HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 422 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT JAN 02 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TONIGHT FOR WESTERN
PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES DUE TO A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED
WESTERN SLOPE REGIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN
PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES DUE TO A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED IN THE FAVORED
WESTERN SLOPE REGIONS OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS SATURDAY MORNING IN
AREAS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 81 CORRIDOR. WIND CHILL READINGS ARE
EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS...WITH SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS COMMON THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 110 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 615 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...LOCALLY ICY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...
THE LIGHT RAINFALL THAT FELL DURING NEW YEARS EVE HAS ENDED...BUT
THE GROUND ACROSS THE AREA REMAINS WET. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS WILL BE HOVERING IN THE LOWER 30S. AS A
RESULT...PATCHES OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON UNTREATED SURFACES...
ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTLYING AREAS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE ROADS. ALTHOUGH THE ROADS
MAY LOOK JUST WET...A PATCH OF ICE COULD UNEXPECTEDLY RESULT IN
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.
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