HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 324 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 330 PM CST WED DEC 01 2010
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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
RAIN CHANCES WILL BE LOW THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
FURTHER OFFSHORE AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL WITH LOWS IN THE LOW TO
MID 40S.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE WESTERN END OF THE
FRONT AS IT STALLS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH WITH RAIN TOTALS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT RANGING FROM AROUND
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. NO FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS WILL TIGHTEN RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHEASTERLY
WINDS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED WITH SEAS OF UP TO 9
FEET. WINDS COULD APPROACH GALE FORCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF CAMERON BEYOND 20 NM OFFSHORE. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH A
GALE WATCH FOR THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS EAST OF CAMERON TUESDAY
NIGHT.
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AFTER WEDNESDAY WITH MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SOME LOCATIONS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 10 COULD SEE TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW
FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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