Good Morning Everyone. I wanted to share the very latest weather discussion for our area. Please be sure to get any and all supplies TODAY for this weather coming. ~ Alaina 000 FXUS64 KLIX 271026 AFDLIX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 426 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 .SHORT TERM... ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST AT A MEASURED 40 KTS ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM EAST TENNESSEE...TO SHREVEPORT...INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. PROJECTING THE FRONTAL SPEED PLACES THE FRONT THROUGH MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 18Z TODAY. SO FAR EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT ONSETTING LATE TONIGHT AND THEN REALLY GET GOING MUCH OF TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING WEDNESDAY MORNING. GIVEN THE LARGE DEGREE OF SPREAD IN DIFFERENT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND COMBINATIONS...IT MAY BE BEST TO GIVE AN AREAL TIMELINE OF APPROXIMATE ONSETS/ENDINGS FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS. KMCB...FROPA AROUND 8 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE MIDNIGHT...ENDING 11 AM THU...DURATION 59 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 4 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 6 AM WED. KBTR...FROPA AROUND 830 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 2 AM...ENDING NOON THU... DURATION 61 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 6 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 6 AM WED. KHDC/KASD...FROPA AROUND 9 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 5 AM...ENDING NOON THU... DURATION 55 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 6 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 7 AM WED. KNEW/KMSY...FROPA AROUND 10 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 10 AM TUE...ENDING 10 AM THU... DURATION 48 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 7 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 9 AM WED. KGPT/KPQL...FROPA AROUND 10 AM...ONSET OF FREEZE 6 AM TUE...ENDING NOON THU... DURATION 54 HOURS. ONSET OF WINTER PRECIP AROUND 8 AM TUE ENDING AROUND 10 AM WED. NOTE THE FREEZE DURATION MAY NOT BE CONSECUTIVE HOURS AS A FEW LOCATIONS MAY BREIFLY WARM TO AROUND 33 TUE AFTERNOON FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...BUT THE OVERALL GRIP OF THE ARCTIC AIR SHOULD BE CLOSE TO THESE DURATIONS BEFORE WARM AIR ADVECTION ONSETS LATER THURSDAY.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:05:57 +0000
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