HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 330 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 430 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING
USHERING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CHANGE TO
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES LATE TONIGHT. 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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 LOWER TEENS EACH NIGHT. USE CAUTION
IF OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS LATE
TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 326 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR LATE NEW YEARS EVE AND
NEW YEARS DAY...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE QUICKLY INTO THE REGION
LATER TONIGHT FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS FEATURE WILL USHER IN MUCH
COLDER AIR INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT
WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S BY SUNRISE
FRIDAY MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL TONIGHT...SCATTERED RAIN
SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS OR SNOW FLURRIES
TOWARD LATE EVENING. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING LATE EVENING SO ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE
MINOR WITH A DUSTING IN SOME AREAS.
SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY. AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO
THE 20S...THE COMBINATION OF RESIDUAL LIQUID WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS
AND SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SLICK ROAD
CONDITIONS AS WE USHER IN THE NEW YEAR.
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND ANY UNTREATED ROAD SURFACES WILL LIKELY
BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT. HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST
OF THE LATEST FORECAST AND ROAD CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. IF TRAVELING...INCREASE YOUR DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND
OTHER VEHICLES. SLOW DOWN...USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW PLENTY OF
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.
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