HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 719 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 730 PM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND
THOSE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.
THE PEARL RIVER AT PEARL RIVER AND BOGALUSA...AS WELL AS THE
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER NEAR MORGAN CITY...REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER
FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO SETTLE OVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THIS COLD AIR MASS COULD RESULT IN HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS
DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10/12 CORRIDOR IN
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA MONDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHTS. IN ADDITION...LIGHT FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP SOUTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 10/12 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS AREA.
A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY AFFECT SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12 THURSDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO PREDICT IF ANY OF THE FROZEN
PRECIPITATION WILL ACCUMULATE.
ANOTHER SLIGHTLY MORE POTENT ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE MAY
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT...INCLUDING THE
NEW ORLEANS AREA.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING AS THE ARCTIC AIR MASS SETTLES OVER THE TIDAL LAKES AND GULF
COASTAL WATERS...RESULTING IN WINDS POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS
AND HIGH SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN AT
THE END OF THE WEEK THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
THE PEARL RIVER AT BOGALUSA WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. THE PEARL RIVER AT PEARL RIVER...AS WELL AS THE
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER NEAR MORGAN CITY...WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING IS
EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON MONDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR SPECIFIC
DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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