HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 921 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 930 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
COLD NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. IN ADDITION...GUSTY
WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE WIND
CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE COLD WEATHER WILL PERSIST MOST OF NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS...AS WILL PERIODIC SNOW SHOWERS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL INTO THE TEENS...WITH SINGLE DIGITS AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
PREDICTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES WELL BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS SATURDAY INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. THE LAST TIME AN AIRMASS THIS COLD AFFECTED THE REGION
WAS WINTER OF 2000-2001.
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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