HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 506 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
FRIDAY MORNING COULD AT TIMES RESTRICT VISIBILITY BETWEEN ONE AND
THREE MILES. IN ADDITION...A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
INTERACTING WITH OUR ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY RESULT IN
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SNOW FLURRIES THROUGH THE DAY. MOTORISTS
ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO POSSIBLY ICY ROADWAYS AND/OR DENSE
PATCHY FREEZING FOG.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AN ALBERTA CLIPPER/COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH NORTHWESTERN
NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY EVENING AND EXIT EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A CHANCE OF SNOW TO MOST OF WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM KENMARE TO
MINOT AND FROM MCCLUSKEY TO NAPOLEON. WEST AND SOUTH OF THIS LINE
EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. BRISK AND COLDER
WEATHER WILL FOLLOW FOR SUNDAY.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW MAY IMPACT
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS WE APPROACH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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