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Current Weather Conditions Across The 48 Contiguous United States
More Storminess for the West . For more details...

Current Weather Conditions Across The 48 Contiguous United States
More Storminess for the West . For more details...

Current Conditions : 40.8F / 4.9C, Partly Cloudy - 4:50 AM CST Jan. 4
Temperature: 40.8°F / 4.9°C | Humidity: 60% | Pressure: 18.28in / 619.0hPa (Rising) | Conditions: Partly Cloudy | Wind Direction: SSE | Wind Speed: 0.0mph / 0.0km/h

Tahiti, French Polynesia Current Conditions - 12:00 AM TAHT Jan. 4
Temperature: 79°F / 26°C | Humidity: 74% | Pressure: 29.95in / 1014hPa | Conditions: Mostly Cloudy | Wind Direction: West | Wind Speed: 8mph / 13km/h | Updated: 12:00 AM TAHT

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 1
WW 1 SEVERE TSTM LA MS CW 031535Z - 032300Z

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
935 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
       SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
       COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 935 AM UNTIL
500 PM CST.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES NORTH
NORTHWEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO 10 MILES EAST
SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF
THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS
WOU1).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

DISCUSSION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL LA AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH.  THESE STORMS ARE
FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...SPREADING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD.  MUCAPE VALUES 1500 J/KG

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There are no tropical cyclones at this time.
No tropical cyclones as of Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:42:03 GMT

There are no tropical cyclones at this time.
No tropical cyclones as of Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:42:03 GMT

whetherwoman @ 2009-01-02T16:39:00
Should really go to Shabbat service tonight and make nice with rabbi.

Would really rather curl up in a blanket and get nothing accomplished all evening.

There are many many reasons not to go: I dislike driving in the dark, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm cold, it ends at 10pm and I'm getting up at 6:30 to drive Zack to work so I can have the car to go to the temple I like more...

But there's always reasons not to. And I should make nice with the rabbi so I can call him Monday and he won't be like, "Oh yeah, the girl who's just interested in a rabbi at her wedding and not in actually showing up to temple."

Maybe I shouldn't go to torah study tomorrow morning. Why am I doing this Jewish thing anyway???

Colder temps and the chance for snow

Some snow could fly especially in the Snowbelt tonight.  Meanwhile, the first weekend of the new year will arrive with cold temps and perhaps freezing rain.  Will that impact travel?  Click for the details.