SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 440 PM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 1030 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF VERY COLD AIR TO AFFECT THE REGION
BEGINNING TONIGHT... LIKELY LASTING FOR A WEEK OR MORE...
A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL SURGE INTO NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
TONIGHT... WITH INTENSE COLD EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LOWS BY
SATURDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 DEGREES. THIS WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 20 MPH. WIND CHILL READINGS
WILL DIP TO AS LOW AS 5 TO 10 DEGREES SATURDAY MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TEENS SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY.
THE EXPECTED DURATION AND INTENSITY OF THIS COLD EVENT WILL BE A
VERY UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. THIS INTENSE COLD EVENT WILL BE NEARLY
CONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED BY A COUPLE OF VERY STRONG ARCTIC HIGHS.
THESE HIGHS WILL PUSH FROM NORTH CENTRAL CANADA SOUTHWARD THROUGH
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE NEXT WEEK. THIS
COLD EVENT WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH THE NEXT 7... TO POSSIBLY 14
DAYS... IN WHICH LOWS WILL FREQUENTLY FALL INTO THE TEENS. HIGHS
SHOULD ONLY REACH INTO THE LOWER TO MID 30S... ENSURING MANY HOURS
OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. A COMPARABLE COLD SPELL BASED ON SOME
OF THE HISTORICAL COLD EPISODES FROM THE PAST INCLUDES THE LAST TWO
WEEKS OF JANUARY 1977.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW TO ENSURE THAT HEATING SYSTEMS
ARE IN STRONG WORKING ORDER... ANY EXPOSED PIPES ARE PROPERLY
INSULATED OR COVERED... AND CRAWL SPACE VENTS ARE CLOSED. CHECK ON
THE ELDERLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE AND SAFE HEATING. IN
ADDITION... REMEMBER THE SAFETY RULES FOR SAFE HOME HEATING. ENSURE
YOUR PETS HAVE A WARM PLACE TO STAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 236 PM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 245 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
VERY COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. WEEKEND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 30S...AND LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. STIFF
NORTHWEST WINDS...STRONGEST ON SATURDAY...WILL PRODUCE LOW WIND
CHILLS. EARLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS...THE AIR WILL FEEL LIKE
IT IS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY LOCATIONS. ONLY MODEST
IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
WITH AN EXTENDED COLD PERIOD EXPECTED...TAKE SOME TIME TO PREPARE
FOR THE COLD. PROPERLY PROTECT EXPOSED WATER PIPES AND CHECK
HEATING UNITS. CONSIDER CLOSING CRAWL SPACE VENTS. REMEMBER SAFETY
RULES FOR SAFE HOME HEATING.
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