HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 501 AM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 515 AM CST MON DEC 21 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
FREEZING FOG WILL OCCUR ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS AND
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING BEHIND AN
ALBERTA CLIPPER COLD FRONT. SUBFREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL CAUSE FOG TO FREEZE ON CONTACT AND RESULT IN SLICK SIDEWALKS
AND ROADWAYS. IF TRAVELING OR WALKING AROUND OUTSIDE...PLEASE USE
EXTRA CAUTION.
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. A SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH IS
POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. AN UNSETTLED PERIOD WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...AND POSSIBLY EVEN INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE UPDATES AS TRAVEL MAY BE AFFECTED
DUE TO THIS SNOW POTENTIAL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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