HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 453 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
MINIMUM WIND CHILL INDICES WILL BE NEAR ZERO TONIGHT IN THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION.
PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A MINOR UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL GLANCE OFF THE WESTERN PART
OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL IN THE MISSOURI OZARK FOOTHILLS REGION.
SUNDAY NIGHT...MINIMUM WIND CHILL INDICES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO
FIVE BELOW IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION
PRIMARILY WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE EXACT TRACK...AND AVAILABLE
MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THE FORECAST
MAY CHANGE...BUT THE LATEST DATA SUGGESTS THAT SOME SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 425 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 1230 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK...
COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE MIDDLE OF
THE NATION THIS WEEKEND...AND ALL OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. THIS WILL
RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER.
THE DURATION OF COLD WEATHER IS WHAT WE ARE CONCERNED WITH...NOT
SO MUCH THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES ON ANY GIVEN DAY. FOR THE NEXT
WEEK OR SO...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT REACH FREEZING DURING
THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. HIGHS WILL ONLY TOP OUT IN THE 20S TO AROUND
30. LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS...WITH SINGLE DIGIT LOWS MOST LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. IN ADDITION...A PERSISTENT
WIND...MAINLY FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST...WILL PRODUCE COLD WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THOSE THAT MAY SUFFER MORE FROM THE
EFFECTS OF THE COLD...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG
CHILDREN...OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. IF NECESSARY...PRECAUTIONS
SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PIPES DO NOT FREEZE AND THE THE PROPER MAINTENANCE
HAS BEEN DONE ON YOUR VEHICLE IN ORDER TO BETTER HANDLE THE COLD
WEATHER.
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