FXUS64 KLIX 240639
AFDLIX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1230 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

.AVIATION...BIG ISSUES THROUGH THE MORNING WILL BE LOW CLOUDS. CIGS 
AROUND 800 TO 1500 FT LIKELY OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE 
MORNING BEFORE SHRA AND EVENTUALLY TSRA DEVELOP. A COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE THROUGH TODAY WITH A SQUALL LINE EXPECTED ALONG IT. STORMS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE QUITE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 60KTS. A 
FEW STORMS COULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE AND MAY BECOME SVR 
PROVIDING AN INCREASED TORNADO RISK. GRADIENT WINDS WILL BE QUITE 
STRONG AS WELL WITH SRLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT AROUND 15-20KT 
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30KTS. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AFTER THE FRONTAL 
PASSAGE AND VEER AROUND THE THE WEST. THE FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH 
BTR AND MCB AROUND 16-17Z THEN HDC AROUND 18Z AND MSY/ASD B/T 18-19Z 
AND THEN THROUGH GPT AROUND 19-20Z. /CAB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MCB  59  65  36  49 / 100 100  20   0 
BTR  61  64  35  50 / 100 100  10   0 
MSY  62  69  42  53 / 100 100  10   0 
GPT  61  68  41  53 /  80 100  30   0 

&&

.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM 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. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

MS...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM FRIDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM 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. 

&&

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CAB