HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND
AN APPROACHING SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO...WILL
RESULT IN STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS MORNING. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT THIS MORNING. WINDS
AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP TO ENHANCE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS THE WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY
APPROACHES THE COAST. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER
THE EASTERN AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THE STRONG EAST WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME WATER PILING ALONG THE
COAST CAUSING TIDES TO BE ONE TO TWO FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
PREDICTED VALUES. THE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...ALONG WITH WAVE
ACTION...MAY CAUSE SOME VERY MINOR NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY. SHOWERS
WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...COLD
CONDITIONS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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