Through 1230 PM EDT (1130 am cdt)...widely scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms will continue to develop across the eastern Florida Panhandle...the Florida Big Bend and the adjacent coastal waters. These showers and isolated storms will move south and southeast with time. Areal rainfall amounts are expected to be on the light side...however a few localized areas may experience a brief downpours in addition to scattered lightning strikes associated with any thunderstorms.
Mostly cloudy. Rain likely with isolated thunderstorms until midday...then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs 87 to 91. Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Mostly cloudy in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 70 to 75. West winds around 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 88 to 93. Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 71 to 76. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Friday
Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 89 to 94. Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the west in the afternoon.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 9:15 am EDT on July 23, 2008
... All NOAA Weather Radio transmitters back on the air...
A suspected phone line outage this morning caused several area NOAA weather radios to go off the air this morning. The transmitters affected were... East Point... Salem... bethelehem... Pelham... Blakely... Valdosta and Panama City. These transmitters serve the eastern Florida Panhandle... southeast Alabama... and southwest and south central Georgia.
