SPSLCH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 528 PM CST SAT DEC 2 2006 LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216-031200- VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY- CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-UPPER ST. MARTIN- CAMERON-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-TYLER-JASPER- NEWTON-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEESVILLE...ALEXANDRIA...MARKSVILLE... DERIDDER...OAKDALE...VILLE PLATTE...OPELOUSAS...LAKE CHARLES... JENNINGS...CROWLEY...LAFAYETTE...ST. MARTINVILLE...CAMERON... ABBEVILLE...NEW IBERIA...MORGAN CITY...WOODVILLE...JASPER... NEWTON...LUMBERTON...BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR...ORANGE 528 PM CST SAT DEC 2 2006 ...VARIOUS HAZARDOUS WEATHER EPISODES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS... A DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS COLORADO WILL TRANSLATE SOUTH, THEN EAST, REACHING CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AS A CONSEQUENCE, LARGE DIFFERENCES-IN-PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN UPPER GULF COAST STATES. THESE PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WILL GENERATE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BY MIDAFTERNOON WILL RANGE, FROM 20 MPH ACROSS THE LAKES REGION AND PINEY HILLS, TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR. THE GUST WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE, FROM 30 MPH ACROSS THE LAKES REGION AND PINEY HILLS, TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR. THE SUNDAY EVENING WIND SPEEDS, ALTHOUGH DECREASING, WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 15 MPH, GENERATING RATHER COLD WIND CHILLS. THE WIND-CHILL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE, FROM THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PINEY HILLS AND LAKES REGION, TO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR. THE CENTRAL TEXAS DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ITS EASTWARD TRANSLATION, REACHING CENTRAL LOUISIANA MONDAY EVENING. IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING WILL BE IN PLACE; CALM WINDS, CLEAR SKIES, AND LOW HUMIDITIES. THE EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE, FROM THE MID 20S ACROSS THE PINEY HILLS AND LAKES REGION, TO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE I-10 CORRIDOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. $$