HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1134 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 1145 AM CST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ABOVE 20 KNOTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS IN
THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT.
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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TONIGHT WILL BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
FRIDAY...AND MAY NEED TO BE CONTINUED ACROSS THESE AREAS FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
COLD AIR WILL MAKE SEVERAL INTRUSIONS INTO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT WEEK.
MORNING LOWS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 AND 12 CORRIDORS ARE LIKELY
TO BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING EACH MORNING FROM SATURDAY ONWARD. THERE
IS AT LEAST A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA...MOST LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE CORRIDOR...THE BEST CHANCE FOR
FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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