HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 545 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THERE CAN BE ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH TONIGHT MAINLY NEAR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...FROM A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WINDS CAN GUST TO OVER 40 MPH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THE WEIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS ICE ACCUMULATION IN
COMBINATION WITH THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS CAN RESULT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS RAIN SHOWERS
CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS AND PREVIOUSLY WET PAVEMENTS TURN SNOW
COVERED AND ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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