WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 452 AM EST FRI DEC 04 2009
.LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE UP THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST TODAY AND THEN EAST OF THE DELMARVA TOWARD THE GULF OF
MAINE TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
VAZ021-025>027-029-030-036>040-WVZ054-055-501-502-051815-
/O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0006.091205T1000Z-091206T0000Z/
HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-PENDLETON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...
FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON...BAYARD...PETERSBURG
450 AM EST SAT DEC 5 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AROUND SUNRISE...AND
SPREAD INTO THE CENTRAL FOOTHILLS SOON THEREAFTER. IN THE
MOUNTAINS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS SNOW. HOWEVER...IN THE
CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY...IT SHOULD BE A RAIN SNOW MIX AT
ONSET...AND THE PRECIPITATION LIKELY WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AROUND
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THE CENTRAL FOOTHILLS.
ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS COOLER AIR IS DRAWN
SOUTHEASTWARD. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DURING THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE
QUARTER MILE OR LESS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND
WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. THE HIGHEST TOTALS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG
SKYLINE DRIVE...WHERE THE COLD AIR WILL RESIDE THE LONGEST. JUST
EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S WHICH WILL
LEAD TO SLIPPERY ROADS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
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