WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 239 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS CANCELLED
THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST THROUGH 7 PM TONIGHT. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 20S.
* WINDS...15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AT COASTAL
LOCATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1047 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING.
AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING NORTHEAST OFF CAPE
HATTERAS...BRINGING EXTRA WATER INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. NORTHEAST
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TIDAL DEPARTURES ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER TO AROUND TWO
FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS FOR THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE.
HERE ARE THE TIMES OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDES
POINT LOOKOUT...3:20 PM
SOLOMONS ISLAND...4:10 PM
COBB POINT BAR...4:15 PM
DAHLGREN...4:56PM
GOOSE BAY...5:48 PM
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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BAJ
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