Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Shreveport, LA

Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Caldwell Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jackson Parish, LA, LaSalle Parish, LA, Lincoln Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Ouachita Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Union Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Winn Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wood County, TX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
356 PM CST THU JAN 7 2010

.DISCUSSION...
1047MB HIGH OVER NE WY IS LARGE AND IN CHARGE WITH THE ARCTIC
FRONT DROPPING TEMPERATURES OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME.
SKIES CONTINUE TO CLEAR WITH THE STRAGGLERS STILL OVER THE
KISATACHIE NATIONAL FOREST. SINGLE DIGIT DEW POINTS ARE GETTING
ACROSS THE I-30 CORRIDOR AND HEADED TOWARD I-20 IN NE TX. OUR
LITTLE FLY IN THE OINTMENT...AS USUAL WITH SHALLOW COLD/DRY AIR...IS
OUR WEATHER SPEED BUMP DEFLECTING THE SINGLES TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS. A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS OUT THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
AND WIND CHILL ADVISORY MATCHED WITH IT FOR NOW. WE MAY NEED TO
EXTEND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR SOME AREAS INTO THE AFTERNOON
TOMORROW...BUT WILL SEE WHAT 00Z GUIDANCE HAS FOR WIND TOMORROW.

HAVE ALLOWED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. RIGHT NOW
WE ARE MARGINAL AND AS THE SUN SETS...THE GUSTINESS SHOULD SUBSIDE
AT BIT. MOST OF THE GUSTS TOWARD 30 MPH CONTINUE OVER THE
PLAINS. SO AGAIN...WE/LL KEEP 10 TO 20 UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND 10 TO 15
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT...EVEN TOMORROW WILL BE BREEZY.

LONG TERM PICTURE REALLY HASN/T CHANGED MUCH WITH THIS ARCTIC AIR
MASS KEEPING STATION OVER THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
THEN SLIDING OVER THE SE US INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN IT/S WAKE...A
WEAK UPPER LOW DEVELOPS ALOFT AND WILL GATHER THE CLOUDS FOR MID
TO LATE WEEK. PLUS ANOTHER UPPER LOW DRIFTS IN FROM THE WEST LATE WEEK.
THE EURO BRINGS BACK SOME RAINFALL JUST A HARE FASTER THAN THE GFS
EARLY WEDNESDAY AS TEMPS ARE GETTING BACK ABOVE FREEZING. MAV/MEX
NUMBERS BLENDED INTO GOING TEMPERATURES. /24/

&&

.AVIATION...
STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT ACROSS MOST OF CWA. NW WINDS  15
TO 20 WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KTS ACROSS MOST TERMINAL SITES THIS AFTN.
ALL TAF SITES VFR SKC OR BECMG VFR SKC. VFR CIGS AT MLU...BECMG SKC
AROUND 23Z. VERY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENTS AS  WINDS ONLY VERY
GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT TO 10 TO 15 KTS BY 18Z FRI./VII/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  18  31  15  35  17 /   0   0   0   0   0
MLU  17  30  15  33  16 /   0   0   0   0   0
DEQ  11  25   9  31   7 /   0   0   0   0   0
TXK  14  27  12  31  14 /   0   0   0   0   0
ELD  14  29  12  32  11 /   0   0   0   0   0
TYR  16  28  14  35  16 /   0   0   0   0   0
GGG  15  30  14  35  13 /   0   0   0   0   0
LFK  19  33  17  39  18 /   0   0   0   0   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: OKZ077.

TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1200 PM CST THU JAN 7 2010

ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022-OKZ077-
TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167-081800-
SEVIER-HOWARD-LITTLE RIVER-HEMPSTEAD-NEVADA-MILLER-LAFAYETTE-
COLUMBIA-UNION AR-CADDO-BOSSIER-WEBSTER-CLAIBORNE-LINCOLN-
UNION LA-DE SOTO-RED RIVER-BIENVILLE-JACKSON-OUACHITA-SABINE LA-
NATCHITOCHES-WINN-GRANT-CALDWELL-LA SALLE-MCCURTAIN-BOWIE-
FRANKLIN-TITUS-CAMP-MORRIS-CASS-WOOD-UPSHUR-MARION-SMITH-GREGG-
HARRISON-CHEROKEE-RUSK-PANOLA-NACOGDOCHES-SHELBY-ANGELINA-
SAN AUGUSTINE-SABINE TX-
1200 PM CST THU JAN 7 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ARKANSAS...FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...FOR
NORTHEAST AND DEEP EAST TEXAS AND FOR SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

ARCTIC AIR IS MOVING INTO THE FOUR STATE AREA AND WILL MAKE FOR A
FRIGID NIGHT. ROADS ARE DRYING UP FROM LAST NIGHTS RAIN WITH EVEN
OCCASIONAL TRAFFIC...THIS PLUS THE COLD AND DRY GUSTY WINDS. ASIDE
FROM ANY RESIDUAL PUDDLES FREEZING...AREA ROADS SHOULD REMAIN IN
GOOD SHAPE. PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN FROM THE WIND CHILL THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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