WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 415 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.
* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGHEST ACCUMULATION
RATES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 2 PM TODAY.
* TEMPERATURES...SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS.
* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE-HALF MILE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
$$
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 421 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 AM
EST SUNDAY.
REPEATED SURGES OF ARCTIC ORIGIN AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE MID-
ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE LOWER
PORTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE SURFACE AS A
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOW-LEVEL JET WILL BE PRESENT. WIND
GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
KRAMAR
WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 415 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES.
* TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGHEST ACCUMULATION
RATES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND 2 PM TODAY.
* TEMPERATURES...SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS.
* WINDS...WEST-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND MAY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE-HALF MILE AT
TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
$$
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