HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1130 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF A
RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA. THIS SHOULD NOT PRESENT
ANY PROBLEMS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK EVEN TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO MUCH OF THE REGION
DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION.
AS THE COLDER AIR POURS INTO THE REGION...ANY LIGHT RAIN WILL
QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SOME MINOR
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64
IN SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING THURSDAY NIGHT...ANY WET ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY FREEZE
CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA
CARE WHILE TRAVELING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 837 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTRY WEATHER AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR NEW
YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY...
A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S TO THE LOWER 40S THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ALL
OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO FALL
IN THE FORM OF PLAIN RAIN.
HOWEVER...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE REGION
FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE
MID 30S THURSDAY EVENING...ANY LIGHT RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION
OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. THE LATEST FORECASTS SUGGESTS THAT
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S FRIDAY MORNING...
THE COMBINATION OF WET ROADS REFREEZING AND LIGHT SNOW FALLING WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...THE MAIN CONCERN HERE WILL BE THE REFREEZING
OF WET ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE
FIRST TO ICE UP FOLLOWED BY ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD...REMEMBER TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
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