HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 222 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 230 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 221 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
TO NOON EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD FREEZING RAIN OVER THE AREA ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY A TENTH OF AN INCH IS
POSSIBLE. ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WOULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ON
UNTREATED ROADS.
BY AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WARM ENOUGH FOR
PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR WALKING ON UNTREATED SURFACES. REPORT
ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1-877-633-6772.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 1057 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE WILL SPREAD FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THESE COUNTIES IN
THE PREDAWN HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY...AND THE RESULTING ICE LAYER
MAY GROW TO A THICKNESS OF A QUARTER INCH. THIS ICING WOULD MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. GUSTY WIND MAY ADD TO THIS HAZARD.
BY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ENOUGH
ABOVE FREEZING TO HAVE THE RAIN NO LONGER FREEZE ON UNTREATED
SURFACES.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL...AND
CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS. REPORT YOUR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
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