HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 612 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
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
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF INTO SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A POLAR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY WITH SOME OF
THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON. A HARD FREEZE FOR THE NORTHERN HALF
OF THE AREA WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS FOR
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN BY MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A
SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THE AREA COULD SEE SOME WINTRY
PRECIPITATION AS THE SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH A SURFACE LOW IN THE
GULF. DETAILS ON THE FORECAST OF ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ARE NOT
FIRM AND SUCCESSIVE FORECASTS WILL REFINE THESE VARIABLES AS WE
MOVE CLOSER TO THE EVENT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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