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Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
300 PM CST THU DEC 23 2004
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-240300-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
300 PM CST THU DEC 23 2004
...A CHANCE AT SOME CHRISTMAS SEASONING ON CHRISTMAS EVE...
THERE IS A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA
AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PARISHES OF LOUISIANA...ALONG WITH THE
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...TO EXPERIENCE SOME WINTER TYPE PRECIPITATION
FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME THE MOST
LIKELY FORM OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET BUT A FEW
SNOW FLURRIES MAY MIX AT TIMES. WHATEVER MAY FALL...NO ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED AS THE GROUND TEMPERATURES AND AIR TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY REMAIN WARM.
THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO EXPERIENCE ANY WINTRY MIX APPEARS TO BE A
SWATH THAT SHOULD EXTEND FROM TERREBONNE PARISH...ACROSS LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN INCLUDING THE NEW ORLEANS AREA...AND ALONG THE ENTIRE
LENGTH OF THE MISSISIPPI GULF COAST. FARTHER NORTH...WHILE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH...THE MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED TO
ONLY PRODUCE A FEW SNOW FLURRIES ADRIFT ON THE WIND. NEAR THE
LOUISIANA COAST...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE TOO WARM TO ONLY PROVIDE A
CHANCE AT A COLD RAIN.
IN ADDITION...COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH A NORTHERLY BREEZE
WILL PROVIDE WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE TEENS LATER TONIGHT...
GENERALLY IN THE 20S FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS AND THOSE OUTDOORS ARE URGED TO DRESS
WARMLY IN LAYERS AND AVOID PROLONGED PERIODS EXPOSED TO THE COLD
CONDITIONS. A FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE
PARISHES AND INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING IN THE INTERIOR SECTIONS OF
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI WHILE A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY
NEAR THE COAST AND AREAS SOUTH OF THE LAKES.
