HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS

HOUSTON, January 15, 2008 - THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN COMBINATION WITH A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL RESULT IN INCREASING RAIN CHANCES FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER... HIGHER CHANCES OF RAIN AND HEAVIER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR WHERE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE. IT WILL ALSO BE BREEZY NEAR THE COAST LATER TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY AS THE COASTAL LOW PUSHES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHERN LOUISIANA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL AVERAGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE EVENT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES TOWARD THE COAST...ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR... AND UNDER ONE QUARTER INCH ACROSS THE MADISONVILLE AND CROCKETT AREAS.

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