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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here in normally warmer suburban south
Lakeland in the highlands at an elevation of 218 feet the temperature dropped to
32 deg by 8:30 pm. It looks bad and we may end up with a hard freeze of long
duration (<28 deg ~12 hours) for much of the inland central
peninsula.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here is what NWS Ruskin is
saying:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter">237 <BR>FXUS62 KTBW 060029
<BR>AFDTBW <BR> <BR><FONT color=#003366><B>AREA FORECAST
DISCUSSION</B></FONT> <BR><FONT color=#003366><B>NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL</B></FONT> <BR><FONT color=#003366><B>729 PM EST TUE
JAN 5 2010</B></FONT> <BR></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><FONT
color=#003366><B> <BR>UPDATE...TEMPERATURES ARE PLUMMETING. AS IT
IS</B></FONT> <BR>MUCH OF THE <BR>AREA DID NOT REACH 50 DEGREES
TODAY. DEW POINTS CRASHED WELL <BR>BELOW MET GUIDANCE...CLOSER TO WHAT THE
MAV WAS SHOWING. WE <BR>ALREADY SEE TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING
AT 7 PM ACROSS <BR>THE INTERIOR. ITS 36 DEGREES IN ONA...33 DEGREES AT THE
<BR>BROOKSVILLE FAWN...AND GAINESVILLE IS 31 DEGREES. <BR>
<BR>TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY COLDER THAN OUR GRIDDED FORECAST HAS SO
<BR>I HAVE LOWERED THEM SIGNIFICANTLY. EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOWS TO BE A
<BR>FEW DEGREES COLDER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS WELL...SO DROPPED
<BR>OVERNIGHT LOWS TO AS LOW AS 17 DEGREES IN LEVY COUNTY...LOWER 20S
<BR>FOR PASCO COUNTY...AND MID 20S MUCH OF THE REST OF THE INTERIOR.
<BR>I DO THINK DURATIONS OF MID 20S WILL NOT BE SO LONG AS TO REQUIRE
<BR>AN UPGRADE TO A HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM THE BAY AREA
<BR>SOUTHWARD...BUT PASCO COUNTY COULD BE CLOSE. IF IT DOES OCCUR
<BR>THERE...IT WILL BE CONFINED TO THE COUNTY LINE NEAR HERNANDO.
<BR> <BR>WE COULD ALSO SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF SUB-FREEZING
TEMPERATURES IN <BR>NORTHWEST LEE COUNTY. BELIEVE THIS WOULD OCCUR OVER A
VERY SMALL <BR>PORTION OF THE COUNTY SO WILL NOT EXTEND THE FREEZE WARNING
THERE <BR>AT THIS TIME. <BR> <BR>IT SHOULD BE NOTED OUR
CURRENT FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES ARE <BR>BETWEEN THE VERY COLD MAV AND
THE WARMER MET GUIDANCE. IF THE MAV <BR>SHOULD VERIFY...HARD FREEZES WILL
OCCUR SOUTHWARD THROUGH <BR>HIGHLANDS AND DESOTO COUNTIES.
<BR> <BR>UPDATED FORECASTS SHOULD BE OUT NO LATER THAN 830
THIS EVENING. <BR> <BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><FONT
color=#003366><B> <BR>AVIATION</B></FONT> <BR>DISCUSSION FOR
00Z TAFS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED <BR>WITH VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE.
THERE IS AN INDICATION OF LOWER <BR>CLOUDS FORMING ALONG THE COAST AND
GULF WATERS AFTER 06Z. HAVE <BR>MENTIONED FEW-SCT AROUND 4KFT TO ACCOUNT
FOR THIS THRU 12-15Z. <BR>OTHERWISE JUST HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT NORTHERLY
WIND. <BR> <BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><FONT
color=#003366><B> <BR>MARINE</B></FONT> <BR>WINDS ARE STILL
RUNNING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KNOTS BUT THE <BR>SEAS ARE DOWN TO 5 TO 6 FEET
NOW AT THE BUOYS WELL OFFSHORE. WILL <BR>ALLOW THE ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT
10 PM BUT WILL BE HEADLINING <BR>EXERCISE CAUTION FOR GUSTY WINDS AND
CHOPPY SEAS. <BR> <BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><FONT
color=#003366><B> <BR>PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS</B></FONT>
<BR> <BR>TPA 30 53 34 60 /
0 0 5 10 <BR>FMY 33
58 36 65 / 0 0 5 10
<BR>GIF 28 54 30 62 / 0
0 5 10 <BR>SRQ 32 55 36 61
/ 0 0 5 10 <BR>BKV
21 53 25 61 / 0 0 5
10 <BR>SPG 36 53 38 59 /
0 0 5 10 <BR> <BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT face="Lucida Sans Typewriter"><FONT
color=#003366><B> <BR>TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES</B></FONT>
<BR> <BR>FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
CHARLOTTE- <BR> CITRUS-DE
SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
<BR> LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER.
<BR> <BR> WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM EST <BR> WEDNESDAY FOR
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO- <BR>
HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-
<BR> SARASOTA-SUMTER.
<BR> <BR> FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING <BR> FOR
CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-
<BR> PASCO-POLK-SARASOTA.
<BR> <BR> FREEZE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM
EST WEDNESDAY FOR CHARLOTTE-DE <BR>
SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-POLK-
<BR> SARASOTA.
<BR> <BR> FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY <BR> AFTERNOON FOR
CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-LEVY-POLK- <BR>
SUMTER. <BR> <BR> HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 1
AM TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR CITRUS- <BR>
HERNANDO-LEVY-SUMTER. <BR> <BR> HARD FREEZE
WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
<BR> MORNING FOR CITRUS-HERNANDO-LEVY-SUMTER.
<BR> <BR>GULF WATERS...NONE. <BR> <BR>
<HR>
<BR> <BR>
<HR>
<BR> <BR>UPDATE/MARINE...JILLSON
<BR>AVIATION...JOHNSON </FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Happy New year 2010,<BR>Thomas F. Giella,
NZ4O<BR>Lakeland, FL, US<BR><A
href="mailto:nz4o@arrl.net">nz4o@arrl.net</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>CWOP #AR692/NZ4O<BR>CoCoRaHs
#FL-PK-18<BR>NWS Skywarn #POL-10A</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lakeland FL Weather Observations: <A
href="http://www.wcflunatall.com/index1.html">http://www.wcflunatall.com/index1.html</A>
<BR>Florida & U.S. Raw Weather Forecasting Resource Links: <A
href="http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm">http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o13.htm</A>
<BR>Lakeland, FL Daily Climatological Weather Data Archive: <A
href="http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o22.htm">http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o22.htm</A>
<BR>Harmful Man Induced Climate Change (Global Warming) Refuted: <A
href="http://www.globalwarminglie.org">http://www.globalwarminglie.org</A><BR>NZ4O
Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: <A
href="http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o1.htm">http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o1.htm</A>
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