WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1031 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY WITH RATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
AN HOUR POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE 12 TO 20
INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY... INLAND DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND.
HOWEVER... ALONG THE COAST OF DELAWARE... RAIN IS FORECASTED WHERE
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES DROP. SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE
DELAWARE COAST IS FORECAST TO BE 4 TO 6 INCHES.
THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST TO NORTH
WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS COULD
OCCUR.
WINDS ALONG THE COAST COULD GUST UP TO 50 MPH DURING THE HEIGHT
OF THE STORM AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE
ACCUMULATING SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH GREATLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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