WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 246 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE.
* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
POTENTIALLY CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING IN SOME OF THE DEEPER
VALLEYS.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL START IN THE UPPER 20S AND SLOWLY RISE INTO
THE LOWER 30S DURING THE DAY.
* WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH FOR THE VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH
FOR RIDGETOPS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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