HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 319 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
317 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
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EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
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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...TONIGHT
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
PLEASE REFER TO FFALWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE OVER
RIDGE TOPS ABOVE 2000 FEET FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 229 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 300 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. FREEZING
RAIN WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE FRIDAY...AND THEN CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM FROM EAST TO WEST. DEEP VALLEYS IN
THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS WILL HANG ONTO ICING THE LONGEST.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL START IN THE MID 20S AND SLOWLY RISE INTO
THE LOWER 30S DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
* WINDS...5 TO 10 MPH FOR THE VALLEYS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
30 TO 40 MPH FOR RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET ON FRIDAY.
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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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 246 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING IN SOME OF THE DEEPER
VALLEYS.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL START IN THE UPPER 20S AND SLOWLY RISE INTO
THE LOWER 30S DURING THE DAY.
* WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH FOR THE VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH
FOR RIDGETOPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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