HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 347 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATER
TONIGHT...USHERING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. DRIZZLE WILL
CHANGEOVER TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING...AND SCATTERED FLURRIES
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER THE MAIN HAZARD WILL COME OVERNIGHT
AS SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RESIDUAL WET ROADWAYS WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED ICY SPOTS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED
IF TRAVELING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
VERY COLD AIR WILL BE WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
WEEKEND THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. HIGHS WILL
ONLY BE IN THE 20S EACH DAY. LOWS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
SUNDAY MORNING AND FROM 6 TO 12 MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND ZERO OR BELOW ZERO ON SUNDAY
MORNING AND MONDAY MORNING. USE CAUTION IF OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED
PERIODS OF TIME.
A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND
FLURRIES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD
PRODUCE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. ANOTHER WEAK
DISTURBANCE COULD ALSO PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
LATE MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS LATE
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 307 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NEW YEARS DAY...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT WHICH
WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL
KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER
TEENS TO LOWER 20S BY SUNRISE NEW YEARS DAY MORNING. AS THESE
TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...ANY AREAS OF DRIZZLE WILL
CHANGEOVER TO FLURRIES LATE THIS EVENING. SCATTERED FLURRIES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE COMBINATION OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES...WET ROADWAYS FROM
PREVIOUS RAIN AND DRIZZLE...AND SCATTERED FLURRIES TONIGHT WILL
CAUSE SCATTERED ICY SPOTS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY NEW YEARS DAY
MORNING...CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT.
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES WILL LIKELY
BECOME ICY OVERNIGHT. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF
THE LATEST INFORMATION AND ROAD CONDITIONS. IF TRAVELING
TONIGHT...INCREASE YOUR DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER
VEHICLES. SLOW DOWN...USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF 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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