HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 552 AM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT JAN 02 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
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM FOR THE GULF
COASTAL WATERS. COLD AIR SWEEPING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL
PRODUCE WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND HIGH SEAS.
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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
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.
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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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