Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Lake Charles, LA

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WWUS44 KLCH 240339
WSWLCH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.

.BLUE NORTHERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST
STATES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INCOMING MARINE AIR CONTINUES
TO UPGLIDE THE ARCTIC AIR RIDING SOUTHWARD ON THE BLUE NORTHERS.
SNOW AND ICE PELLETS ARE THE RESULT. 

LAZ027>032-TXZ180-259-260-241515-
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VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-TYLER-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON
939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO NOON CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* TIMING...6 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES
  POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...13 DEGREES OR BELOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HYPOTHERMIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

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HARDIN-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR MODERATE SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
CST FRIDAY. 

* TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED
  TO AVERAGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. SOME ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED
  ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE EXPECTED FRIDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-241500-
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CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...
WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...
LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...
KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...
BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...
CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY
939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED
  TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. SOME ACCUMULATION
  ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE
  EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

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/O.CON.KLCH.WC.Y.0002.140124T0600Z-140124T1500Z/
ST. LANDRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE
939 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FRIDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

* TIMING...6 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED
  TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS. SOME ACCUMULATION
  ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE
  EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL FREEZE ONTO BRIDGES AND 
  OVERPASSES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...CREATING HAZARDOUS 
  DRIVING CONDITIONS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...13 DEGREES OR BELOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

205 
WWUS44 KLCH 241108
WSWLCH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT.

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL SOUTH INTO THE NORTHWEST
GULF COAST REGION. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 20S...ALONG
WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE AREAS OF
PRECIPITATION...CURRENTLY FALLING AS SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF U.S.
190. SOUTH OF U.S. 190...A SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE
WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT THIS MORNING...BASICALLY FREEZING ON
IMPACT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES...STRUCTURES...AND TREES.
ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTER PRECIPITATION OF ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION IF TRAVELING TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY.

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ST. LANDRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OPELOUSAS...EUNICE
508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM TODAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
  EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS.
  ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE
  ALREADY OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A
WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED.

&&

$$

LAZ027>032-TXZ180-259-260-242100-
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/O.CAN.KLCH.WW.Y.0002.140124T1500Z-140124T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-TYLER-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...NEW LLANO...ALEXANDRIA...
PINEVILLE...MARKSVILLE...BUNKIE...COTTONPORT...SIMMESPORT...
MANSURA...DE RIDDER...OAKDALE...KINDER...VILLE PLATTE...MAMOU...
WOODVILLE...COLMESNEIL...JASPER...KIRBYVILLE...NEWTON
508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES 
  POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE
  ALREADY OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

&&

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

LAZ041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ215-216-242100-
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CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE CHARLES...SULPHUR...JENNINGS...
WELSH...LAKE ARTHUR...CROWLEY...RAYNE...CHURCH POINT...
LAFAYETTE...BREAUX BRIDGE...ST. MARTINVILLE...ABBEVILLE...
KAPLAN...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...FRANKLIN...PATTERSON...
BERWICK...BAYOU VISTA...STEPHENSVILLE...HACKBERRY...HOLLY BEACH...
CAMERON...GRAND CHENIER...BEAUMONT...PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE...
VIDOR...BRIDGE CITY
508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 3 PM FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
  EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OR LESS.
  ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
  CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE
  ALREADY OCCURRED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A
WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED.

&&

$$

TXZ201-261-262-242100-
/O.EXT.KLCH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140124T2100Z/
HARDIN-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUMBERTON...SILSBEE...BUNA...DEWEYVILLE
508 AM CST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...9 PM THURSDAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS 
  EXPECTED TO AVERAGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. SOME ACCUMULATION ON 
  ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES CAN BE 
  EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATION WILL CONTINUE ONTO BRIDGES AND
  OVERPASSES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...CREATING
  HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE
  ALREADY OCCURRED. 

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
359 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

.AVIATION...UPDATED AEX TAF TO INCLUDE SNOW AFTER 00Z (6PM).
UPSTREAM REPORTS CONFIRMED BY DUAL POL RADAR SHOW PERIODS OF SNOW AT
JASPER. NEW MODEL DATA SHOWING FCST COLUMN WILL BE ALL BELOW
FREEZING ALOFT BY THAT TIME. SOME UPPER DIVERGENCE IS INDICATED
NEAR AEX THIS EVENING AS WELL. THICKNESS VALUES NOW SUPPORTIVE OF
SNOW ALONG THE NORTHERN TIER OF PARISHES/COUNTIES INCLUDING AEX.
IFR CONDITIONS WITH THE SNOW. PRECIP STILL LOOKS TO END BEFORE SUNRISE.

