HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 742 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
Expiration: 745 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH
HAMPTON ROADS VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
COASTAL FLOOD WATCH.
IN ADDITION... DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH ALONG THE GULF
COAST EARLY FRIDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY LIFTING NORTHEAST ALONG THE
SOUTHEAST COAST LATE FRIDAY...AND THEN JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST SATURDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS
APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FRIDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY
STARTING AS LIGHT SNOW OR A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET. THE
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECT TO CHANGE OVER QUICKLY TO RAIN BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AS THIS SYSTEM DRAWS WARMER AIR FROM
THE ATLANTIC INTO THE REGION. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY...THEN WILL GRADUALLY
CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND THEN SNOW LATER SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS BECOME MORE NORTHERLY AND COLDER
AIR IS DRAWN IN.
LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. OTHERWISE...THERE REMAINS THE
POTENTIAL THAT THIS STORM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATION
SNOWFALL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT...AS
COLDER AIR ARRIVES AND BEFORE THE SYSTEM AND ITS ACCOMPANYING
MOISTURE SHIFT OFF TO THE EAST. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD...WITH THE LOWEST AMOUNTS
EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST TOWARD THE COAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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