HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 826 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 830 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
LOOK FOR SLIPPERY DRIVING ON UNTREATED ROADS DUE TO THE FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND INTERMITTENT MAINLY LIGHT SNOW. THE LIGHT SNOW
WILL TEND TO DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 340 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...COLDER AIR RETURNS TONIGHT...
MOST OF THE SNOW AND ICE WHICH FELL LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
SHOULD HAVE MELTED FROM THE ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND
RAINFALL...HOWEVER A FEW SLUSHY SPOTS MAY LINGER.
MUCH COLDER AIR WRAPPING AROUND LOW PRESSURE IN IOWA WILL SURGE
INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL
BELOW FREEZING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 20S...ANY
RESIDUAL SLUSH AND STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE INTO SOLID SHEETS OF
ICE. UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWAYS WILL BECOME ICY AND TREACHEROUS
THIS EVENING...A SITUATION SOMETIMES CALLED A FLASH FREEZE.
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER A TWO DAY PERIOD
INCLUDING SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY ALSO AFFECT THE AREA NORTH
OF PORT WASHINGTON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH RESULT
IN EVEN HIGHER SNOW TOTALS. TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS ON
UNTREATED SURFACES AS WET SURFACES TURN ICY AND SNOW STARTS TO
ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF IT.
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