HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 528 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
459 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
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WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
459 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR AREAS
EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...WHILE AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE ARE
UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INTO THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER
TO WBCWSWLWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALLEGHENY AND POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO WBCNPWLWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. PLEASE REFER TO WBCFFALWX
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ACROSS FAVORED WESTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGHLANDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
$$

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 230 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF MARYLAND...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA AND VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
MARYLAND...ANNE ARUNDEL...CALVERT...CARROLL...CHARLES...
FREDERICK MD...HARFORD...HOWARD...MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN
BALTIMORE...PRINCE GEORGES...SOUTHERN BALTIMORE AND ST. MARYS.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IN VIRGINIA...ALBEMARLE...
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA...CULPEPER...FAIRFAX...
FAUQUIER...GREENE...KING GEORGE...LOUDOUN...MADISON...NELSON...
ORANGE...PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK...
RAPPAHANNOCK...SPOTSYLVANIA AND STAFFORD.
* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
* STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE
RAINFALL COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW WILL BE CAPABLE OF CAUSING
FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 229 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM A TRACE JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 95
TO LESS THAN A TENTH INCH JUST EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BEGIN IN THE PRE DAWN HOURS
FRIDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN AFTER SUNRISE...AND CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN FROM EAST TO WEST FRIDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE EVENT...AND WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING.
* WINDS...5 TO 10 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
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