SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 204 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 1115 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR-MASS EXPECTED FOR EARLY JANUARY...
AN ARCTIC AIR-MASS WILL SPILL INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS THIS WEEKEND PULLING UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR INTO THE
REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB INTO THE MIDDLE
20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE AND 30S ACROSS THE REST OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST
NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER TEENS
NORTH AND LOWER 20S SOUTH. WINDS CHILLS WILL DROP TO -5 DEGREES
BELOW TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE TO THE 5 TO 15 DEGREES OVER THE CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA.
THE ARCTIC AIR-MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
BESIDES THE COLD TEMPERATURES...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
WHEN VENTURING OUT THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...BE PREPARED FOR
THE ARCTIC COLD TEMPERATURES BY DRESSING WARMLY. YOU NEED TO MAKE
SURE YOUR HOME IS WINTERIZE FOR THE UPCOMING COLD WEATHER.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BRING SCATTERED
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LIGHT WINTERY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
EAST TN AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THROUGH SATURDAY. MINOR SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN THIS WEEKEND AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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