HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 607 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THERE CAN BE ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH TONIGHT MAINLY NEAR THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...FROM A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WINDS CAN GUST TO OVER 40 MPH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE. THE WEIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS ICE ACCUMULATION IN
COMBINATION WITH THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER
LINES...PARTICULARLY NEAR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS CAN RESULT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS RAIN SHOWERS
CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS AND PREVIOUSLY WET PAVEMENTS TURN SNOW
COVERED AND ICY AS TEMPERATURES FALL QUICKLY BELOW FREEZING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 415 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 745 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009

...BEWARE OF SLIPPERY SPOTS OF BLACK ICE EARLY THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TO BEWARE OF ICY SPOTS EARLY
THIS MORNING. MOISTURE LEFT OVER OVERNIGHT LIGHT SNOWFALL AND SOME DEW
LIKE CONDENSATION...HAS FROZEN INTO PATCHES OF BLACK ICE IN SOME
AREAS SINCE TEMPERATURES HAVE SLIPPED BELOW FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SO TAKE EXTRA CARE WALKING OR DRIVING EARLY THIS MORNING AS THIS
HAZARD IS OFTEN HARD TO SEE.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 241 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A SURGE
OF WARM AIR OVER COOLER LOWER LEVELS COULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TUESDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF
AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE ICE TUESDAY NIGHT...A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.  REPORT YOUR SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE...1-877-633-6772.
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