HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 903 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 915 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A GALE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATER UNTIL 3 PM
THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS ANTICIPATED BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT
MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS AROUND 3 AM AND PASSES EAST
OF RI GRANDE RIVER AROUND 6 AM. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA.
A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED IN WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BETWEEN 2 AND 6 AM.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED SHORTLY BEHIND THE FRONT AND CONTINUING FOR TWO TO 4
HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
GALE WARNINGS TO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE
LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS UNTIL THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES THEN REPLACE THE GALE WARNING WHEN IT EXPIRES AT
3 PM. PERIODIC SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF COASTAL
TROUGHS DEVELOP. RIP CURRENT RISK WILL LIKELY BE ELEVATED THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.
A WIND ADVISORY TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM THURSDAY THEN
BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS TO PERSIST THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 35 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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