Expires:201102031500;Remove:201102031500;956460 WWUS44 KLIX 030953 WSWLIX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 353 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER PRECIPITATION HEADING TO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST... .ARCTIC AIR REMAINS IN PLACE. AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR WHICH WILL RESULT IN MIXED PRECIPITATION. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR ICING OF ELEVATED ROADS AND BRIDGES ACROSS SOME SECTIONS OF THE NORTHSHORE...AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. FARTHER INLAND...MORE PERSISTENT COLDER TEMPERATURES MAY SUPPORT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH SOME SLEET ACROSS METRO BATON ROUGE TO TYLERTOWN AND NORTHWESET INTO SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BY THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LAZ058>065-MSZ080>082-031500- /O.EXT.KLIX.WW.Y.0002.110203T1200Z-110203T1500Z/ ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON- ORLEANS-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAPLACE...RESERVE...THIBODAUX... RACELAND...LAROSE...DESTREHAN...NORCO...METAIRIE...KENNER... NEW ORLEANS...BELLE CHASSE...CHALMETTE...VIOLET...HOUMA... BAYOU CANE...BAY ST. LOUIS...WAVELAND...DIAMONDHEAD...GULFPORT... BILOXI...PASCAGOULA...OCEAN SPRINGS...MOSS POINT...GAUTIER... ST. MARTIN 353 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A MIXTURE OF LIGHT RAIN MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH SLEET. TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WARM SLOWLY INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S TO NOT ALLOW FOR ANY ACCUMULATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$