HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1000 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 430 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
TO OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD ALL OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC LATE SATURDAY ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE REGION.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST SHOULD ALLOW THE RAIN
TO MIX WITH OR CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FOR A SHORT TIME LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON OR EVENING... MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF
NORTH CAROLINA. THIS CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW MAY REACH AREAS NORTH
OF THE TRIANGLE AREA BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION QUICKLY ENDS FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST BY NIGHTFALL SATURDAY.
THE EXPECTED QUICK MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM COMBINED WITH THE LACK OF
COLD AIR DURING THE STORM... WILL PRECLUDE A SIGNIFICANT WINTER
STORM FOR OUR REGION. SOME LIGHT WET SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE... MAINLY LIMITED TO GRASSY SURFACES... AND MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE PIEDMONT TRIAD REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
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