SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 252 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...STRONG WINDS AND SOME PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...
SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND THEN A
COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH 3 AM AND BRING
STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THE WIND GUSTS THAT OCCUR WITH THE
CHANGE OF WIND DIRECTION COULD REACH AS STRONG AS 40 TO 50 MPH.
THE TIME FOR THESE WINDS IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 PM AND 2 AM FROM
THE RIO GRANDE TO VITORIA AND 2 AM AND 5 AM FOR THE SOUTHERN
COASTAL BEND INCLUDING CORPUS CHRISTI. THE WIND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED
BY A BAND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD
BE STRONG TO SEVERE IN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING BUT
THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON ON
THURSDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.
MUCH LIGHTER WINDS BUT COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON
CHRISTMAS DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS ARE FORECAST TO RETURN FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN. A STRONGER AND WETTER WEATHER
SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 557 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND
TONIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND
AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...THEN AGAIN ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPS AND HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO TEXAS...DEVELOPING A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT.
FINALLY...THERE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY MAINLY OVER THE GULF WATERS...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
INSTABILITY WILL BE QUITE LOW FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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