HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1135 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT JAN 02 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
A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN POSTED BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT FOR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PENDLETON AND HIGHLAND
COUNTIES ALSO BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. THIS DUE TO A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED WESTERN
SLOPE REGIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND ADVISORY CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...DUE TO A PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED WESTERN SLOPE REGIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY
FRONT.
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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 616 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 1230 PM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...LOCALIZED DENSE FOG AND ICY CONDITIONS THIS NEW YEARS MORNING...
WET GROUND AND LIGHT WINDS HAS PERMITTED AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND
ICY ROAD PATCHES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE ROADS EARLY THIS MORNING AS
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS IN SOME
AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...ALTHOUGH THE ROADS MAY LOOK JUST WET...A
PATCH OF ICE COULD UNEXPECTEDLY RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
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