Special Weather Statement

LIBERTY, December 10, 2008 - A COLD AFTERNOON IS ON TAP WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. AT 11 AM TEMPERATURES WERE RUNNING 34 TO 39 DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...STRONGER NEAR THE COAST WILL MAKE TEMPERATURES FEEL LIKE 25 TO 37 MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD BEGIN TO RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH INLAND.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY LIGHT RAIN CHANGING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW AND OR A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN. THE SNOW SHOULD BE PRIMARILY CONFINED TO AREAS MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO PASADENA TO LIBERTY AND MAINLY FROM AROUND 6 TO 9 PM. TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH MID EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD BE LIGHT AND VERY LITTLE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON ANY SURFACE OTHER THAN IN FIELDS... YARDS...AND ON THE TOPS OF CARS. NO SNOW IS EXPECTED TO COLLECT ON ROADS. ANY LEFT OVER WATER ON ROADS COULD POSSIBLY BEGIN TO FREEZE AFTER 11 PM FOR ELEVATED ROADS AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR FREEZING.

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