000 WHUS44 KLCH 090149 CFWLCH COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 749 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST...AND A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF IN THE BAY OF CAMPECHE... WILL TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES. WINDS WILL BE EAST TO NORTHEAST AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN SPEED. LAZ051-052-TXZ215-216-091200- /O.CAN.KLCH.CF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-091109T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KLCH.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-091109T1200Z/ CAMERON-VERMILION-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- 749 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD WATCH. .TIDE LEVELS CONTINUE NEAR ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...RESULTING IN TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT ON ONLY VERY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS PERIOD...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS WITHOUT ANY NATURAL OR MAN MADE DUNE PROTECTION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GULF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE WIND DIRECTION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BY MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE...THUS BRINGING TIDES BACK DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS. $$ LAZ053>055-091200- /O.EXT.KLCH.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-091109T1200Z/ IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN- 749 PM CST SUN NOV 8 2009 .TIDE LEVELS CONTINUE NEAR ONE FOOT ABOVE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...RESULTING IN TIDE LEVELS BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 FEET AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT ON ONLY VERY MINOR COASTAL FLOODING DURING THIS PERIOD...MAINLY IN LOW LYING AREAS WITHOUT ANY NATURAL OR MAN MADE DUNE PROTECTION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GULF OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THE WIND DIRECTION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BY MORNING BEFORE THE NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE...THUS BRINGING TIDES BACK DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS. $$