HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 447 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A COASTAL LOW FORMING JUST OFFSHORE FREEPORT...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS...LANDFALLING NEAR MARSH
ISLAND BY EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING.
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE...FROM AROUND 1/2 TO 1 INCH ACROSS THE
PINEY HILLS...TO AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE COASTAL MARSHES
AND I-10 PRAIRIES.
AREAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN SPOTS AS THE LIGHT-TO-MODERATE RAIN
WILL BE FALLING ON NEARLY-SATURATED SOILS.
RAIN WILL ABRUPTLY END...FROM WEST-TO-EAST...WITH PASSAGE OF
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.
AREAS OF FOG WILL FORM DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE...
BUILDING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW...TRAPS MOISTURE NEAR THE
SURFACE. FOG MAY BE DENSE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR.
FINALLY...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE
COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 6 PM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH THE WESTERN UPPER GULF
COAST STATES BY EARLY EVENING THURSDAY. RAIN...IF ANY...WILL BE
SLIGHT ENDING BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
ANOTHER GULF LOW WILL FORM OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS ON
MONDAY...BEFORE TRAVELING EAST-NORTHEAST. CONSEQUENTLY...RAIN
CHANCES WILL RETURN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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