FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 341 PM CST FRI DEC 04 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CST SATURDAY...
A COLD POLAR AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE BUILD INTO SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT.
SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AS STRONG
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES DIRECTLY OVER SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP RAPIDLY TONIGHT WITH FREEZING
TEMPERATURES DEVELOPING ACROSS SOME INLAND AREAS BY THIS EVENING.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO DROP OVERNIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
SATURDAY MORNING REACHING THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTH TEXAS. THE BARRIER ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST
ABOVE FREEZING...HOWEVER THE FREEZE LINE IS NOW EXPECTED TO PUSH
RIGHT UP TO THE BAYS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COASTAL BEND AND MIDDLE
TEXAS COAST. ANY RESIDUAL WET ROADS FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION TODAY
COULD FREEZE TONIGHT...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
HOWEVER...MOST ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY AND WARM
TO PRECLUDE FREEZING.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT PETS...LIVESTOCK...
SENSITIVE PLANTS AND EXPOSED PIPES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING A POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY
PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS WITH THIS SYSTEM
TODAY...PLEASE SEE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CORPUS CHRISTI WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE (WWUS84).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO
REACH 32 DEGREES OR COLDER FOR 2 HOURS OR LONGER.
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