FXUS64 KLIX 130452

AFDLIX



AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1052 PM CST MON DEC 12 2011



.UPDATE...

11 MINUS 3.9 MICRON MODIS-GOES HYBRID SATELLITE IMAGERY...ALONG

WITH GROUND REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...KHDC AWOS...AND

TRAFFIC CAMERAS INDICATED AREAS OF DENSE FOG WERE OCCURRING FROM

NEAR HAMMOND TO JUST EAST OF BATON ROUGE TO NEAR DONALDSONVILLE

AND CONVENT. THIS FOG SHOULD CONTINUE TO SPREAD WEST THROUGH METRO

BATON ROUGE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THE REMAINDER OF EAST CENTRAL

LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY

TUESDAY MORNING. HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR AREAS

GENERALLY WEST OF I-55 TO CONVENT THROUGH 9 AM TUESDAY. TO THE

EAST...A STRATUS DECK OF CLOUDS ABOVE 1000 FEET SHOULD INHIBIT FOG

FORMATION ACROSS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL

WATERS...AND POSSIBLY AREAS TO THE WEST NEAR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AS

THE CLOUDS TRY TO SPREAD WEST. 22/TD



&&



.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

MCB  45  66  50  71 /  10  10  10  10 

BTR  47  69  53  74 /  10  10  10  10 

ASD  48  67  52  73 /  10  10  10  10 

MSY  53  68  56  74 /  10  10  10  10 

GPT  49  67  52  70 /  10  10  10  10 

PQL  47  67  50  70 /  10  10  10  10 



&&



.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

LA...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 

     ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST 

     FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...NORTHERN 

     TANGIPAHOA...POINTE COUPEE...SOUTHERN TANGIPAHOA...ST. 

     HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...WEST BATON 

     ROUGE...AND WEST FELICIANA. 



GM...NONE.

MS...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 

     AMITE...PIKE...AND WILKINSON. 



GM...NONE.

&&



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