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FXUS64 KLIX 241735  
AFDLIX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA  
1135 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1125 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2026  
 
- A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WILKINSON COUNTY  
AS WELL AS POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES FOR A  
LIGHT GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN THIS WEEKEND.  
 
- A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF  
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FOR  
POTENTIAL OF FREEZING RAIN THIS  
 
- A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IS EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SELA AND SWMS  
TONIGHT AND EXTREME COLD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE AREA  
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS CHILLS COULD RANGE  
FROM NEAR 0 TO 15 DEGREES MONDAY MORNING AND FROM THE MID  
SINGLE DIGITS TO UPPER TEENS TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
- A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY(SCY) AND A GALE WATCH(GLA) REMAIN IN  
EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS. THE SCY BEGINS SATURDAY  
NIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY FOR STRONG ONSHORE WINDS  
AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. THE GLA IS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT  
INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY STRONG WINDS  
OUT OF THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE  
THROUGH SUNDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM  
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026  
 
THE NEXT 48 HOURS WILL BE A VERY CHALLENGING FORECAST IN MANY WAYS.  
A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED WITHIN THE BROADER CONUS TROUGH  
IS CURRENTLY SHARPENING WHILE ITS DIVES SOUTH TOWARDS THE  
4-CORNERS AT THE SAME TIME, A SOUTHERN-STREAM UPPER LOW IS MOVING  
EAST FROM THE PACIFIC AND WILL BE PASSING EAST ACROSS BAJA  
CALIFORNIA AROUND NOON TODAY. AS IT MOVES INTO TRACKS INTO TEXAS  
TONIGHT IT WILL PHASE WITH THE NORTHERN-STREAM SHORTWAVE. THE NOW  
VIRTUALLY SINGULAR FEATURE WILL THEN SWING THROUGH THE LOWER  
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  
 
THE RESULTING PATTERN SUPPORTS A PROBABLE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN  
EVENT ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI AS WARM, MOIST MID  
LEVELS OVERRUNNING AN INCREASINGLY COLD, SHALLOW ARCTIC SURFACE  
LAYER THAT IS SURGING SOUTHWARD. IT'S ARGUABLY A MUCH 'EASIER'  
FORECAST IN THOSE AREAS OF THE REGION AS ITS NOT A QUESTION OF IF  
BUT HOW MUCH FREEZING RAIN OCCURS. FARTHER SOUTH IN OUR CWA  
UNCERTAINTY IS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. THIS IS DUE TO BOTH THE  
SHALLOW DEPTH OF THE ARCTIC AIRMASS AS WELL AS THE CRITICALNESS  
OF TIMING OF COLD AIR ARRIVAL WHILE STILL RAINING.  
 
BEFORE THE BITTERLY COLD AIR ARRIVES, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETUP IS  
A BIT INTERESTING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A FAIRLY SHARP TEMP AND  
DEWPOINT GRADIENT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE CWA SATURDAY WITH A  
ROUGHLY 30 DEGREE DELTA-T BETWEEN WOODVILLE MS AND BOOTHVILLE LA.  
IF YOU LOOK AT SOUNDINGS ALONG COASTAL AREAS FROM LA TO MS, COLD  
AIR ALOFT COMBINED WITH THOSE MID 60 DEGREE TEMPS AND YOU'RE  
SEEING A SURPRISING AMOUNT OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THE MORE  
IMPRESSIVE PARAMETERS ARE HIGH SHEAR (NOT SURPRISING THIS TIME IF  
YEAR), MODERATE HELICITY AND CLIMATOLOGICALLY HIGH PW'S. SO  
DEFINITELY DO HAVE SOME CONCERN FOR ROTATING CELLS AND SPC'S  
OUTLOOK HIGH LIGHTS THIS. WORTHY OF A SLIGHT RISK? PROBABLY NOT AS  
THE CHALLENGE WILL BE CELLS BECOMING SURFACE BASED WITH LITTLE/NO  
HELP FROM COOLER WATERS TEMPS.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM  
 
(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026  
 
*MOST BELOW IS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AS THINKING DID NOT CHANGE.  
 
THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY IS VERY TRICKY AND VERY SMALL CHANGES WILL  
MEAN THE WORLD WITH RESPECT TO IMPACTS. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALREADY  
BE WELL UNDER WAY LIKELY BRINGING CRIPPLING IMPACTS TO PORTIONS OF  
TX, NORTHERN LA, AR, AND INTO NORTHERN MS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY  
SATURDAY. THE CULPRIT IS MULTIPLE FEATURES COMING TOGETHER TO GET  
A VERY STRONG WINTER STORM THAT BY THE END OF MONDAY WILL IMPACT  
AREAS FROM TX TO THE NORTHEAST CONUS. ALREADY A FEW SYSTEMS HAVE  
HELPED TO BRING THE COLD AIR SOUTH OUT OF CANADA AND WORKING WELL  
INTO THE US. THERE IS ALREADY TEENS ACROSS OK AT THIS TIME AND  
MID 20S MOVING INTO CENTRAL AR. WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE THE  
TROUGH AXIS OF A DEVELOPING L/W IS ALREADY WORKING SOUTH ACROSS  
THE PAC COAST AND WILL DIG INTO THE 4 CORNERS TOMORROW. WHAT THIS  
IS DOING THOUGH IS IT WILL DRAW A DEEP CLOSED LOW WEST OF THE BAJA  
EAST TONIGHT AND INTO MEXICO TOMORROW. THIS INCREASE THE  
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND LOWER MS VALLEY  
THUS INCREASING THE OVERALL LIFT AND MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION.  
THIS LOW MOVING ACROSS MEXICO IS THE MAIN FORCING AND DEPENDING ON  
HOW FAST IT OPENS UP AND WHERE IT MOVES WILL HAVE BIG  
IMPLICATIONS ON SNOW/FREEZING RAIN LOCATIONS. IF IT DOESN'T OPEN  
UP AS FAST AND LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS TX AND INTO THE LOWER MS  
VALLEY THEN THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE OF A COLDER MORE IMPACTFUL  
SOLUTION HITTING US. IF IT OPENS QUICKLY LIFTS ACROSS WESTERN TX  
AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY SUNDAY MORNING THEN A WARMER  
SOLUTION WILL BE IN STORE FOR US. THE TREND THE PREVIOUS 24-36  
HOURS THROUGH LAST NIGHT HAD BEEN NORTH AND WARMER BUT THAT  
APPEARS TO HAVE COME TO AN END AND OVER THE LAST 6-12 THE LATEST  
TREND ESPECIALLY BY THE CAMS BUT EVEN SOME OF THE GLOBAL MODELS  
INCLUDING THE GEM WHICH HAD ALMOST NO WINTER PRECIP OVER OUR AREA  
YESTERDAY HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY COOLER AND NUDGING BACK TO THE SOUTH.  
THIS IS GETTING THE FAR NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF OUR CWA ON A VERY  
NARROW LINE OF POSSIBLY A LIGHT GLAZE TO PERHAPS FULL BLOWN ICE  
STORM. IT IS SO CLOSE RIGHT NOW THAT ONLY A MINOR ADJUSTMENT WILL  
MEAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. THIS ISN'T AS MUCH OF A SURPRISE THOUGH,  
MANY TIMES IF THERE IS A BIG TREND ONE DIRECTION BY THE MODELS IN  
THE 5-2/2.5 DAY RANGE THAT TENDS TO EVENTUALLY STOP WITH A SLIGHT  
CORRECTION BACK THE OTHER WAY AND THAT MAY BE WHAT IS OCCURING  
NOW, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE NOW ABLE TO BETTER SAMPLE THE  
DISTURBANCES.  
 
SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW THE BEST FORECAST SHOWS THE  
FREEZING LINE EITHER RIGHT ON OUR BORDER OR ONLY A FEW MILES TO  
THE NORTHWEST BY SUNRISE SUNDAY. THE SFC LOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE TO  
THE NORTHEAST AS A MID LVL JET RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES ACROSS THE  
LOWER MS VALLEY. THE INCREASING LIFT ALREADY WILL HAVE A RATHER  
LARGE SHIELD OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF LA AND MS ALONG AND  
WELL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. AS THAT MID LVL JET INTENSIFIES THE  
EFFICIENCY AND STRENGTH OF THE PRECIPITATION AND CONVECTION WILL  
INCREASE AND THERE COULD BE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF  
NORTHEAST LA AND INTO CENTRAL/NORTHERN MS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY  
FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THE PRECIPITATION  
SHIELD TIGHTENING UP WITH A HARDER BACK EDGE DEVELOPING  
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THAT BACK EDGE IS ONE THING WE WILL WATCH  
BUT THE KEY IS HOW DENSE AND STRONG IS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COLD  
AIR. CAN IT DIG INTO OUR AREA FAST ENOUGH BEFORE THAT BACK EDGE  
MOVES THROUGH. MODELS HAVE HISTORICALLY STRUGGLED TO FULLY REALIZE  
THE SHALLOW COLD DENSE AIRMASSES AND IF THAT IS THE CASE AGAIN  
THEN WE COULD HAVE A PROBLEM ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MS AND  
INTO ADJACENT PARISH OF LA, EAST OF I-55 AND PERHAPS EVEN AS FAR  
SOUTH AS THE BR METRO. MANY OF THE CAMS AND REGIONAL MODELS HAVE  
SLIGHTLY SHIFTED SOUTH AND SOME ARE NOT HOLDING ONTO 4-6 HOURS OR  
MORE OF MODERATE TO EVEN HEAVY RAIN AND A SFC TEMPS OF 33-36...THE  
ENTIRE TIME. AS PROGRESSIVE AS EVERYTHING IS I DO HAVE A LITTLE  
BIT OF A HARD TIME BELIEVING NORTHWEST AREAS LIKE WILKINSON COUNTY  
ALONG WITH NORTHERN POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA WOULD BE  
SITTING AT 33-36 FOR THAT LONG AS THE COD FRONT CONTINUES TO SURGE  
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND MIDDAY HOURS. IF SUNDAY  
MORNING GETS HERE AND THE FREEZING LINE IS SITTING ON THE BORDER  
OF THE CWA BY OR BEFORE SUNRISE THEN IT IS LIKELY WE COULD BE  
TRYING TO CATCH UP AS THE ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL  
WILL INCREASE AND COULD INCREASE RATHER SIGNIFICANTLY FOR A A FEW  
PARISHES AND COUNTIES AND EVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT  
ACCUMULATION COULD EXPAND FARTHER SOUTHEAST.  
 
LUCKILY THE ONE THING WITH THIS FORECAST IS THERE IS A LOT OF  
CONFIDENCE IN PRECIP TYPE FOR OUR AREA. IT IS EITHER RAIN OR  
FREEZING RAIN...ONE OR THE OTHER. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY  
REAL POTENTIAL FOR SNOW OR SLEET GIVEN HOW STRONG THAT WARM NOSE  
IS. EVEN AS THE DEEPER COLD AIR STARTS TO MOVE IN AND THE WARM  
NOSE SHRINKS THE MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING OUT. HOWEVER, FEEL LIKE  
ITS TIME TO MAKE A CALL FOR PORTIONS OF THE WSW...SO UPGRADED  
POINTE COUPEE, WEST FELICIANA, AND WILKINSON TO A WINTER STORM  
ADVISORY AS CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST THERE. STILL KEEPING THE WINTER  
STORM WATCH IN PLACE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE ADVISORY. THERE IS  
EVEN A CHANCE THAT WE COULD PLACE ONE OR TWO COUNTIES/PARISHES IN  
AN ICE STORM WARNING WITH THE ADVISORY AND WATCH TO THE SOUTHEAST.  
CURRENT WINTER STORM ADVISORY AREA IS WHERE ICE STORM WARNING  
WOULD LIKELY BE IF NEEDED.  
 
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH QUICKLY SUNDAY AND PRECIP SHUTS DOWN  
FROM WEST TO EAST. A VERY KEY FEATURE TO WATCH IS HOW QUICK THE  
SHUT DOWN IS. A FEW THINGS TO MENTION THE NORTHERN 3RD/HALF OF THE  
CWA WILL LIKELY GET A MORE PROLONGED AND HEAVIER PRECIP BEFORE  
THE PRECIP COMES TO AN END LEADING TO A LOOT MORE MOISTURE THAT  
COULD STILL BE ON THE GROUND AND BRIDGES HEADING INTO THE NIGHT.  
IN ADDITION IF THE PRECIP LINGERS ONE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON OR  
HOPEFULLY NOT EVENING THAT THAT WILL LEAD TO A SHORTER TIME  
BETWEEN THE END OF THE PRECIP AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE VERY COLD AIR  
WHICH WILL QUICKLY DROP THE AIR TEMP TO FREEZING. ALSO IF THE  
COLD AIR IS FASTER AND STRONGER AND IS RIGHT ON THE COLD FRONTS  
TAIL OR QUICKLY MOVES IN BEHIND THE PRECIP THAT COULD BE A SMALL  
ISSUE. IF THERE IS A GOOD 5 TO 6 HOURS BETWEEN THE END OF PRECIP  
AND ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR THEN THERE WILL BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR  
ROADS BUT MAINLY BRIDGES AND OVERALL PASSES TO DRY, ESPECIALLY  
GIVEN THE VERY GUSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.  
THE WINDS WILL BE A KEY FEATURE IN HELPING TO DRY THINGS OUT.  
HOWEVER AREAS THAT GET HEAVIER PRECIP IF IT DOESN'T DRY OUT OR THE  
BRIDGE/OVERPASS IS SHELTERED/PROTECTED FROM THE WIND AND THE COLD  
AIR ARRIVES WE WILL VERY QUICKLY DROP TO FREEZING LATE AFTERNOON  
AND EARLY EVENING. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS  
TO SEE THE SO CALLED DREADED BLACK ICE. RIGHT NOW WE AREN'T  
ANTICIPATING A LOT OF PROBLEMS FROM THIS SCENARIO BUT IT IS  
SOMETHING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AS IT COULD MAKE A FEW AREAS  
MONDAY MORNING A LITTLE TOUCH AND GO IF THERE IS ISOLATED TO  
SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS.  
 
