HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 226 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 10 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF I-10.
ALSO...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST. THE OVERNIGHT WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL BE RUNNING IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A GULF COASTAL LOW WILL FORM JUST OFFSHORE BROWNSVILLE BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...BEFORE TRAVELING NORTHWARD ALONG THE TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS. OVERRUNNING RAIN WILL START ON FRIDAY.
THE SUBSEQUENT DEEPENING OF LOW AS IT TRAVELS NORTHWARD WILL
GENERATE LARGE DIFFERENCES-IN-PRESSURE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.
MODERATE-TO-STRONG EASTERLY WINDS...AND THEIR ASSOCIATED STRESS ON
THE WATER SURFACE...WILL BE THE RESULT.
PERSISTENT EASTERLY STRESS WILL BEGIN TO PUSH WATER TO THE COAST BY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT NUMERICAL GUIDANCE COMPUTES THE ACTUAL TIDES
RUNNING ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL LUNAR TIDES BY SATURDAY MORNING.
NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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