Special Weather Statement

...From Nat'l Weather Service...

524 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010

...A WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS WEEKEND AND ON PRESIDENTS
DAY....

A SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE MID STATE SATURDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A BRIEF SHOT OF SNOW...LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY...COULD DROP UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW...BEFORE MIXING
WITH RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON AREA
HIGHWAYS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY...BEFORE TEMPERATURES
RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK.

THE BRUNT OF THIS STORM WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...
WHEN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND THREE
INCHES OF SNOW...AND TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE 20S. ISOLATED
AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS NEAR THE KENTUCKY
BORDER. WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND EVEN INTO
TUESDAY...PRODUCING ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THUS...TRAVEL
PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST EVEN INTO TUESDAY.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE MID STATE THIS WEEKEND...YOU
SHOULD STAY TUNED TO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...
AND LISTEN FOR ANY UPDATED FORECASTS...TO SEE IF ACCUMULATING SNOW
IS EXPECTED ALONG YOUR TRAVEL PATH.

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