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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 927 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST WED DEC 23 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
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN FOLLOWED
BY RAIN TO THE MID ATLANTIC EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FREEZING RAIN MAY LINGER
ACROSS SOME AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE THE
CHANGE TO RAIN.
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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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