Carter, IN Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

511 AM CST FRI JAN 9 2009

Expires:

500 AM CST SAT JAN 10 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TONIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...RAIN MAY CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW PRIOR TO ENDING ON SATURDAY. NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A SERIES OF STRONG COLD FRONTS WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION NEXT WEEK...RESULTING IN AN OUTBREAK OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AND MAY EVEN DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AT NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.