SWEENEY

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1239 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1229 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014/

DISCUSSION...
EXCEEDINGLY BUSY MORNING ATTEMPTING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE UNFOLDING
POTENTIAL FOR WINTER WEATHER THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. LOOKING AT THE
LATEST AVAILABLE DATA...THERE ARE STILL CONFLICTING SIGNALS AS TO
WHAT PCPN TYPE WILL PREVAIL AND HOW LONG IT WILL LAST...THOUGH THE
GAP HAS NARROWED SINCE YESTERDAY...AND PROGGED QPF AMTS HAVE ALSO
INCREASED JUST A BIT. WILL HASH ALL OF THIS OUT WITH THE AFTERNOON
PACKAGE...BUT THE CHANGES TO THE FCST TODAY WERE MAINLY TO BRING
THE GRIDS IN LINE WITH LATEST OB/RADAR TRENDS.

13

AVIATION...ISSUED 1202 PM CST JAN 23 2014...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH THE LCH TERMINAL WITH
WINDS NORTHEAST AND GUSTY AND VFR STRATOCU CIGS ALONG WITH A FEW
PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AREA. EXPECTING TEMPO MVFR CIGS WITH
LIGHT RAIN AT TIMES BEGINNING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH THE FRONT HAS PASSED BPT WITH NO RAIN IN THE AREA AT
THIS TIME, RADAR OUT OF HOUSTON IS SHOWING ISENTROPIC LIFT IN EAST
TEXAS NORTH OF THE FRONT ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN MOVING IN FROM THE
WEST SO WILL START OUT PREDOMINANT LIGHT RAIN AT BPT WITH CIGS
LOWERING TO MVFR LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

THE AEX TERMINAL IS IN DRIER AIR SO WILL GO WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST
WINDS WITH VFR CIGS AND JUST VCSH. AF FOR LFT AND ARA AHEAD OF THE
FRONT, EXPECTING FROPA MID AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY NE WINDS AND MVFR CIGS.

THE NEXT ISSUE IS FALLING TEMPERATURES WITH ONGOING PRECIP.
EXPECTING FREEZING AT BPT AND LCH LATER TNITE WITH THE
POSSIBLILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF
THIS, A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND ICE PELLETS. CIGS WILL ALOS LOWER TO MVFR.
WENT FOR IFR CIGS AT BPT WHERE THE FRONTAL SURFACE WILL BE CLOSER
TO THE SURFACE...ALL COASTAL TERMINALS WILL SEE STRONG AND GUSTY
NE WINDS WITH LIFR CIGS FOR BOTH LCH AND BPT LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

BEST ALTERNATES WILL BE NORTH AND EAST WITH VFR CIGS AT AEX BEFORE
SUNRISE, LFT AND ARA AFTER SUNUP.

SWEENEY
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 543 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014/

AVIATION...
ATTM VFR FLIGHT RULES WILL HOLD... BUT A FAST MOVING STRONG COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED THRU AEX AFTR SUNRISE AND WILL MAKE THE COAST
AROUND 16 OR 17Z. WHAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN...WINDS WILL BECM NE
AT 14 TO 18 KTS W/ GUSTS HIGHER. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN AROUND 030
TO 050 TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN LATER
THIS AFTERNOON CHANGING OVER TO A WINTRY MIX SUNSET.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 514 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014/

DISCUSSION...
CURRENT ANALYSIS SHOWS LARGE 1045 MB HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...SURGING SOUTHWARD RAPIDLY THIS MORNING. THE
FRONT ROUGHLY EXTENDS JUST N OF LFK AND AEX...WITH DEWPTS DROPPING
RAPIDLY IN THE 20S ACROSS NE TX AND N LA. THE COLDER TEMPS OF THE
20S AND 30S ARE NOW APPROACHING THE OK/TX & LA/AR BOARDER.

THE LARGE COLD DOME OF ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE SOUTHWARD
TODAY...FULLY ENTRENCHING THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...A
MARKED INCREASE IN N WINDS IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING ACROSS
INLAND SE TX/C LA...AND AFTER NOON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. EXPECT A LITTLE STRONGER WINDS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR...THUS WIND ADVISORY ISSUED
THIS AFTERNOON THRU 6 AM FRI MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR
THE LAKE/BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRI MORNING.

LIGHT TO AT TIMES MODERATE RAIN WILL INCREASE ALONG AND BEHIND THE
FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH NOT EXPECTING AN AREAWIDE
SOAKER...WITH QPF VALUES REMAINING LOW. THIS WILL MAINLY BE FROM
ISENTROPIC LIFT AS THIS COLD DOME OF AIR UNDERCUTS THE WESTERLY
WINDS ALOFT...WITH EMBEDDED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES CREATING THE
PRECIPITATION.

