SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 949 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS TONIGHT...
TEMPERATURES IN MANY CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA LOCATIONS ARE
CURRENTLY BELOW FREEZING. WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S TONIGHT... RECENT SNOW MELT OR RAIN ON ROADS MAY LEAD TO
THIN SLICK SPOTS KNOWN AS BLACK ICE.
THE THREAT WILL BE GREATER ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... AND ON
RURAL... LESS TRAVELED ROADS WHICH HAVE DRIED LESS THAN PRIMARY
ROADS. HOWEVER THIS MAY MAKE FOR AN ENHANCED THREAT ON PRIMARY
ROADS... AS ISOLATED ICY PATCHES RARELY ENCOUNTERED... MAY MAKE
FOR OVERCONFIDENCE IN SOME DRIVERS TONIGHT.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONSIDER USING CAUTION TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ON
CURVES... BRIDGES... AND LOW SPOTS WHERE PARTICULARLY COLD
TEMPERATURES MAY MAKE ICE MORE LIKELY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 344 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
AREAS OF BLACK ICE WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH
INTERSTATE 85 WHERE ROADS REMAIN WET DUE TO MELTING SNOW.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BY 8 PM AND MORNING
LOWS SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
ALLOW WATER ON ROAD SURFACES TO REFREEZE INTO BLACK ICE.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING NEED TO BE
AWARE OF AREA OF BLACK ICE ON THE ROADS. ROAD SURFACES THAT APPEAR WET
WILL LIKELY BE FROZEN.
PATCHY BLACK ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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