HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 607 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 630 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COASTAL WATERS
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH 9 AM TODAY. WINDS OF 20 KNOTS
WILL BEGIN TO EASE LATE THIS MORNING AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.
A LIGHT FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. ONLY AREAS IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN IN ST CHARLES...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...AND ST BERNARD
PARISHES AND AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LOUISIANA COAST ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT.
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 LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO
PREDICT IF ANY OF THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL ACCUMULATE. ALL
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MID-MORNING THURSDAY.
ANOTHER 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 IN EXCESS OF 20 KNOTS AND HIGH
SEAS.
THE PEARL RIVER AT PEARL RIVER AND BOGALUSA...AS WELL AS THE
ATCHAFALAYA RIVER NEAR MORGAN CITY...WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 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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