Gale Warning 9, NWS Lake Charles, LA

194 
WHUS74 KLCH 260305
MWWLCH

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
905 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

...STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS TO CONTINUE...

.STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE IN RESPONSE
TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.

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/O.UPG.KLCH.SC.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-101226T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.GL.W.0010.101226T0305Z-101226T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLCH.SC.Y.0056.101226T0600Z-101226T1800Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-
905 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SUNDAY. 

* WINDS AND SEAS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER 
  GUSTS. SEAS 4 TO 10 FEET. 

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR
TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

GMZ430-432-435-261000-
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SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
905 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

...LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY...

A LOW WATER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST SUNDAY. 

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH NOON SUNDAY.

* WINDS AND SEAS: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS VERY ROUGH.

* LOW WATER: WATER LEVELS ARE RUNNING TWO FEET BELOW NORMAL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF
15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS
TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

A LOW WATER ADVISORY MEANS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AVERAGE. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION
AND TRANSIT AT THE SLOWEST SAFE NAVIGABLE SPEED TO MINIMIZE
IMPACT.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
232 PM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

.DISCUSSION...
LOTS OF HAZARDS ONGOING FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. WIND ADVISORY
IS ONGOING THROUGH 5 PM...WILL ALLOW THAT TO EXPIRE THEN...AS
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT.

FOR TONIGHT...ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-10
CORRIDOR. DO NOT EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO BE BELOW FREEZING FOR TOO
LONG...UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...THANKS TO WINDS STAYING UP
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DID NOT GO WITH A HARD FREEZE SINCE
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY GET CLOSE TO THE MID 20S FOR AN HOUR IN CEN
LA.

TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE REGION. BETTER CHANCE FOR A
HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR CEN LA OR E TX ON MONDAY MORNING...SO WILL
BE REVISITING THAT PROBLEM TOMORROW.

BY MID-WEEK...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS TO THE EAST COAST...AND
ONSHORE FLOW PICKS UP...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A 20 TO 25 DEGREE
SWING IN OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FROM WHAT WE WILL BE SEEING
THE NEXT 2-3 MORNINGS.

ALSO...A FAIRLY STRONG MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY. A
LITTLE EARLY TO JUMP ON A SEVERE STORM BANDWAGON...BUT WILL HAVE
TO MONITOR THAT POTENTIAL AS WE GET CLOSER TO MID-WEEK.

A MORE SIGNIFICANT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
SATURDAY TIME FRAME. THERE IS NOT GOOD MODEL CONSISTENCY ON THE
TIMING YET...12Z GFS SAYS SATURDAY EVENING WHILE 12Z EURO GOES
EARLY SATURDAY...SO THE EXTENDED FORECAST GOES WITH QUITE A BIT OF
UNCERTAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

&&

.MARINE...
INTRODUCING A GALE WARNING FOR COASTAL WATERS...AS SEVERAL AWOS
STATIONS SHOWING 30 TO 35 KNOT SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS IN THE 40 TO
45 KT RANGE. THIS GALE WARNING WILL BE DOWNGRADED TO A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY THIS EVENING AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GO DOWN A LITTLE.

ALSO...THANKS TO THE STRONG NORTH WINDS...CONTINUING THE LOW WATER
ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AM. TIDES CURRENTLY RUNNING 2 FT
BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  30  49  27  53  32 /   0   0   0  10  10
KBPT  30  49  29  54  35 /   0   0   0  10  10
KAEX  26  48  25  52  27 /   0   0   0  10  10
KLFT  30  49  27  52  31 /   0   0   0  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
     CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...
     RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERNON.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ACADIA...CALCASIEU...CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
     DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...VERMILION.

TX...FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: HARDIN...JASPER...JEFFERSON...NEWTON...ORANGE...
     TYLER.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: JEFFERSON...ORANGE.

GM...GALE WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CST TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES:COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON,
     LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM... WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO
     HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20
     NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO
     INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX
     OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO
     CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA OUT 20 NM...
     WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM
     20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO
     CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
     LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA EXTENDING
     FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...SABINE LAKE...VERMILION
     BAY.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
537 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

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TXZ180>182-201-215-216-261100-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-VERMILION BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY,
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX EXTENDING FROM 20 NM
TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA TO CAMERON, LA EXTENDING FROM
20 NM TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY, LA
EXTENDING FROM 20 NM TO 60 NM-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-
ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-
LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-
LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
537 AM CST SAT DEC 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AND LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL DIMINISH
OVER LAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE CONTINUING OUT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE I-10
CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT
INCLUDING THE COASTAL LAKES AND BAYS WHERE A LOW WATER ADVISORY IS
ALSO IN EFFECT. A HARD FREEZE WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A HARD FREEZE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS WILL CONTINUE EARLY SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SWEENEY