HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 349 PM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. A LIGHT DUSTING WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY POSSIBLE IN THE
EVANSVILLE TRI STATE THIS EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR
FREEZING. A FEW SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP EITHER FROM THE FREEZING
OF EXISTING MOISTURE ON ROADWAYS OR FROM THE LINGERING LIGHT
SNOWS. BRIDGES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN. ANY ACCUMULATING SNOWS
WILL COME TO AN END BY MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A CHANCE OF SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX IS FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF
OF THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. ANY PROBLEMS WILL BE SHORT-LIVED...AS
TEMPERATURES SHOULD QUICKLY WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.
THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT AT LEAST WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONCE AGAIN THE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WARM UP THROUGH THE DAY...SO ANY TRAVEL
IMPACTS SHOULD BE SHORT-LIVED.
CONSIDERABLE RAINFALL IS THEN LIKELY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER OR MIX WITH SNOW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY...BUT THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE
EXITING THE AREA BY THE TIME THAT CHANGE OVER OCCURS.
AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
WINTER PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE TO OUR WEST AND
NORTH...BUT SOME LIGHT SNOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION OR
DEGRADED ROAD CONDITIONS THEY ENCOUNTER THIS EVENING.
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