HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 605 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PATCHES OF BLACK ICE CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS EARLY THIS
MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 9 OR 10
AM...THE BLACK ICE THREAT WILL END.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING THIS MORNING NEED TO BE AWARE OF AREA OF
BLACK ICE ON THE ROADS. ROAD SURFACES THAT APPEAR WET WILL LIKELY
BE FROZEN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 409 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS EARLY THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WERE AT OR BELOW
FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COMBINED
WITH THE RECENT SNOW MELT OR RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINFALL
ON ROADS MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF 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.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONSIDER USING CAUTION EARLY THIS
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON CURVES...BRIDGES...AND LOW SPOTS WHERE
PARTICULARLY COLD TEMPERATURES MAY MAKE ICE MORE LIKELY.
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