SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 409 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...PATCHES OF BLACK ICE ON ROADWAYS EARLY THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WERE AT OR BELOW
FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING. THESE FREEZING TEMPERATURES COMBINED
WITH THE RECENT SNOW MELT OR RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINFALL
ON ROADS MAY LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIN SLICK SPOTS KNOWN AS
BLACK ICE.
THE THREAT WILL BE GREATER ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND ON
RURAL...LESS TRAVELED ROADS WHICH HAVE DRIED LESS THAN PRIMARY
ROADS. HOWEVER THIS MAY MAKE FOR AN ENHANCED THREAT ON PRIMARY
ROADS...AS ISOLATED ICY PATCHES RARELY ENCOUNTERED...MAY MAKE FOR
OVERCONFIDENCE IN SOME DRIVERS.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONSIDER USING CAUTION EARLY THIS
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON CURVES...BRIDGES...AND LOW SPOTS WHERE
PARTICULARLY COLD TEMPERATURES MAY MAKE ICE MORE LIKELY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 344 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
Expiration: 345 PM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
AREAS OF BLACK ICE WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH
INTERSTATE 85 WHERE ROADS REMAIN WET DUE TO MELTING SNOW.
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP BELOW FREEZING BY 8 PM AND MORNING
LOWS SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S. THESE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
ALLOW WATER ON ROAD SURFACES TO REFREEZE INTO BLACK ICE.
MOTORISTS TRAVELING THIS EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING NEED TO BE
AWARE OF AREA OF BLACK ICE ON THE ROADS. ROAD SURFACES THAT APPEAR WET
WILL LIKELY BE FROZEN.
PATCHY BLACK ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTE AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 20S.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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