HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 611 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 Expires:200912261000;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
609 PM 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-
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ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
609 PM 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...TONIGHT
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MUCH
OF NORTHERN MARYLAND...MUCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA FROM THE I-66
CORRIDOR NORTHWARD AND THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE. PLEASE REFER
TO WBCNPWLWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM FOR MUCH OF THE
POTOMAC HIGHLAND REGION. PLEASE REFER TO WBCWSWLWX FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR
AREAS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SHENANDOAH
VALLEY. 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.
$$ WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY Issue Date: 552 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 1000 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN OVER THE COURSE OF THE
EVENING HOURS...THOUGH MANY SHELTERED VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE
POTOMAC HIGHLANDS WILL HANG ONTO ICING INTO LATER
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY ON LESS-TRAVELED ROADS.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE
TO RISE INTO THE MID 30S BY THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...5 TO 10 MPH FOR THE VALLEYS...15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
25 TO 35 MPH FOR RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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$$ DENSE FOG ADVISORY Issue Date: 414 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009 Expiration: 100 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY.
DENSE FOG WILL AFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN MARYLAND...EXTREME NORTHERN
VIRGINIA AND PORTIONS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT WINDS AND A SATURATED AIRMASS WILL
REINFORCE THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW
DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD
OF YOU.
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