HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 304 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS...
BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND LINGERING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING IN EAST TEXAS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS REGIONWIDE...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN AREAS
WEST OF I-35.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW THURSDAY...GENERALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. AT THIS TIME...ONLY FLURRIES ARE
ANTICIPATED...WITH NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1022 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 700 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER TO RETURN TO PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...
A COLD...POLAR AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS
THROUGH THE COMING WEEK. A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH TUESDAY AND
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. INITIAL PRECIPITATION FALLING
THROUGH THE DRY AND COLD LOW LEVEL AIR TUESDAY MORNING WILL HELP
COOL AND SATURATE THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A LIGHT RAIN
AND SNOW MIX. THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT AREAS NORTH OF
A LAMPASAS...WACO...ATHENS LINE THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY. BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE OVER
TO ALL SNOW NORTH OF A COMANCHE...WAXAHACHIE... EMORY LINE.
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY
WEST OF INTERSTATE 35.
IT APPEARS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF TEMPLE TO PALESTINE LINE
WILL REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN IN THE FORM
OF A COLD RAIN.
MANY UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN CONCERNING MOISTURE AVAILABILITY AND THE
STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. IF THE SYSTEM APPEARS STRONGER AND THERE IS
MORE AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THEN EXPECTED SNOW AMOUNTS COULD INCREASE.
PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS REGARDING CHANGES TO THE TRACK AND
INTENSITY OF THE STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...AS MORE RELIABLE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE TO FORECASTERS.
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