HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 755 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 800 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER ON THE WAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING...USHERING
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ARE THEN EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT WEEK AS A
SERIES OF REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLD AIR AFFECT THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL INTO THE TEENS AND
LOWER 20S SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNINGS...WITH HIGHS
GENERALLY RISING ONLY INTO THE 30S...EXPECT FOR LOWER 40S OVER THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. THE LAST TIME
AN AIRMASS THIS COLD AFFECTED THE REGION WAS IN JANUARY 2001.
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LOWER THE WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY THROUGH
MONDAY.
A SERIES OF COLD NIGHTS CAN FREEZE UNINSULATED PIPES. CLOSE CRAWL
SPACE VENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT HEAT PUMPS AND OTHER HEATING
SYSTEMS ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. MAKE SURE THAT OUTDOOR PETS
HAVE SOME SHELTER AGAINST THE COLD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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