HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 543 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 Expiration: 530 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expires:200912251130;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
525 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM.
HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH
MOST OF THE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH IN DRIFTING SNOW WILL LOWER
VISIBILITIES AND BRING WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20S.
LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTH
IN THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY AND NORTHERN HEARTLAND...WHERE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. NORTHWEST WINDS HERE WILL
ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY MID AND LATE
MORNING...WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE 20S. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE
LATE AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$ WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Issue Date: 916 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 Expiration: 300 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY...
.A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK
ACROSS THE CONCHO VALLEY AND HEARTLAND EARLY IN THE DAY ON
THURSDAY. MEANWHILE...COLD AIR WILL BE FILTERING DOWN INTO THE
REGION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. A BAND OF WRAP-AROUND
PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF SNOW...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE
TONIGHT OVER THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS AND THE FAR NORTHWESTERN BIG
COUNTRY AND THEN GRADUALLY SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
BIG COUNTRY DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
GIVEN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.
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916 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
THURSDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN CONCHO VALLEY AND
HEARTLAND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SLEET MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN DURING
THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE SNOW...WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FOR TRAVELERS. TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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