HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 815 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 1115 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES TONIGHT...WITH SOME LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON THE GRASSY SURFACES. IN GENERAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A HALF INCH OR LESS
HOWEVER...LOCATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET COULD SEE AS MUCH AS AN INCH BY
DAWN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS
THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT.
VERY COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE TEENS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS COLD
AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL FAIL TO REACH THE
FREEZING MARK...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES EACH OF THESE DAYS EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE TEENS.
ALONG WITH THE COLD...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF
THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 810 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT A GOOD PORTION OF EAST KENTUCKY
TONIGHT...
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO EAST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT. WHILE INITIALLY THIS PRECIPITATION WILL START AS
RAIN...SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN LATER TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY
IN LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF A MOUNT STERLING TO MIDDLESBORO LINE. IN
THESE PLACES...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES. IN ADDITION...LOCATIONS ABOVE
2500 FEET COULD PICK UP AS MUCH AS AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION BY
THURSDAY MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL SWITCH BACK TO
ALL RAIN TOWARD DAWN AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.
NEVERTHELESS...MOTORISTS IN EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT NEED TO BE
PREPARED FOR SLICK SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON AREA BRIDGES AND OVER
PASSES.
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