RECORD (SEE RERHOU). IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THAT ACCUMULATING
SNOW HAS FALLEN IN CONSECUTIVE YEARS. AND LASTLY...TO PUT IT ALL IN
PERSPECTIVE...HOUSTON`S SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 0.5 INCHES (ALBEIT
SLIGHT) IS STILL HIGHER THAN CHICAGO`S SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL
(TRACE).

MARINE...
NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE GREATER THAN 30 NM OFFSHORE
WATERS...GUSTING 35 TO 40 KNOTS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...OVER
NEAR 10 FOOT SEAS. CURRENT STRONG NORTHERLIES AND HIGHLY ELEVATED
SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...SIGNIFICANTLY
WEAKENING UNDER SCA CRITERIA THROUGH TOMORROW`S SUNRISE. PRESSURE
AND TEMPERATURE INLAND-TO-OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL SLACKEN THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...SCAS WILL BECOME SCECS IN THE PRE-DAWN
HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH MID-LATE MORNING. QUIET...ALBEIT VERY
COLD...MID SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY ON THE LOCAL WATERS. SUNDAY`S
FORECAST CALLS FOR INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES. LOWERING
WESTERN PRESSURES AND OFFSHORE SOUTHWESTERN DISTURBANCES RIDING OFF
TO THE NORTHEAST HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF KICKING OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF FAR OFFSHORE STORMS. 31

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL)      25  49  36  57  47 /   0   0  10  30  10
HOUSTON (IAH)              24  47  39  58  49 /  10   0  10  50  20
GALVESTON (GLS)            37  52  49  61  55 /  20   0  10  50  20

&&

.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES:
     AUSTIN...BRAZORIA...BRAZOS...BURLESON...CHAMBERS...
     COLORADO...FORT BEND...GALVESTON...GRIMES...HARRIS...
     HOUSTON...JACKSON...LIBERTY...MADISON...MATAGORDA...
     MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO...TRINITY...WALKER...
     WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS FROM FREEPORT
     TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH
     ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
     SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO
     THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM
     HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM.

     GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL
     20 NM TO 60 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO
     60 NM.

&&

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