This is the latest advisory from the National Weather Service…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-10
CORRIDOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
10 ARE FORECAST TO FALL TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING BETWEEN TUESDAY
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF
LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS
TIME. COLDER AREAS SUCH AS INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND CENTRAL
LOUISIANA MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS ROADS AND BRIDGES…WHICH COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 10 WILL ONLY SEE
MINOR IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION…AND THIS WILL MAINLY BE ON
ELEVATED SURFACES.
A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN MIXED WITH LIGHT SLEET IS CURRENTLY
MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS…AND WILL PUSH INTO LOUISIANA THIS
EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK BY
WEDNESDAY MORNING…A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN…LIGHT SLEET…AND
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.
LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED.
HOWEVER…ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWERS LINES AS
WELL AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD SEE SOME MINOR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. IN ADDITION…STANDING WATER THAT REMAINS FROM
EARLIER RAINS MAY GLAZE OVER IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS ON ELEVATED
SURFACES SUCH AS ROADS AND BRIDGES. THIS COULD CREATE SOME
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS SOME SLICK SPOTS DEVELOP.
AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN TOO WARM FOR
ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO OCCUR.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.