HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

LIBERTY, January 8, 2012 - THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AREAS OF SEA FOG ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE COAST AND WILL LIMIT VISIBILITIES. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES SHOULD INCREASE TONIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION.

MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME WIDESPREAD ON MONDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...AVERAGE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED 4 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN GENERAL THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED IN AREAS SOUTH OF A CROCKETT TO CALDWELL LINE. CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER ARE FAIRLY LOW AS INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED. HOWEVER...HIGHER INSTABILITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST WHERE WINDS FIELDS MAY SUPPORT ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE A BRIEF TORNADO. THIS THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO COASTAL AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY. A LIGHT FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME INLAND LOCATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHTS.