SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 903 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
WINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...CHANGING TO LIGHT SNOW
SATURDAY NIGHT
A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST
COMBINED WITH A DISTURBANCE HEADING EAST OUT OF THE GREAT PLAINS
WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RAIN THIS
EVENING...AND WILL THEN MIX WITH SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH LATE
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN
GRASSY AREAS.
SOME SLIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY EVENING AS THE PRECIPITATION
TURNS TO ALL SNOW. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY MORNING
ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW MAY FALL.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE
30S...SO SOME MELTING WILL TAKE PLACE ESPECIALLY AS THE
PRECIPITATION FIRST SWITCHES OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING. HOWEVER
AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX SOME SLICK
SPOTS CAN DEVELOP ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS AND ON
ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES. PLEASE DO USE CAUTION IF
DRIVING TONIGHT AND THIS WEEKEND...PLAN A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 846 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GULF COAST STATES WILL
BRING LIGHT RAIN TO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO CHANGE TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX TOWARD DAYBREAK. WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING TOWARD DAYBREAK...LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN GRASSY AREAS. IN ADDITION...ROADWAYS MAY
BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
SO CAUTION SHOULD BE USED IF TRAVELING LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THOUGH SOME MELTING
MAY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ROADS MAY STILL BE SLICK AND
SLUSHY.
ANOTHER QUICK MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR LIGHT
SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE. TRAVELERS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA CAUTION
ON THE ROADWAYS THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT PRECIPITATION TYPE AND INSTANCES
OF ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
LOUISVILLE.
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