000 WWUS84 KCRP 102138 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 338 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2006 TXZ229>234-239>247-110600- 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 338 PM CST FRI FEB 10 2006 ...COLDEST TEMPERATURES SINCE CHRISTMAS 2004 EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY MORNING... WINTER-LIKE TEMPERATURES FOR SOUTH TEXAS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S OVER THE NORTHERN SECTIONS TO THE LOWER 40S OVER THE SOUTHERN AREAS. HIGHS SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES IN MORE THAN A YEAR ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...TO THE LOWER 30S ALONG THE COAST. A HARD FREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SUNDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES AT CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 30 DEGREES...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 32 DEGREES OVER CORPUS CHRISTI PROPER. A FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR THESE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. PREPARATIONS SUCH AS PROTECTING TENDER VEGETATION AND EXPOSED PIPES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. ANIMALS SENSITIVE TO COLD WEATHER SHOULD STAY INDOORS OR BE PUT IN A PROPER SHELTER. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP. $$ GW