SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 346 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTRY WEATHER AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR NEW
YEARS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY...
A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS SOUTH OF THE AREA
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S TO THE LOWER 40S THURSDAY AFTERNOON...ALL
OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO FALL
IN THE FORM OF PLAIN RAIN.
HOWEVER...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE REGION
FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL INTO THE
MID 30S THURSDAY EVENING...ANY LIGHT RAIN WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION
OVER TO LIGHT SNOW. THE LATEST FORECASTS SUGGESTS THAT
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING AROUND MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...THE COMBINATION OF WET ROADS REFREEZING AND LIGHT
SNOW FALLING WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. WHILE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...THE MAIN CONCERN HERE
WILL BE THE REFREEZING OF WET ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION. BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES WILL BE FIRST TO ICE UP FOLLOWED BY ANY UNTREATED
ROAD SURFACES.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD...REMEMBER TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 327 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE RAIN MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA. IF SNOW OCCURS IT SHOULD NOT PRESENT ANY PROBLEMS
AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK EVEN
TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON
THURSDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN TO MUCH OF THE REGION
DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE
REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION.
AS THE COLDER POURS INTO THE REGION...ANY LIGHT RAIN WILL QUICKLY
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING FRIDAY MORNING. SOME MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 IN
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW
FREEZING THURSDAY NIGHT...ANY WET ROADWAY WILL LIKELY FREEZE
CREATING SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD TAKE EXTRA
CARE WHILE TRAVELING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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