Cowan, PA Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

323 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009

Expires:

330 AM EST FRI JAN 09 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLACK ICE MAY BE ENCOUNTERED THIS MORNING AS RAIN FROM YESTERDAY FROZE SOLID OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS MAY FELL TREE BRANCHES AND A FEW LARGER LIMBS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE MASON DIXON LINE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING SNOW TO PENNSYLVANIA. A FEW TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY... ALONG WITH AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER VALLEY. A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING THE COLDEST WEATHER OF THE SEASON BY TUESDAY...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Issued:

956 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

Expires:

400 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

...BLACK ICE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT IN ALL AREAS...WHICH COULD CAUSE WET SPOTS THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE DAY TODAY TO RE-FREEZE...AND BLACK ICE TO FORM. BLACK ICE IS A CONDITION WHERE ROADS AND WALKWAYS BECOME COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE WHICH IS HARD TO SEE. IT CAN CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY ROADS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS. PEOPLE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ICY SPOTS TO DEVELOP...ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THE COMMUTE AS WELL AS EXTRA FOLLOWING DISTANCE IN CASE OF SLICK ICE COVERED ROADS.