HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, December 21, 2009 - TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WARM AIR OVERRIDING THE COOLER SHELF WATERS WILL RESULT IN FOG DEVELOPMENT OVER THE BAYS AND NEAR SHORE WATERS. DENSE FOG COULD AFFECT THE NEAR SHORE GULF WATERS...LOCAL BAYS...AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORM. THE MAIN THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE POTENTIAL DOES EXISTS FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO REACH SEVERE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 45 CORRIDOR. ANY SEVERE STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A COLD...DRY AIR MASS DESCENDS DOWN OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS...A LIGHT FREEZE MAY BE POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS MORNING AND THROUGH THE SUBSEQUENT WEEKEND MORNINGS. TENDER AND SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY NEED TO BE COVERED...OR BE PLACED INDOORS...DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.