HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1117 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FRIDAY...
...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AREA WIDE BY FRIDAY NIGHT...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAY TWO...FRIDAY
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF
THE AREA INCLUDING METRO HOUSTON AND THE OUTLYING SUBURBS. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY
MORNING...AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST UNTIL EARLY EVENING BEFORE ENDING. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 4
INCHES...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES AND THE NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO END BETWEEN 6 AND 8 PM.
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.
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.
ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS
ESPECIALLY BY FRIDAY EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP WELL BELOW
FREEZING. ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. EXERCISE CAUTION IF TRAVEL
IS NECESSARY. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS
NECESSARY.
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PERSONS SHOULD BRING THEIR PETS AND
SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS ON FRIDAY.
.DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY.
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