HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

HOUSTON, December 1, 2007 - TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. INCREASING ATMOSPHERIC LIFT WILL COMBINE WITH DEEP MOISTURE TO GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING SATURDAY. MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS...FEEDER ROADS...SECONDARY ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS. HOWEVER...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERALL IS MINIMAL.

SATURDAY THE RAIN WILL END BY LATE MORNING SATURDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED.

CLEARING SKIES WILL RESULT IN A LIGHT FREEZE SATURDAY NIGHT TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHARTON TO KATY TO THE WOODLANDS TO CLEVELAND. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR THE HOUSTON AREA OR THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

SUNDAY CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL RESULT IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER THE INLAND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT. A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE AS FAR SOUTH AS THE HOUSTON SUBURBS...AND THE INLAND PORTION OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES.

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