WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 933 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
WEDNESDAY.
A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS.
TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AT OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO
FREEZE ON SURFACES. AFTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS
EVENING...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY
IN ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1000 FT AND 3000 FT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS.
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