HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 355 AM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK...AND MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 1/2 MILE AT TIMES. CLEARING SKIES
...WET GROUNDS AND LIGHT WINDS...WILL ALLOW THE FOG TO DEVELOP AT
JUST ABOUT ANY LOCATION.
THUS...EARLY MORNING MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE AREAS
OF FOG...AND DRIVE ACCORDINGLY. BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING IN
SOME OF THE COLDER AREAS...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BELOW
FREEZING. THE FOG MAY FREEZE ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES...SUCH AS
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. GRASSY AREAS AND SIDEWALKS COULD BE ICE
COVERED...AND ALSO VERY HAZARDOUS.
OTHERWISE...BE ALERT FOR STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS
LATE TONIGHT IN THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AS A STRONG
LOW PRESSURE TRACKS NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF COAST.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF
COAST REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WINDY CONDITIONS AND
SOME SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM. GUSTS COULD
REACH OR EXCEED 60 MPH AT TIMES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND
FOOTHILLS...MAINLY NEAR THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA LINE.
COLDER AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM...MAY CAUSE THE RAIN
SHOWERS TO CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY. A LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THE ACTUAL TRACK AND TIMING OF THIS
SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH...IF ANY...SNOW OCCURS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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