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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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1017 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8 PM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 8
PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA
BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY
EVENING BEFORE ENDING. 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 FRIDAY EVENING 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 FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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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