Officials Monitoring Forecast for Possible Inclement Weather Sunday Evening

Duke officials are closely monitoring weather conditions and forecasts for the area.  Current forecasts indicate that a temperatures will drop throughout the day on Sunday, and there is a chance for some frozen precipitation in the Durham areas on Sunday evening and early Monday. No significant accummulation is expected.

Duke is not currently planning to activate the severe weather and emergency conditions policy. Updates will be made as conditions warrant.

Given the chance of severe weather, please review Duke's severe weather and emergency conditions policy and share information with your colleagues regarding what they should do if the policy is activated.

During times of severe weather, some staff positions require on-site presence to continue operations. To ensure continuous operations of patient care, student support and research functions, managers should assign all jobs to one of three service categories:

• Essential Service: During severe weather or emergency conditions, essential service staff report or remain at work.  Transportation service and childcare services may be provided for those required to work during severe weather or emergency conditions.
• Reserve Service: During severe weather or emergency conditions, these staff are assigned a status at the time of the event.
• Delayed Service: During severe weather or emergency conditions, these staff do not report to or remain at work.

More information about the policy, including a map of priorities for clearing roads, lots and sidewalks, checklists and answers to frequently asked questions, is available at the DukeALERT emergency website.