FREEZE WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1023 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS EXPECTED TO PLUNGE INTO THE REGION FRIDAY.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR
HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 435 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
RAIN THIS MORNING WILL BE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY MID TO LATE
MORNING. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS EXPECT SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO
FALL TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM NEARS THE AREA PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE AREA REDUCING VISIBILITIES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD BEGIN ACCUMULATING EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE
ENDING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCH WILL BE
COMMONPLACE WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. NEAR THE
IMMEDIATE COAST AND ON GALVESTON ISLAND ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE
LIMITED TO GRASSY AREAS.
SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ARE LIKELY
TO BECOME ICY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY DURING THE
EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 20S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST.
MELTING AND REFREEZING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES...WILL CREATE PATCHES OF BLACK ICE. THIS TYPE OF
ICE IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE ON THE ROAD SURFACE...AND CAN CAUSE
YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR CAR.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT MAY MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...TAKE PLENTY OF WARM CLOTHES...
KEEP A FLASHLIGHT HANDY AND BE SURE TO TAKE A CELL PHONE WITH YOU
SHOULD YOU SLIDE OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS
THAT ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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