Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
324 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009

LAZ027>033-TXZ180>182-270600-
VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-
TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE...
DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...WOODVILLE...
JASPER...NEWTON
324 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009

...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH FROST LIKELY TONIGHT...

A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NEAR THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
LIGHT WINDS AND A VERY DRY AIR MASS THE RESULT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
FALL QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET AND REACH THE LOW TO MID 30S BY MORNING.
SOME OF THE USUAL COLD SPOTS MAY NEAR THE FREEZING MARK FOR AN
HOUR TO TWO. ALSO...WITH THE VERY LIGHT WINDS...FROST WILL BE
LIKELY ESPECIALLY AROUND AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 190.

RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT TENDER
VEGETATION AS THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON WITH
TEMPERATURES NEARING THE FREEZING MARK...ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF FROST.

ALSO...EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN USING SPACE HEATERS TO
PREVENT FIRE OR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OFF TO THE EAST WITH
TEMPERATURES MODERATING ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

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