000 WWUS84 KCRP 141144 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 544 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 TXZ229>234-239>247-150000- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN... PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA... PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT 544 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007 ...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED BEHIND STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT... A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS AND OFFSHORE TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY WILL GRADUALLY FALL THROUGH THE LOWER 40S INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S...THEN CONTINUE FALLING MONDAY NIGHT INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S BY TUESDAY MORNING. HIGHS TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CLIMB ONLY INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. ANOTHER FREEZE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS WITH MID 30S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE BEHIND THE SECONDARY FRONTAL SURGE...AS WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL HERALD THE COLD AIR SURGE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND. LIGHT RAIN WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT ON MONDAY. THE LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THERE ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...LIGHT SLEET OR ICE PELLETS MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME...BUT WIDESPREAD TRAVEL HAZARDS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. COMPUTER MODELS ARE INDICATING PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY. IF THIS DOES OCCUR THEN THE LIGHT RAIN MAY AGAIN MIX WITH SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS. RESIDENTS WITH TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS... NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CORPUSCHRISTI FOR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JV/GW