Post by tigergirl on Apr 13, 2008 6:59:12 GMT -6
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
308 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-132215-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...
YSCLOSKEY...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
308 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008
...UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY
NIGHT...
AN UNUSUALLY COOL TO COLD AIRMASS MORE TYPICAL OF WINTER WILL
MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TONIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
10 AND 12 CORRIDOR. AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND ALONG THE COAST WILL
EXPERIENCE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...BUT HIGHER WINDS WILL
MAKE IT FEEL SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER.
AS THE CORE OF THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA MOVES INTO THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO RECORD LOWS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. FORECAST LOWS ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S WEST AND
NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. THOUGH THE CURRENT FORECAST KEEPS ALL TEMPERATURES
ABOVE FREEZING...FROST AND AN HOUR OR TWO OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES
CANNOT BE RULED OUT NEAR DAY BREAK FOR SOME OF THE COLDER
LOCATIONS. FORECASTERS WILL BE MONITORING THE SITUATION AND
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK FUTURE FORECASTS FOR ANY
CHANGES.
AREAS SOUTH OF THE LAKE CAN ALSO EXPECT NEAR RECORD OR RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL
STAY IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE IN THESE AREAS THOUGH...SO FROST IS
NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE IT
FEEL SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER.
THOSE USING PORTABLE HEATERS ARE REMINDED OF THE NORMAL WINTER
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE
FUMES.
AS MANY PLANTS AND FLOWERS ARE IN FULL BLOOM WITH THE GROWING
SEASON UNDERWAY...PATCHY FROST ON MONDAY NIGHT COULD BE DAMAGING
TO UNPROTECTED PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION. FORTUNATELY...AS
FROST IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK...THIS DAMAGE IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE WIDESPREAD.
$$
95/DM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
308 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008
LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-132215-
POINTE COUPEE-WEST FELICIANA-EAST FELICIANA-ST. HELENA-TANGIPAHOA-
WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY-IBERVILLE-WEST BATON ROUGE-
EAST BATON ROUGE-ASCENSION-LIVINGSTON-ASSUMPTION-ST. JAMES-
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-
ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
LOWER TERREBONNE-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-WILKINSON-AMITE-PIKE-WALTHALL-
PEARL RIVER-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROADS...LIVONIA...
ST. FRANCISVILLE...JACKSON...CLINTON...GREENSBURG...MONTPELIER...
HAMMOND...PONCHATOULA...BOGALUSA...FRANKLINTON...SLIDELL...
MANDEVILLE...COVINGTON...LACOMBE...PLAQUEMINE...WHITE CASTLE...
PORT ALLEN...ADDIS...BRUSLY...BATON ROUGE...GONZALES...
DONALDSONVILLE...DENHAM SPRINGS...WALKER...PIERRE PART...
LABADIEVILLE...PAINCOURTVILLE...LUTCHER...GRAMERCY...LAPLACE...
RESERVE...THIBODAUX...RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...
METAIRIE...KENNER...NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...
VIOLET...HOUMA...BAYOU CANE...CHAUVIN...DULAC...MONTEGUT...
GALLIANO...CUT OFF...GOLDEN MEADOW...PORT SULPHUR...EMPIRE...
YSCLOSKEY...CENTREVILLE...WOODVILLE...GLOSTER...LIBERTY...
CROSBY...MCCOMB...TYLERTOWN...PICAYUNE...BAY ST. LOUIS...
WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT...BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...
OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER...ST. MARTIN
308 PM CDT SUN APR 13 2008
...UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY
NIGHT...
AN UNUSUALLY COOL TO COLD AIRMASS MORE TYPICAL OF WINTER WILL
MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION TONIGHT AND PERSIST
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...MAINLY NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE
10 AND 12 CORRIDOR. AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND ALONG THE COAST WILL
EXPERIENCE LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...BUT HIGHER WINDS WILL
MAKE IT FEEL SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER.
AS THE CORE OF THE COLD HIGH PRESSURE AREA MOVES INTO THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO RECORD LOWS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA. FORECAST LOWS ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S WEST AND
NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. THOUGH THE CURRENT FORECAST KEEPS ALL TEMPERATURES
ABOVE FREEZING...FROST AND AN HOUR OR TWO OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES
CANNOT BE RULED OUT NEAR DAY BREAK FOR SOME OF THE COLDER
LOCATIONS. FORECASTERS WILL BE MONITORING THE SITUATION AND
RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK FUTURE FORECASTS FOR ANY
CHANGES.
AREAS SOUTH OF THE LAKE CAN ALSO EXPECT NEAR RECORD OR RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S MONDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL
STAY IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE IN THESE AREAS THOUGH...SO FROST IS
NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE IT
FEEL SEVERAL DEGREES COLDER.
THOSE USING PORTABLE HEATERS ARE REMINDED OF THE NORMAL WINTER
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST FIRE AND CARBON MONOXIDE
FUMES.
AS MANY PLANTS AND FLOWERS ARE IN FULL BLOOM WITH THE GROWING
SEASON UNDERWAY...PATCHY FROST ON MONDAY NIGHT COULD BE DAMAGING
TO UNPROTECTED PLANTS AND TENDER VEGETATION. FORTUNATELY...AS
FROST IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK...THIS DAMAGE IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE WIDESPREAD.
$$
95/DM
