#22 Postby KatDaddy » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:28 pm
Up an 1" of Snow Friday morning but still not falling for it.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
439 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-231300-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-GALVESTON-
GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-MONTGOMERY-
POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON-
439 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004
...A LONG PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED FOR THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TOWARD THE COAST. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING
TONIGHT. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING
ON EAST TO WEST ELEVATED ROADS.
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT TO THE NORTH OF A LINE
FROM EDNA...TO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN HOUSTON SUBURBS...TO LIBERTY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH FOUR...THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
A SECONDARY SURGE OF COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST
TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT.
OVER THE INLAND COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA...
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT THURSDAY
NIGHT AND NOT RISE ABOVE FREEZING AGAIN UNTIL AROUND NOON CHRISTMAS
DAY. THESE AREAS COULD SEE 36 STRAIGHT HOURS OF SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES. EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING WILL SEE THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER
20S ACROSS THE INLAND COUNTIES.
OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR
A FEW HOURS THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING WILL SEE THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S
INLAND TO THE UPPER 20S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES ACROSS
SOUTHEAST TEXAS BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL GENERATE A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW OVER
THE INLAND COUNTIES...AND WILL START OFF AS A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...
SLEET AND SNOW OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW
FRIDAY MORNING. ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL BE VERY LIGHT...AND
WILL MAINLY OCCUR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY
ACCUMULATION WILL BE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY AREAS. OTHERWISE...NO SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THE LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL END FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
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