HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1000 PM EST THU DEC 3 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
FRIDAY NIGHT... THEN TRACK NORTHEAST NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST ON
SATURDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SPREAD
ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ON SATURDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC LATE SATURDAY ALLOWING
COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE REGION. THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR MAY
ALLOW THE RAIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW FOR A SHORT
TIME LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY
END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT. LITTLE IF ANY
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
THE EXPECTED QUICK MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM... COMBINED WITH THE LACK
OF A STRONG AND COLD HIGH PRESSURE... SHOULD LIMIT MOISTURE AND COLD
AIR NEEDED FOR A WINTER STORM. UNCERTAINLY STILL EXISTS WITH THE
FORECAST OF THIS SYSTEM. THEREFORE... RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL NC ARE
ADVISED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AND WEATHER UPDATES.
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