HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 336 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY MIX WITH THEN CHANGE TO LIGHT
SNOW ACROSS PRIMARILY SOUTHWEST INDIANA...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY FORECAST TO BOTTOM
OUT IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S...SO LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL IMPACTS SHOULD BE MINIMAL. HOWEVER...A FEW
SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SATURDAY
WITH THE BEST CHANCE FORECAST TO BE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
A LIGHT SNOW...LIGHT RAIN MIX IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY.
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO BE IN THE MID 30S...LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. A MINOR DUSTING CANNOT BE RULED
OUT ON MAINLY GRASSY AND COLD ELEVATED SURFACES...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.
A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY
INTO THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK. THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE LATEST MODEL PROJECTIONS
SUGGEST THE LOW WILL TRACK FARTHER NORTH AND WEST THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT. THIS WOULD RESULT IN A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN...LESS OF A
CHANCE OF SNOW AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR
STATE REGION. THE SYSTEM STILL BEARS WATCHING...SINCE THE FORECAST
MODELS HAVE DEPICTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT STORM TRACKS OVER THE PAST
DAY OR TWO. THERE IS STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR SNOW...MAINLY LIGHT
AT ONSET EARLY WEDNESDAY...THEN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM
THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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