HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 642 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 645 PM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
MINIMUM WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO MINUS 10
NORTH OF A LINE FROM CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI TO MADISONVILLE
KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS TO THE SOUTH OF THAT LINE WILL
BE FROM AROUND ZERO TO 5 ABOVE OVERNIGHT.
AN AREA OF FLURRIES MAY BRING A DUSTING OF ACCUMULATION ACROSS MUCH OF
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS EVENING. A DUSTING
CANNOT BE RULED OUT FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST INTO WEST KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHWEST INDIANA. A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY
ON BRIDGES.
REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
IT WILL REMAIN COLD THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THE ENTIRE TIME. THE WIND CHILL WILL MAKE
IT FEEL EVEN COLDER...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST PASS CLOSE BY THE REGION
NEXT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM MAY BE ACCOMPANIED
BY SOME LIGHT SNOWFALL. THE EXACT TRACK...AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE
WITH THIS SYSTEM IS STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. SO THE FORECAST
MAY CHANGE. BUT THE LATEST DATA SUGGESTS THAT SMALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE.
SUNDAY...AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL PASS JUST WEST OF THE AREA.
AS IT MOVES INTO MISSOURI...THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF LIGHT
SNOW AS FAR EAST AS THE OZARK FOOTHILLS. MOST OF THE LIGHT SNOW
ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN OFF TO THE WEST.
REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 232 PM CST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 430 AM CST SAT JAN 02 2010
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER BEGAN TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK...
COLD HIGH PRESSURE OF ARCTIC ORIGIN WILL REMAIN PARKED OVER THE
MIDDLE OF THE NATION THIS WEEKEND...AND ALL OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
THIS WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER.
THE DURATION...EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER IS WHAT WE ARE
CONCERNED WITH...NOT SO MUCH THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES ON ANY
GIVEN DAY. FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO...TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY NOT
REACH FREEZING DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. HIGHS WILL ONLY TOP OUT
IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30. LOWS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE
TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS...WITH SINGLE DIGIT LOWS MOST LIKELY
ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. IN ADDITION...A
PERSISTENT WIND...MAINLY FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHWEST...WILL
PRODUCE COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
PERSONS SHOULD CHECK ON THOSE THAT MAY SUFFER MORE FROM THE
EFFECTS OF THE COLD...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY...OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE PIPES
DO NOT FREEZE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY MAINTENANCE
DONE ON YOUR VEHICLE...SO IT IS EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE COLD
WEATHER.
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