HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 140 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN MINIMUM WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES FROM NEAR ZERO TO THE SINGLE DIGITS.
PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST
RIVER FLOOD INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A MINOR UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL GLANCE THE WESTERN PART OF THE
REGION ON SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN THE
MISSOURI OZARK FOOTHILLS REGION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AS
FAR EAST AS HIGHWAY 67.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT SOME
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW MAY OCCUR...WITH THE SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE
FROM MISSOURI LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING.
REFER TO THE AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS
STORM SYSTEM.
COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY
AT NIGHT.
PLEASE 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: 1231 PM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 430 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
...EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK...
COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE NATIONS
MID SECTION FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AND THE FIRST PART OF
NEXT WEEK. A REINFORCING ARCTIC HIGH WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO
THE LOWER 48 EAST OF THE ROCKIES LATE IN THE WEEK. AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF COLD WEATHER WILL BE THE RESULT.
THE IMPACT OF CONCERN...IS WITH THE FORECAST DURATION OF COLD
WEATHER. 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 DEGREES. 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 MONITOR THE WELL BEING OF THOSE THAT MAY SUFFER MORE
FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG
CHILDREN...OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOST KIDS WILL BE HEADING
BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK. EACH MORNING WILL BE VERY COLD. IF
NECESSARY...PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE PIPES DO NOT
FREEZE. MAKE SURE PROPER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ON YOUR VEHICLE
IN ORDER TO BETTER PERFORM IN THE COLD WEATHER.
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