WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 435 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
RAIN WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA BEGINNING AS EARLY AS 7 AM. BY 9 TO 10 AM THE RAIN WILL
END AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO
1.5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 2 INCHES...
ARE EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM. SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE LIKELY TO BECOME ICY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL
WELL BELOW FREEZING.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST.
MELTING AND REFREEZING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES...WILL CREATE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE. THIS TYPE OF
ICE IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE ON THE ROAD SURFACE...AND CAN CAUSE
YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR CAR.
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FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1023 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND FREEZING OVER SOME
INLAND LOCATIONS AS EARLY AS EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY AS SNOW
DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL SEE TEMPERATURES
DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY EVENING ON FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20S ACROSS MOST
OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...LOWER 30S ALONG THE COAST. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 12 TO 18 HOURS FOR MOST
INLAND LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE METRO HOUSTON SUBURBS.
TEMPERATURES IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 10
TO 14 HOURS. ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 3 TO 6 HOURS.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING MID MORNING ON SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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