FXUS64 KLIX 251739
AFDLIX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1139 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

.DICUSSION...FOR THE MOST PART THE FORECAST IS RUNNING AS PLANNED
SO NO UPDATED NEEDED. WINDS REMAIN BREEZY OVER THE AREA BUT SHOULD
REALLY BEGIN TO RELAX THROUGHOUT THE AFTN AS HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO BUILD IN OVER THE AREA. AFTER A CLOUDY...RAINY...AND
BREEZY DAY YESTERDAY...YOUR CHRISTMAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A
PLEASANT...COOL...AND SUNNY ON. /CAB/

&&

.AVIATION...NO ISSUES EXPECTED FOR THIS TAF PACKAGE AS VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST. THERE WILL BE THIN CIRRUS
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND OVERNIGHT. AS FOR WINDS...WE WILL REMAIN
BREEZY FOR A FEW MORE HRS BUT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
WEST WINDS WILL RELAX THIS AFTN. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THROUGH THE EVN AND OVERNIGHT HRS AND BECOME MOSTLY LIGHT AND VRB
OR VEER AROUND TO THE N AND THEN E BY MIDDAY TOMORROW. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  47  28  51  34 /   0   0  10  20 
BTR  48  30  54  37 /   0   0  10  20 
MSY  50  36  54  42 /   0   0  10  30 
GPT  51  30  52  40 /   0   0  10  30 

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     LOWER ST. BERNARD...AND LOWER TERREBONNE. 

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM 
     THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST 
     PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND 
     COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
     RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM. 

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM 
     THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST 
     PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND 
     COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
     RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM. 

&&

$$

CAB