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FZUS52 KTAE 261136
SRFTAE

FLZ008-012-014-015-262200-

SURF ZONE FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
732 AM EDT TUE OCT 26 2004

...THERE IS A LOW RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND AND PANHANDLE BEACHES...

WIND...WAVE...AND TIDAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. HOWEVER...RIP CURRENTS CAN AND
SOMETIMES DO OCCUR UNDER THESE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN THE
VICINITY OF GROINS...JETTIES...AND PIERS. KNOW HOW TO SWIM AND HEED
THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL.

THE UV INDEX FORECAST FOR TODAY IS...4 OR MODERATE EXPOSURE.

LOCAL TIDE PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY...

SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE... 
TODAY: HIGH/1:23 AM AND 2:10 PM...LOW/7:47 AM AND 7:57 PM:

APALACHICOLA... 
TODAY: HIGH/3:06 AM AND 4:20 PM...LOW/9:53 AM AND 10:02 PM:

SAINT ANDREW BAY AT PANAMA CITY... 
TODAY: LOW/5:35 AM...HIGH/9:36 PM:

NOTE THAT THE TIMES OF HIGH AND LOW TIDE ARE 3 MINUTES EARLIER AT 
SHELL POINT THAN AT THE SAINT MARKS RIVER ENTRANCE.

THE WATER TEMPERATURE AT PANAMA CITY BEACH, WAS 77 DEGREES. THE 
WATER TEMPERATURE AT THE TURKEY POINT MARINE LAB, WAS 76 DEGREES.

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18-WOOL