HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S...SO LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. TRAVEL IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. HOWEVER...A FEW SLICK
SPOTS COULD DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY TOWARD MORNING ON BRIDGES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW IS FORECAST SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE
MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SO
LITTLE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON GRASSY SURFACES...PRIMARILY OVER
THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA...WHERE THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO COME
DOWN THE FASTEST. ONCE AGAIN A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY
DEVELOP...MAINLY ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF QUICKLY IN THE EAST SATURDAY EVENING.
A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION AT SOME POINT
WEDNESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AT THIS POINT...THE EXACT TRACK AND
TIMING OF THE SYSTEM ARE UNKNOWN...BUT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE NUMEROUS
AT THIS TIME. AT THE VERY LEAST...SOME HEAVY RAINFALL AND MAYBE
EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY WITH THE
SYSTEM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE THAT THE
SYSTEM COULD PASS RIGHT OVER OR TO THE SOUTH OF THE QUAD
STATE...WHICH WOULD GREATLY INCREASE OUR CHANCES OF A WHITE
CHRISTMAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY UNTIL IT
COMES INTO BETTER FOCUS. PLEASE STAY TUNED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR
DEGRADED ROAD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
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