SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 225 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 400 AM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
...EXTREMELY COLD AIR MASS ANTICIPATED NEAR THE END OF NEXT WEEK...
NUMERICAL MODEL OUTPUT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE MOVEMENT OF
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS INTO SOUTH TEXAS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. IF THIS OCCURS...VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP WITH A HARD FREEZE OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS...AND OVER THE VICTORIA
CROSSROADS...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY MAY RANGE FROM NEAR 40 TO THE LOWER 40S WITH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING IN THE MID 20S TO
LOWER 30S. AT THIS TIME...CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TOO
DRY TO SUPPORT PRECIPITATION DURING THIS PERIOD OF COLD
TEMPERATURES.
RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTREMELY COLD
TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. UNDER THESE
CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS SHOULD BE
PROTECTED FROM THE COLD. RESIDENTS WHO VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD
WEAR SUFFICIENT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. A HARD FREEZE COULD DAMAGE
OUTDOOR PLUMBING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR
TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL
EVENT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 531 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 615 AM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEARSHORE MIDDLE TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE MORNING...AND FOR THE OFFSHORE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS BEHIND A SERIES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES ON MONDAY AND AGAIN ON
THURSDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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