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  Hazardous Weather Outlook Text
FLUS42 KMFL 172035 AAA
HWOMFL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH FLORIDA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
335 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

AMZ610-630-650-651-670-671-FLZ063-066>075-168-172>174-GMZ656-657-676-
181300-
LAKE OKEECHOBEE-BISCAYNE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM JUPITER INLET TO DEERFIELD BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH TO OCEAN REEF, FL EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE BAHAMAS-GLADES-HENDRY-
INLAND PALM BEACH-METRO PALM BEACH-COASTAL COLLIER-INLAND COLLIER-
INLAND BROWARD-METRO BROWARD-INLAND MIAMI DADE-METRO MIAMI DADE-
MAINLAND MONROE-COASTAL PALM BEACH-COASTAL BROWARD-
COASTAL MIAMI DADE-FAR SOUTH MIAMI DADE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE, FL OUT 20 NM-
GULF WATERS FROM CHOKOLOSKEE TO BONITA BEACH, FL EXTENDING FROM 
20 TO 60 NM-
335 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...FREEZE WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES...
...PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE FOR INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH FLORIDA...
...ROUGH MARINE CONDITIONS FOR ATLANTIC WATERS THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH
FLORIDA AGAIN TONIGHT. LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO
MID 30S IN GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES, WITH MID TO UPPER 30S OVER
THE REST OF THE INTERIOR AND UPPER 40S ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. A
FREEZE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT AS A FEW SPOTS WILL LIKELY REACH 32 DEGREES OR SLIGHTLY
COLDER. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN GLADES AND HENDRY
COUNTIES AND PATCHY FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE IN INTERIOR COLLIER
COUNTY AS WELL AS WESTERN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES,
ESPECIALLY IN WIND PROTECTED AREAS.

WAVES: ROUGH MARINE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE ATLANTIC WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON. WAVE HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 FEET.

RIP CURRENTS: MODERATE TO LARGE NORTHERLY SEAS SPREADING SOUTH
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SMALL TO
MODERATE SURF ALONG THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY. AS A RESULT...A MODERATE RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT. ALONG THE GULF COAST...MAINLY FROM
MARCO ISLAND TO NAPLES...NORTHWEST SEAS ACROSS THE GULF AND SURF
IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT LAST NIGHT HAVE ALREADY
DROPPED CONSIDERABLY TODAY. HOWEVER...WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON TODAY.

WINDS: WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
25 MPH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK ALONG THE
ATLANTIC BEACHES AS AN ONSHORE WIND DEVELOPS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
MIAMI WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MIAMI.

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