SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 724 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...STRONG WINDS AND SOME PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST
AREA NEAR LAREDO AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE
COASTAL BEND AROUND 3 AM. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW
AT SPEEDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES ACROSS THE
REGION...IT WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THE WIND
GUSTS THAT OCCUR WITH THE CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION COULD REACH AS
HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH. THE TIMING FOR THESE WINDS IS EXPECTED TO BE
BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO VICTORIA AND
FROM 2 AM TO 5 AM FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND INCLUDING CORPUS
CHRISTI. THE WIND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE IN
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING BUT WILL
THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON THURSDAY
WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.
MUCH LIGHTER WINDS BUT COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN. A STRONGER AND WETTER WEATHER
SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 557 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND
TONIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND
AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPS AND HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO TEXAS...DEVELOPING A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT.
FINALLY...THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY MAINLY OVER THE GULF WATERS...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
INSTABILITY WILL BE QUITE LOW FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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