SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 315 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
...LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST
ON SATURDAY...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE TENNESSEE
RIVER VALLEY HELPING TO BRING SOME OF ITS MOISTURE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION. WITH A COLD AIR MASS LINGERING OVER
THE REGION...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP BY SATURDAY
MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. BY THE AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES
IN THE VALLEY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE WILL
LIKELY RISE INTO THE UPPER 30S TO NEAR 40 CAUSING THE SNOW TO
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN.
WITH THE SNOWFALL DEVELOPING DURING THE MORNING HOURS...SOME LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON GRASSY SURFACES...
BEFORE ULTIMATELY MELTING IN THE AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS
THAT UP TO AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...THE GREATER CONCERN FROM
THIS EVENT FOR THE VALLEY AREAS MAY BE THE POSSIBILITY OF BLACK ICE
DEVELOPING SATURDAY EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING
AFTER SUNSET AND ANY LINGERING MOISTURE REFREEZES.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL
MEDIA OUTLET...FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
WEATHER SITUATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 300 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DEVELOP ON SATURDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY ON SATURDAY...TRIGGERING A LARGE AREA OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. A LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
PLEASE SEE MEMNPWMRX AND MEMSPSMRX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL OBSERVERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS WEEKEND.
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