA
ALABAMA...WITH A PATCHY LIGHT FREEZE EXTENDING SOUTH OF THIS LINE
INTO STONE AND GEORGE COUNTIES MISSISSIPPI...INTERIOR MOBILE AND
BALDWIN COUNTIES ALABAMA...AND THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRES ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.