HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1042 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 1045 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THURSDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE
WEEKEND. LOW TEMPERATURES OF 15 TO 20 CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY... WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
PRODUCE VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS COLD AIR WILL EXTEND WELL
INTO NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL BE AN EXTENDED COLD PERIOD WITH LOWS NEXT
WEEK BETWEEN 15 AND 20. EVERYONE SHOULD PROPERLY WRAP EXPOSED PIPES
AND CHECK HEATING UNITS BEFORE THIS COLD WAVE HITS OVER THE
WEEKEND... AND LASTS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY TUNED AND REPORT ANY WINTER WEATHER.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 705 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 315 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...
LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN
PIEDMONT BY LATE EVENING. THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
FALL AS THE LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPS. THE TEMPERATURES MAY FALL TO OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW 32 DEGREES BETWEEN LATE THIS EVENING... THROUGH
SUNRISE FRIDAY. THIS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
ESPECIALLY FROM THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION TO NEAR ROXBORO... OR
MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40 AND 85 CORRIDOR.
THERE MAY BE SOME SLICK SPOTS LATER TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES... AND ON RURAL HIGHWAYS. EVEN THOUGH ONLY
TRACE AMOUNTS OF ICING ARE EXPECTED... IT ONLY TAKES A VERY SMALL
AMOUNT OF ICE TO PRODUCE SLICK SPOTS.
MOTORISTS OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIONS FOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN... ESPECIALLY WHILE TRAVELING
RURAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS AND OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
THE THREAT OF ANY FREEZING RAIN WILL END NEAR SUNRISE FRIDAY AS
THE TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID 30S.
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