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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
942 PM CST FRI DEC 24 1999

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A COLD FRONT FROM JUST NORTH OF
JACKSONVILLE TO MOBILE TO BATON ROUGE. VAD WIND PROFILE AT JACKSON
AND SLIDELL CONTINUE TO INDICATE NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS
AT THE FIRST GATE OF 1000 FEET AND HIGHER. HOWEVER...JACKSON WINDS
HAVE DECOUPLE WITH THE ARRIVAL OF SANTA BEHIND THE FRONT
AND TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED. EXPECTING SANTA TO RIDE THE FRONT
SOUTHWARD AND VISIT SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS THE WINDS DECOUPLE AND TEMPERATURES DROP TOWARD SUNRISE.
WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES ON CHRISTMAS EVE.

.NEW...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY PQL TO LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND
OUT 50NM.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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