HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 348 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST FRI JAN 01 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LIGHT PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF PATCHY RAIN OR DRIZZLE...IS
EXPECTED THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE BLUE
RIDGE...ANY LINGERING RAIN OR DRIZZLE THIS EVENING COULD MIX WITH
AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OR SLEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT
WITH A LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY...GRANT AND
MINERAL COUNTIES DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED WESTERN SLOPE REGIONS OF THE
ALLEGHENY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SATURDAY MORNING IN
AREAS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS...WITH SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS COMMON THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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