HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 437 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS
THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT AND CHRISTMAS MORNING.
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...RAINFALL ONTO THE EXISTING SNOWPACK MAY RESULT IN
SMALL STREAM FLOODING CHRISTMAS DAY AND NIGHT. THOSE WITH ROAD
FLOODING INTERESTS SHOULD ENSURE STORM DRAINS ARE CLEAR OF SNOW
AND ICE.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TIDAL
POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 138 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 930 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...ICY PATCHES AGAIN THIS MORNING...
TEMPERATURES ROSE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC
REGION ON TUESDAY...CAUSING SOME OF THE SNOW FROM THIS PAST WEEKENDS
STORM TO MELT. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING ARE IN THE 20S IN
MANY AREAS...THUS ANY WATER FROM THE MELTED SNOW HAS LIKELY RE-
FROZEN...FORMING PATCHES OF ICE.
ANY ROADWAYS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...AND SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN TREATED MAY BE VERY SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING.
PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL TO
ENCOUNTER PATCHES OF ICE EARLY THIS MORNING. BE ESPECIALLY
CAUTIOUS OF BLACK ICE...WHICH IS PARTICULARLY HARD TO DETECT.
THE RE-FREEZING OF SNOW MELT AND SLUSH DURING THE NIGHTTIME IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AS OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.
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