HEADER MIARERTLH) OUR COOP SITE IN GENEVA ALSO REACHED 18 DEGREES WITH 19 DEGREES MEASURED AT CUTHBERT GA. IT APPEARS FROM OBSERVATIONS THAT SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE REGION EXPERIENCED DURATIONS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR 10 TO 12 HOURS WITH HARD FREEZING CONDITIONS AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST LASTING FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS...THUS VERIFYING THE HARD FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES ARE NOW BEGINNING TO WARM ACROSS THE REGION UNDER SUNNY SKIES...BUT STILL HANGING ON TO SOME SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE NORMALLY COLDEST LOCATIONS. THE 13 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS IS SHOWING A WELL DEFINED CLIPPER SYSTEM DIGGING INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. A 1024 MB SURFACE HIGH IS LOCATED ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH OF APALACHICOLA. ANOTHER INTERESTING FEATURE OF NOTE IS ON THE MORNING UPPER AIR SOUNDING HERE AT KTAE WHERE THE PRECIPITABLE WATER DROPPED TO 0.09 INCHES. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION TODAY...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AND BECOME GUSTY AT TIMES. THIS WILL ALSO HELP TEMPERATURES REBOUND SIGNIFICANTLY INTO THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE REGION. CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ONLY PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL EVENING WHEN MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES MAY OCCUR. ALL THIS IS HANDLED WELL IN THE CURRENT FORECAST...SO NO CHANGES ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP LATER THIS MORNING AND BECOMING GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. ONCE THE COLD FRONT GETS A LITTLE CLOSER THIS AFTERNOON...SOME LOW END VFR CIGS AROUND 5KFT WILL BE POSSIBLE AT SOME OF THE TERMINALS. NO RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED. && .MARINE...OBSERVATIONS FROM THE BUOYS HAVE DROPPED OUT DUE TO COMMS PROBLEMS...BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WATERS WINDS AND SEAS ARE LIKELY REMAINING LOW. ADDITIONALLY...COASTAL ASOS SITES ARE SHOWING LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS. WINDS AND SEAS THOUGH WILL INCREASE AND BUILD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN. PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS GOOD AND NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED. && .FIRE WEATHER...FOR TODAY...AN HOUR OF 20-FT WIND 15 MPH OR GREATER AND LOW RH CRITERIA SHOULD BE MET IN FL. FOR GA...NEED AN HOUR OF SUSTAINED WIND OF 20 MPH OR GREATER AND/OR FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 25. WILL BE CLOSE TO THIS CRITERIA...AND WILL LEAVE WARNING IN PLACE FOR NOW. EXPECT SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY...AND THE CURRENT WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS THIS AFTN. && .TAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. GA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1200 PM TO 600 PM EST SATURDAY FOR ALL ZONES. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL ZONES. FL...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1100 AM EST /1000 AM CST/ TO 700 PM EST /600 PM CST/ THIS EVENING FOR ALL ZONES. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL ZONES. GMZ770-775...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. GMZ750-755...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT. $$ AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER...GOULD PUBLIC/MARINE...GODSEY