HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1102 AM 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 IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER...FOR LOCATIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES FALL TO
NEAR FREEZING PRIMARILY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...PATCHY LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION THAT STARTS
OUT AS RAIN 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 PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE FAVORED WESTERN SLOPES OF THE ALLEGHENY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS
FRIDAY INTO THIS WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE
LIKELY IN THE FAVORED UPSLOPE MOUNTAIN AREAS STARTING LATE FRIDAY.
WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
FRIDAY NIGHT AND BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN OR DRIZZLE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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