Winter Weather Advisory Extended to NEW ORLEANS

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
141 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004

LAZ038-040-046>050-056>065-MSZ080>082-252300-
ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-HANCOCK-HARRISON-IBERVILLE-
JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-ORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-
UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
WEST BATON ROUGE-
141 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2004

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.

COLD ARCTIC AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A DEEP
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MOISTURE BACK OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR NEAR
AT THE SURFACE RESULTING IN A WINTRY MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ALONG THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COAST
CONTINUE TO INDICATE LARGE AREAS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET NEAR THE
COAST CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW INLAND. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS UP TO
ONE INCH POSSIBLE.

MODERATE SLEET MIXED WITH SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AROUND
DAYBREAK OR SHORTLY AFTER.

GENERAL ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE INPACTED...BUT
OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ICEING CONDITIONS DURING
THE MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO
FREEZING. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY
EXIST TODAY AND EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING
RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT,
THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

[ktulu909]

Man WHERE IS IT????Im looking at nothing but white on my radar and NOTHING is falling.PLEASE let it snow,if I get the chance to wake up my son to play in the snow,I dont care about getting ANYTHING else for christmas.

[LAwxrgal]

I'm getting ice and lots of it. Pelted by it just WNW of New Orleans, in Reserve

[Steve]

LOL. Here's the obligatory, "I heart getting pelted with ice".

Steve