HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAY TWO...FRIDAY
A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CDT FRIDAY UNTIL 12 AM
SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE LAKE TO CONROE TO
SHEPHERD.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COUPLED WITH UNSEASONABLY COLD
AIR WILL TRIGGER AN EPISODE OF WINTER WEATHER ON FRIDAY. FOR
LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM EAGLE LAKE TO CONROE TO
SHEPHERD...RAIN DEVELOPING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL TRANSITION
BRIEFLY OVER TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE MID MORNING
HOURS BEFORE BECOMING CONTINUOUS SNOW BY NOON.
FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THIS LINE...WHICH INCLUDES THE HOUSTON
METRO AREA...THE COLD RAIN DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS
COULD PRESENT PROBLEMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO AT OR BELOW FREEZING. SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IS POSSIBLE. TRAVEL SHOULD BE DONE WITH
EXTREME CAUTION.
OTHERWISE...THE TRANSITION OF THE RAIN TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
THEN EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW SHOULD OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON
FROM THE NORTH AS THE VERY COLD AIR SINKS SOUTHWARD. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR COULD
AVERAGE AROUND ONE INCH...WITH LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE COAST
RECEIVING LESS THAN HALF AN INCH IF AT ALL.
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME
SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ON FRIDAY. ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR ICE ON
ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS.
EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.
.DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY.
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