SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 852 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
...SLICK TRAVEL OVER THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS THIS MORNING...
OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG WILL
CREATE VERY SLICK TRAVEL OVER PORTIONS OF THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS
THIS MORNING. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE
TURNPIKE FROM SOMERSET WESTWARD FROM MILE MARKERS 115 TO 100. WITH
GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW FREEZING...UNTREATED ROADS MAY
BECOME SLIPPERY. BRIDGES AND ELEVATED HIGHWAYS WILL FREEZE BEFORE
OTHER ROAD SURFACES. A THIN COATING OF PRECIPITATION CAN CAUSE
ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND VERY SLICK. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 511 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A WINTRY MIX COULD START OVER THE AREA BY SUNRISE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
AS A STRONG STORM MOVES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL UNITED
STATES. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT SHOULD TURN THE
POTENTIALLY ICY MIX TO PLAIN RAIN DURING CHRISTMAS DAY. AN INCH
OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING.
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. PREPARE FOR
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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