SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 523 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 700 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO AFFECT CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND THROUGH NEXT WEEK...
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SURGE INTO PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA TODAY AND PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER CLOSE TO FREEZING TODAY AND SUNDAY...WITH
LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
ADDITIONALLY...A BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WIND WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILL VALUES IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S THIS AFTERNOON...FALLING
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TONIGHT. COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST THROUGH ALL OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S AND LOWS
IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S.
THE EXPECTED DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THIS COLD WEATHER WILL BE
A VERY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. SEVERAL DAYS OF SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW TO ENSURE THAT HEATING SYSTEMS
ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER...ANY EXPOSED PIPES ARE PROPERLY
INSULATED OR COVERED...AND CRAWL SPACE VENTS ARE CLOSED. CHECK ON
THE ELDERLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE SAFE AND ADEQUATE HEATING. IN
ADDITION...REMEMBER THE RULES FOR SAFE HOME HEATING...AND ENSURE
THAT PETS HAVE A WARM PLACE TO STAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 441 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE CAROLINAS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH FREEZING TODAY ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S
ELSEWHERE. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE
MID TO UPPER TEENS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. ADDITIONALLY...A
BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WIND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE
TEENS TO LOWER 20S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE ARCTIC AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK...WITH DAYTIME HIGHS
GENERALLY IN THE 30S...AND LOWS IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S. WITH A
PROLONGED COLD PERIOD EXPECTED...CITIZENS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA ARE URGED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE UNUSUALLY
COLD WEATHER. PROPERLY PROTECT EXPOSED WATER PIPES...CHECK HEATING
UNITS....CONSIDER CLOSING CRAWL SPACE VENTS...AND REMEMBER THE
RULES FOR SAFE HOME HEATING.
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