SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 404 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 430 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR LATE NEW YEARS EVE AND
NEW YEARS DAY...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL RUSH THROUGH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH
COLDER AIR SENDING TEMPERATURES INTO THE 20S BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. AS THIS OCCURS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING
WILL CHANGE TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE MINOR
WITH A DUSTING POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.
THE COMBINATION OF RESIDUAL LIQUID WATER FREEZING AND SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS ON ROADS BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING
TO USHER IN THE NEW YEAR.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND
BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING. IF TRAVELING...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 354 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS EVENING...GIVEN THE COLD
TEMPERATURES ALOFT...SOME LIGHT SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN AT
TIMES BUT SHOULD NOT POSE A TRAVEL HAZARD. PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN LATER TONIGHT.
OVERNIGHT...AS TEMPERATURES FALL...ANY RAIN COULD CHANGE TO A
RAIN/SNOW MIX ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND FAR
NORTHERN KENTUCKY WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS HOWEVER SHOULD NOT
PRESENT PROBLEMS AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
USHERING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
THE COMBINATION OF FREEZING OF ANY RESIDUAL LIQUID WATER AND
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. CAUTION IS
ADVISED IF TRAVELING.
VERY COLD AIR WILL BE WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
WEEKEND THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS MAINLY
IN THE 20S EACH DAY AND LOWS IN THE TEENS EACH NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF
OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY KNOWN SLICK SPOTS ON
ROADWAYS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
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