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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
230 AM EDT THU SEP 11 2008

...COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND
COASTLINE TODAY...

.SYNOPSIS...THE LATEST WATER VAPOR/UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTS A
TROUGH AXIS FROM THE NRN ROCKIES TO A LOW OFF THE SRN CA COAST, AND
A RIDGE FROM THE ERN PLAINS TO THE ATLANTIC COAST. AT 2 AM EDT,
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH,
LONGITUDE 87.2 WEST, OR ABOUT 305 MILES SSE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MS
RIVER. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IKE IS MOVING WNW NEAR 9 MPH INTO THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO.
IT WILL BE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO OUR MARINE LEGS OVERNIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED ELY WINDS AT THE PANAMA CITY
BUOY (42039) HAVE PEAKED AT 31 KTS THUS FAR, WITH GUSTS UP TO 39
KTS. THE WAVE HEIGHTS HAVE REACHED 22 FT WITH 10-12 SEC PERIODS.
LARGE SWELLS CONTINUE TO SPREAD NWD TOWARD THE COAST. STORM TIDES
THUS FAR HAVE BEEN 2-3 FT FROM THE WAKULLA COUNTY COAST WWD ALONG
THE PANHANDLE, AND AROUND 2 FT ALONG THE TAYLOR/DIXIE COUNTY COAST
WHERE THE FLOW WAS MORE OFFSHORE AND SWELLS HAVE HAD LESS OF AN
EFFECT.