ONE LAST THING TO REALLY TOUCH ON AND DRIVE ACROSS EVERYONE, IT  
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE COLD AND VERY COLD SUNDAY NIGHT AND LIKELY  
THOUGH TUESDAY MORNING. SOME LOCATIONS OF SOUTHWEST MS AND  
ADJACENT LA PARISHES MAY EVEN STRUGGLE TO GET ABOUT FREEZING MON  
DAY AFTERNOON AND EVEN IF THEY DO IT WILL LIKELY BE 3-6 HOURS AT  
BEST AND BY ONLY A FEW DEGREES. WE HAVE ALREADY ISSUED AN EXTREME  
COLD WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR BOTH MORNINGS. MONDAY MORNING  
WILL BE A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES BUT ALSO STRONG  
WINDS LEADING TO WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR 0 ACROSS SOUTHWEST MS  
AND EVEN AS COLD AS LOWER TO MID TEENS ACROSS THE NEW ORLEANS  
METRO. THE REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE MINIMUM WIND CHILLS VALUES IN  
THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS MONDAY MORNING. LOWS WILL RANGE  
FROM THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S FOR MOST OF THE AREA. BUT THAT IS  
NOT ALL AND LIKELY NOT THE COLDER OF THE TWO MORNING. BECAUSE WE  
WON'T HEAT UP MUCH MONDAY WE WILL HEAD INTO MONDAY NIGHT COLDER  
THAN WE WERE SUNDAY NIGHT AND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE  
AREA THE RADIATIONAL COOLING POTENTIAL WILL BE QUITE FAVORABLE.  
LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE FIRST 1-2K FT, CLEAR SKIES, AND DEWPOINTS  
IN THE TEENS (WITH THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND LIKELY A LOT OF ICE  
NORTH OF THE AREA SINGLE DIGIT DEWPOINT SWILL BE HARD TO COME BY)  
THE STAGE IS SET FOR TEMPS TO JUST PLUMMET OVER NIGHT AND  
CURRENTLY WE ARE CARRYING MORNING LOWS FORM THE LOWER TEENS IN  
SOUTHWEST MS TO EVEN UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S IN THE RIVER  
PARISHES. THIS IS EXTREMELY COLD FOR THE AREA AND OUTSIDE OF THE  
JANUARY WINTER STORM LAST YEAR COULD BE SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPS  
WE HAVE SEEN SINCE 2018 OR 2014 FOR MOST OF THE AREA. THE STRENGTH  
OF THE COLD AIR AND LENGTH OF BELOW FREEZING WILL BE A BIG ISSUE  
AND THIS IS BOTH A THREAT TO LIFE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.  
 
MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW ALL PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP WARM AND SAFE.  
 
- MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER ANY EXPOSED SKIN  
ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING. IF SCHOOL IS STILL OPEN AND YOUR  
CHILD WAITS FOR A BUS, MONDAY MORNING WILL BE QUITE BRUTAL WITH  
THE WIND CHILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS ACROSS MUCH  
OF THE AREA. THIS CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FROST BITE OVER ANY  
EXPOSED SKIN.  
- CHECK ON LOVED ONES, FRIENDS, AND NEIGHBORS  
- MAKE SURE PETS ARE INSIDE OR AT LEAST HAVE A PLACE THEY CAN GET  
TO TO STAY WARM, WELL FED, AND HAVE ACCESS TO WATER.  
- PIPES WILL BE A CONCERN AND SHOULD BE PROTECT.  
- OVERNIGHT RUN A VERY THIN SPAGHETTI LIKE STREAM OF WATER. DO  
THIS FOR BOTH THE COLD AND HOT WATER IN SEPARATE SINKS. REMEMBER  
A VERY THIN STREAM. IF YOU TURN THE WATER ON FULLY AND LET IT  
RUN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING THAT  
COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR MUNICIPAL WATERS SYSTEMS AS THE WATER  
PRESSURE DANGEROUSLY DROPS.  
- IF USING A PORTABLE HEATER.  
-- MAKE SURE IT IS APPROVED FOR INDOOR USE  
-- KEEP 3 FT FROM COMBUSTIBLES  
-- PLACE ON LEVEL SURFACES ONLY  
-- KEEP A FIRE EXTINGUISHER NEAR FIREPLACES  
 
FINALLY BEGIN TO SLOWLY WARM UP DURING THE DAY TUESDAY BUT THE  
NEXT FEW MORNINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD AND WELL BELOW NORMAL  
AS WE LOOK TO BE IN A RATHER COLD PATTERN TO LIKELY END OUT THE  
MONTH AND POSSIBLY HEAD INTO THE FEBRUARY. /CAB/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026  
 
TERMINALS ARE A MIX OF VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS FOR CEILINGS TONIGHT.  
SHOWERS WILL THEN BEGIN TO ENTER THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING WHICH  
WILL IMPACT VISIBILITIES BUT THE BIGGER IMPACT WILL BE THE LOWERING  
CEILINGS WHICH WILL PUT MOST TERMINALS INTO THE MVFR IF NOT IFR  
RANGE AND WILL LIKELY STAY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST  
PERIOD.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1125 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2026  
 
TERMINALS AT VFR TO MVFR FOR CEILINGS. RAIN IS ENTEREING THE AREA  
FROM THE WEST/NORTHWEST AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING AND WILL BEGIN  
REDUCTION OF VISIBILITIES DUE TO LOWERING CEILINGS BEGINNING AT  
KHUM/KBTR/KMCB AROUND 22Z AND MOVING WESTWARD. A NARROW BAND OF  
TSRA CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR MOVING WEST TO EAST IN THE EARLY MORNING  
HOURS AND IS ADDRESSED WITH PROB30 CODING.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
ISSUED AT 1138 PM CST FRI JAN 23 2026  
 
A BACKDOOR FRONT BUT WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS  
FOR ANOTHER 18-24 HOURS. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING A  
SURFACE LOW WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY TAKE SHAPE IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF  
SLOWLY DRAWING THE FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH. AS THE SURFACE LOW  
DEEPENS AND MOVES NORTHEAST THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN AND  
ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SCY CRITERIA OVERNIGHT AND DURING THE  
DAY SUNDAY. ONCE THE LOW MOVES TO THE NORTH AND THEN NORTHEAST OF  
THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY  
SURGE THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL QUICKLY VEER AROUND TO THE  
NORTHWEST SUNDAY EVENING AND INCREASE TO SUSTAINED AROUND 25-30 KTS  
WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 KTS. THE TIDAL LAKES WILL SEE THE WIND  
INCREASE FIRST AND COULD BE FLIRTING WITH GALES BETWEEN 00 AND 03Z  
MONDAY WHILE THE REST OF THE COASTAL WATERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT FROM  
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WITH THAT A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR  
ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM 00Z MONDAY THROUGH 15Z MONDAY. AS  
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY, THE NORTHERLY  
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE, BUT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS  
WILL PERSIST.  
 
 
   
LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
LA...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR LAZ034>037-046>048.  
 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR LAZ034-035.  
 
EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY FOR  
LAZ034>037-039-046>048-056>060-064>071-076>090.  
 
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR LAZ036-037-039-046>048-071-083.  
 
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR GMZ530-532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR GMZ530-532-  
534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR GMZ530-532-  
534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
MS...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR MSZ068>070.  
 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR MSZ068.  
 
EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY FOR  
MSZ068>071-077-083>088.  
 
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR MSZ069>071.  
 
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY  
FOR GMZ532-534-536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY FOR GMZ532-534-  
536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 9 AM CST MONDAY FOR GMZ532-534-  
536-538-550-552-555-557-570-572-575-577.  
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT TERM...ME  
LONG TERM....CAB  
AVIATION...DS  
MARINE...MB  
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