FXUS64 KLIX 201719 AAA AFDLIX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1119 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009 .UPDATE... GOING AHEAD AND ISSUING FREEZE WARNING FOR PARISHES SOUTH OF TIDAL LAKES AS RADIATIONAL COOLING SHOULD GO IN EARNEST AFTER WINDS SETTLE AFTER SUNSET. DECIDED TO ISSUE HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE LAKES EAST OF I-55 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL COUNTIES. DURATION WILL BE MARGINALLY CLOSE BUT ENOUGH 24-26 DEGREE MINS EXPECTED FOR SOME DURATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. && .AVIATION... /18Z TAF ISSUANCE/ VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH NEXT 24-36 HOURS WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN RESPONSE TO STRONG VORTICITY FEATURE ROTATING AROUND THE BASE OF THE LARGE AMPLITUDE TROUGH SITUATED EAST OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA. VFR STRATOCU FIELD FROM CENTRAL MISSISIPPI NORTHWARD HAS SOME LIGHT FLURRIES BUT THIS CLOUD FIELD IS MOVING INTO CONVERGENT FLOW ALOFT AND SHOULD DIMINISH IN COVERAGE BEFORE MOVING INTO TERMINAL AIR SPACES IN CWA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MCB 48 25 55 33 / 0 0 0 0 BTR 50 28 55 36 / 0 0 0 0 MSY 52 32 54 39 / 0 0 0 0 GPT 51 26 54 34 / 0 0 0 0 && .LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LA...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAZ066. FREEZE WATCH LATE TONIGHT FOR LAZ056>065. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GMZ550- 555. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GMZ570-575. MS...NONE. GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GMZ555. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GMZ575. && $$ 24