THE PROBLEM COMES THIS EVENING...WHEN THE ISENTROPIC LIFT
CONTINUES ACROSS OUR REGION AND THE SFC TEMPS DROP BELOW FREEZING.
THIS WILL LIKELY HAPPEN BETWEEN 6-9 PM FROM I-10 NORTHWARD...AND 9
PM TO MIDNIGHT TOWARDS THE COAST. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWS WARM
LAYER ABOVE FREEZING ~850MB GRADUALLY COOLING OFF TO NEAR OR JUST
ABOVE FREEZING FROM 6 PM TO MIDNIGHT...WITH VERY LITTLE AREA OF
ABOVE FREEZING FROM MID FRI THRU BASICALLY 12-15Z FRI. THUS...THE
RA WILL LIKELY MIX WITH IP...FZRA...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO IP/SN
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE CHANCES FOR SN/IP IS GREATER NORTH OF I-10
DEEPER INTO THE COLDER AIR...WITH A MIX OF FZRA/IP/SN MORE LIKELY
FROM I-10 TO THE COAST. FOR THIS...HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ACCUMULATION
OF THIS WINTRY MIX OF 1/2 TO AS MUCH AS ONE INCH ACROSS THE GRASSY
AREAS...AND ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES/OVERPASSES THAT WILL
FREEZE FIRST WITH TEMPS IN THE 20S/NEAR 30 AND N WINDS CONTINUING
OVERNIGHT.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST...DID NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR
CHANGES. ANOTHER NEARLY AREAWIDE FREEZE EXPECTED SAT MORNING...FOLLOWED
BY A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARDS NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEKEND. THE DEEP LAYER TROF REMAINS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED OVER THE C
AND E U.S. AND WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG COLD FRONT
MON...WITH COLDER TEMPS TO FOLLOW.

DML

MARINE...
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS
LATER THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS EXPECTED IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES WILL BE REQUIRED...WITH GALE WARNINGS POSSIBLE. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
KLCH  27  37  30  58  39 /  60  40  20  10  10
KBPT  27  37  30  60  39 /  70  50  20  10  10
KAEX  22  39  27  59  33 /  50  20  10  10  10
KLFT  27  37  31  58  39 /  40  40  20  10  10

&&

.LCH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
     FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...CALCASIEU...EAST
     CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST.
     MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...VERMILION...WEST
     CAMERON.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     ACADIA...CALCASIEU...EAST CAMERON...IBERIA...JEFFERSON
     DAVIS...LAFAYETTE...LOWER ST. MARTIN...ST. MARY...UPPER ST.
     MARTIN...VERMILION...WEST CAMERON.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ACADIA...ALLEN...AVOYELLES...
     BEAUREGARD...CALCASIEU...EVANGELINE...JEFFERSON DAVIS...
     LAFAYETTE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...UPPER ST. MARTIN...
     VERNON.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...EVANGELINE...
     RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...VERNON.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ALLEN...AVOYELLES...BEAUREGARD...
     EVANGELINE...RAPIDES...ST. LANDRY...VERNON.

TX...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
     FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...JEFFERSON...
     ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN NEWTON.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     JEFFERSON...ORANGE.

     HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST FRIDAY
     FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: HARDIN...NORTHERN JASPER...
     NORTHERN NEWTON...ORANGE...SOUTHERN JASPER...SOUTHERN
     NEWTON...TYLER.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...TYLER.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: NORTHERN JASPER...NORTHERN NEWTON...
     TYLER.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
     LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
     TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
     TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON
     LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND
     TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
     TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60
     NM...WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60
     NM...WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL
     CITY LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: CALCASIEU LAKE...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...
     SABINE LAKE...VERMILION BAY.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-259>262-
241200-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN-
VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-WEST CAMERON-
EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-NORTHERN JASPER-
NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. OVER-
RUNNING MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
MOVING OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL YIELD AREAS OF RAIN ALONG AND
BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...THE LIGHT RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT
SNOW...AND CHANGE OVER TO PREDOMINATELY SLEET AND SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT...ENDING LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LIGHT SLEET...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
END LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER NEARLY AREAWIDE FREEZE IS EXPECTED
SATURDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARDS NORMAL
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FAIRLY STRONG COLD
FRONT MONDAY...WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ430-432-435-450-452-455-470-472-475-241200-
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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
526 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A STRONG
ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WINDS AND SEAS EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS THE COOL
HIGH MOVES OVERHEAD.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...