Monday, February 22, 2010

Winter Weather Alert - 02-22-2010

000 WWUS44 KLCH 222008 WSWLCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
208 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010
...LATE SEASON SNOW POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND LAKES REGION...
.FALLING PRESSURES JUST OFFSHORE BROWNSVILLE WILL INDUCE ANOTHER GULF LOW BY EARLY MORNING TUESDAY. LARGE DIFFERENCES-IN-PRESSURE... AND SUBSEQUENT STRONG BLUE NORTHERS...WILL CARRY CANADIAN AIR INTO THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES. AN OVERRUNNING RAIN SCENARIO WILL BE IN THE WORKS BY MIDAFTERNOON TUESDAY...AS A PASSING DISTURBANCE ALOFT INITIATES RAIN WHICH FALLS THROUGH THE CANADIAN AIR. THE CHILLY RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMING TO AN END ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE GULF LOW EXITS INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. 
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE... JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON 208 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. OVERRUNNING RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE WATCH AREA BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE CHILLY RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY TUESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PINEY HILLS OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND THE LAKES REGION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. LIGHT SNOW MAY REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BEAUMONT AND LAKE CHARLES. MOST FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL BE COMING TO AN END BY MIDMORNING WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS;