Special Weather Statement

Interesting weather statement from National Weather Service.

1238 PM CST MON JAN 4 2010

...ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WILL BE
FOLLOWED BY EXTREMELY COLD AIR...

WINTER WILL CONTINUE ITS GRIP ON THE MID STATE...WITH ACCUMULATING
SNOW A GOOD POSSIBILITY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. EXACT AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME BUT WIDESPREAD 1
TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL DROP
RAPIDLY OUT OF CANADA ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS
AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT... AND ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ARCTIC OUTBREAK
THAT WILL BRING EXTREMELY COLD AIR...COLDEST OF THE SEASON SO
FAR...WITH SINGLE DIGITS BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS AND HIGHS
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY IN THE TEENS. OVERNIGHT WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR ZERO TO 5 BELOW.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE RESIDENTS SHOULD PLAN AHEAD FOR THE POTENTIAL SNOW
AT MID-WEEK AND THE EXTREME COLD TO FOLLOW. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE
TAKEN TO KEEP WATER PIPES FROM BURSTING...LIVESTOCK AND PETS WILL
NEED CARE FROM THE COLD. CAR BATTERIES SHOULD BE CHECKED TO ENSURE
THEY WILL START IN THE EXTREME COLD. MONITOR THOSE THAT MAY SUFFER
FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE COLD...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE.


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