HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 438 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 430 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WIND ADVISORY.
DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCING
TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. ICY SPOTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS FROM PRIOR FREEZING RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 423 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 800 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...LOW VISIBILITY AND ICY SPOTS OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TRAVELERS ACROSS THE HIGHER
MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING NEED TO BEWARE OF LOW VISIBILITY
IN FOG AS WELL AS ICY SPOTS LEFT OVER FROM THE FREEZING RAIN OF
EARLIER TODAY. THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE SOMEWHAT IRONIC GIVEN
THERE CAN BE WIND GUSTS OF OVER 40 MPH IN OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE
MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING. SPOTS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE AND
INTERSTATE 68 CAN BE AFFECTED AS WELL AS UNITED STATES ROUTES 30
AND 40 IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS AS ALWAYS TAKE EXTRA CARE DRIVING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS AS YOU CAN ENCOUNTER SUDDEN CHANGES THAT CAN BE
HAZARDOUS.
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 251 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 800 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING.
WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...PARTICULARLY
AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. WITH ICY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE
TODAY...THE STRONG WINDS WILL ADD TO THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES
AND POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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