SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 837 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1045 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...UPDATE ON POTENTIAL MOUNTAIN HAZARDS TO TRAVELERS TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS TRAVELERS GOING ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT CAN STILL ENCOUNTER SEVERAL HAZARDS. THESE
INCLUDE LOW VISIBILITY...ICY SPOTS...AND GUSTY WINDS.
OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS...TRAVELERS CAN SUDDENLY
ENCOUNTER AREAS OF DENSE FOG WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO.
THERE CAN ALSO BE ICY SPOTS FROM THE FOG AND THE FREEZING RAIN
THAT OCCURRED EARLIER. IRONICALLY SOME WINDS CAN STILL GUST TO 40
MPH THIS EVENING...BUT THESE SHOULD SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT.
EVEN SPOTS ON THE MAIN HIGHWAYS CAN BE AFFECTED. THESE INCLUDE THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE IN EASTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA...INTERSTATE 68 IN PRESTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND...AS WELL AS UNITED STATES ROUTES 30 AND
40 IN PENNSYLVANIA AND ROUTE 50 IN WEST VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND.
SO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ADVISING TRAVELERS ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS TONIGHT TO BE ALERT FOR THE SUDDEN ONSET OF HAZARDOUS
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 822 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 830 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
WINDS JUST WEST OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS CAN GUST TO 40 MPH THIS
EVENING. AREAS OF DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS CAN
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE. ICY SPOTS
ARE ALSO STILL POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS FROM PRIOR
FREEZING RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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