Special Weather Statement - New Orleans

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
340 PM CST MON NOV 3 2003

...LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...

A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT MOVED WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA EARLY MONDAY WAS LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AT
MID AFTERNOON. AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INVESTIGATED THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THIS AFTERNOON AND FOUND
THAT THE SYSTEM REMAINED POORLY ORGANIZED. SATELLITE IMAGERY
ALSO INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH THIS SYSTEM REMAINED
LIMITED.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NORTHWEST
ACROSS THE GULF AND TO EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL AREAS LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. EAST AND NORTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS
LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WITH THE PRIMARY AFFECT ON AREAS EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI COAST AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS EAST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
KNOTS LATE TONIGHT AND THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST BY LATE TUESDAY.
TIDES MAY INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TIDES MAY ALSO INCREASE TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS IN
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ON TUESDAY AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE AREA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY
WINDS...WILL AFFECT THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL AREAS EARLY TUESDAY AND
SPREAD INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA DURING THE DAY.

THERE IS STILL SOME POSSIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT AS THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. RESIDENTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...PARTICULARLY THOSE LIVING ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COAST...SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST.

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Covering the basis.