WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1209 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS
MORNING.
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 3 TO 5 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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