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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Tallahassee Florida 
915 PM EDT sun Mar 21 2010 


Discussion...rain came to an end as a cold front moved east across 
our area this afternoon. In its wake...skies cleared and 
temperatures warmed into the into the middle to upper 60s. However...it 
felt cooler because of the windy conditions. Current satellite 
imagery revels that skies continue to be mostly clear across the 
eastern zones but mostly cloudy conditions have returned to the 
Florida Panhandle and southeast Alabama as a massive upper low centered over 
central Mississippi slowly spins eastward. These clouds will 
overspread the eastern zones in the next several hours and will most 
likely remain with US through most of Monday. Upstream radars show 
patchy very light rain or drizzle so I left a slight pop in for 
tonight. Winds are diminishing but are still quite breezy for this 
time of evening. Despite the winds and cloud cover...min temperatures are 
expected to drop into the upper 30s northwest zones and lower to middle 
40s for most of the remainder of the forecast area. 


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Marine...solid advisory conditions across the waters. Winds this 
evening are sustained around 20 knots and seas at the buoys are 10 
to 11 feet. Tide levels up to a foot above normal are expected 
across portions of the Florida Panhandle and Apalachee Bay coasts. This 
is typically not high enough to cause significant problems. 


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Aviation...MVFR 2500 foot cloud deck to return overnight over 
kdhn...kaby and kvld. VFR 4-5 kft deck expected nearer the coast at 
kpfn and ktlh. Very light drizzle is possible tomorrow morning...but 
nothing significant. Windy conditions will continue over night and 
through tomorrow afternoon. 


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Tae watches/warnings/advisories... 
Alabama...none. 
Georgia...none. 
Florida...high surf advisory until 7 am CDT Tuesday for the 
following zones: Bay...coastal Walton...Gulf. 
GM...Small Craft Advisory until 2 PM EDT Tuesday for all zones. 


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Barry/Lanier