1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 6:37 PM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
637 PM EST SAT JAN 14 2006
.UPDATE...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD ACROSS
THE GULF AND ALONG WITH A SURFACE LOW NEAR NEW ENGLAND WILL MAINTAIN
A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE CWFA. THIS KEEPS ROBUST...AND
GUSTY AT TIMES...NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE BUT GENERALLY DIMINISHING
THROUGH THE EVENING ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO
EXPIRE AT 700 PM. HOWEVER ALL OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES LOOK ON TRACK. WILL UPDATE ZONES AND NPW BY 7 PM.
&&
.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS SUPPORT THE ONGOING SCA ON GULF AND TAMPA
BAY WATERS. WINDS ON THE OFFSHORE WATERS STILL GUSTY TO NEAR GALE
FORCE WITH SEAS UP TO 12FT...BUT EXPECT THIS TO DROP SLIGHTLY
AFTER SUNSET AND WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT THIS WHEN THE
NEXT ISSUANCE GOES OUT BY 10 PM.
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
CITRUS-HERNANDO-LEVY-SUMTER.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY FOR CITRUS-
HERNANDO- LEVY-SUMTER.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY FOR CHARLOTTE-
CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR CHARLOTTE-
HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-SARASOTA.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 60 NM INCLUDING TAMPA BAY.
&&
09/RKRHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 559 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141700- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 559 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE WILL BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE INTERIOR COUNTIES OF SUMTER...CITRUS...POLK..HARDEE AND DESOTO AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR OR BELOW 35 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE TO CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR BURNING. STRONGER WINDS OFFSHORE FROM THE NORTHWEST OF 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL GENERATE LARGE WAVES WHICH WILL AFFECT THE COASTLINE THROUGH THE DAY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WITH SURF HEIGHTS REACHING 5 TO 7 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLY IN THE MORNING AT PINE ISLAND AND OTHER COASTAL LOCATIONS ALONG HERNANDO COUNTY. STAY AWAY FROM LOCATIONS ALONG THE SHORE IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING. BEACHGOERS SHOULD AVOID EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. RIP CURRENT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TODAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. TONIGHT A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF LEVY...CITRUS...SUMTER AND HERNANDO. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS MAINLY BEFORE SUNRISE. RESIDENTS IN THIS COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR...SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS LATER TODAY. ALSO...BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY COLD TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUT A MORE DRY AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION...BRINGING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WELL BELOW 35 PERCENT OVER MOST AREAS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT PINELLAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK...NEXT SIGNIFICANT EVENT COMES WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Canadian high pressure settled over Florida bringing unseasonably cold weather to the state. Winter Haven dropped to 32 degrees with wind chills dropping into the mid 20s. The rest of west central and southwest Florida recorded wind chills in the lower 30s but the duration was less than 3 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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