Cypress Lake, FL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Cypress Lake, Florida

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 521 AM EDT FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 600 AM EDT SAT JUL 26 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND THE FLORIDA BIG BEND
AND PANHANDLE...AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE AREA. THE BULK OF THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEA BREEZE IN THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED
TODAY...SOME STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

LINGERING SWELL CREATED BY HURRICANE DOLLY WILL CONTINUE AFFECTING
THE GULF WATERS OFF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THIS SWELL WILL
PRODUCE ANOTHER DAY OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS
ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES. THUS...THERE IS
A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR THESE BEACHES.

HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PUSH HEAT INDICES
UP TO NEAR 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INLAND AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

THE COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS DEEP LAYER MOISTURE INCREASES.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY...SOME
STORMS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT WEATHER.GOV...THEN CLICK ON YOUR AREA
OF INTEREST ON THE NATIONAL MAP.