HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1013 PM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN JAN 03 2010
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
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF
ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS METRO
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON...IN THE WINCHESTER/MARTINSBURG/HAGERSTOWN
AREA...THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...AND DOWN THE SPINE OF THE
APPALACHIANS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THESE AREAS.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN
PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...WESTERN VIRGINIA... AND THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MARYLAND. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE... WIND CHILLS OF NEAR ZERO TO 5 ABOVE
WILL BE COMMON IN AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...WITH READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO IN
AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS.
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND THE METROPOLITAN
WASHINGTON DC AREA.
NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FAVORED WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT THROUGH MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES
UNTIL 6PM SUNDAY...AND MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED.
LOW WIND CHILLS OF BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE BELOW ARE EXPECTED IN
MANY AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
PLEASE RELAY SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IN
ADDITION... ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WIND OR WIND RELATED DAMAGE WOULD
BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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