HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 110 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 115 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP THROUGH DAYBREAK...AND MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. CLEARING SKIES
...WET GROUNDS AND LIGHT WINDS...WILL ALLOW THE FOG TO DEVELOP AT
JUST ABOUT ANY LOCATION.
THUS...EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE AREAS
OF FOG...AND DRIVE ACCORDINGLY. BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING IN
SOME OF THE COLDER AREAS...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BELOW
FREEZING. THE FOG MAY FREEZE ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES...SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. GRASSY AREAS AND SIDEWALKS COULD BE ICE
COVERED...AND ALSO VERY HAZARDOUS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...REST OF TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GULF COAST
REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WINDY CONDITIONS AND SOME
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM.
COLDER AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...WILL CAUSE THE RAIN
SHOWERS TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. A LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE ACTUAL TRACK AND TIMING WILL DETERMINE
HOW MUCH SNOW OCCURS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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