HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 742 PM EST THU DEC 17 2009
Expiration: 745 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR COASTAL NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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 TO RAIN BY EVENING...AS
THIS SYSTEM DRAWS WARMER AIR FROM THE ATLANTIC INTO THE REGION.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...THEN WILL
GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON 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 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...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...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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