FXUS64 KLIX 250543
AFDLIX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1143 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

.AVIATION...MAIN CONCERN THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HRS WILL BE
CIGS. THAT SAID IT SHOULD ONLY DROP INTO MVFR STATUS MAINLY AROUND
2500-3500 FT UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE WHEN WE SHOULD START TO
BECOME MORE SCT. ONCE CLOUDS START TO MIX OUT WE WILL REMAIN IN
VFR STATUS FOR THE NEXT 24 -36 HRS UNTIL LIGHT RAIN TRIES TO
RETURN LATE SAT NIGHT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE GUSTY
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HRS BUT THEY WILL ALSO BEGIN TO RELAX
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AS THE SFC LOW CONTINUES TO PUSH NORTH
THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY AND TWRDS THE UPPER MS VALLEY. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  34  47  28  56 /  10   0   0  10 
BTR  34  48  30  56 /   0   0   0  10 
MSY  37  50  36  55 /  10   0   0  10 
GPT  37  51  30  55 /  10   0   0  10 

&&

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

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS 
     FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
     RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 
     TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 
     NM. 

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM 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 FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL WATERS 
     FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI 
     RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 
     TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF 
     THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 
     NM. 

&&

$$

CAB