Expires:201008031730;Remove:201008031730;601843 FPUS72 KTAE 031521 NOWTAE SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR THE BEACHES AND COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1121 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010 FLZ108-112-114-115-GMZ750-755-770-031730- SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- COASTAL WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO 20 NM-WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO DESTIN FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEPORT...SANTA ROSA BEACH... PANAMA CITY...PARKER...PORT SAINT JOE...APALACHICOLA...CARRABELLE 1121 AM EDT TUE AUG 3 2010 /1021 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010/ .NOW... THROUGH 12 PM CDT (1 PM EDT)...NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS OR AREAS OF LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES OR NEARSHORE COASTAL WATERS OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THERE ARE A FEW SHOWERS LOCATED NEAR MIRAMAR BEACH...BUT THEY ARE QUICKLY DISSIPATING AND POSE NOT THREAT. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WILL INCREASE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 90S...WITH HEAT INDICES ALREADY REACHING THE LOW 100S ALONG THE BEACHES. FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS...NO SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS OR AREAS OF LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S...WITH HEAT INDICES NEARING 95. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH SEAS AROUND 1 FOOT. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY...WE ARE SUSPENDING THESE SHORT TERM FORECASTS FOR THE NORTH FLORIDA BEACHES...COASTAL WATERS...AND OFFSHORE WATERS UNTIL THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN REQUIRED OR REQUESTED IN SUPPORT OF DEEPWATER HORIZON ACTIVITIES. $$ M BARRY