FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 328 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY...
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO TEXAS OVERNIGHT. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING AND WET
AREAS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20`S ACROSS MOST OF
SOUTHEAST TEXAS...MID 30S ALONG THE COAST. AREAS THAT HAVE SNOW
COVER WILL ENDURE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR 12 TO 16 HOURS FOR MOST
INLAND LOCATIONS...INCLUDING THE METRO HOUSTON AREA AND
SURROUNDING 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 2 TO 4
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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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 321 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS
OF LESS THAN A HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 20S THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AND WET ROADS WILL
BEGIN TO FREEZE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING
ROAD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED FOR OCCASIONAL ICY
TRAVEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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