HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 PM EST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM EST SUN JAN 03 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR
WESTERN PORTIONS OF ALLEGANY...GRANT AND MINERAL COUNTIES. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF
PENDLETON AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES. SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED ALONG THE
WESTERN SLOPES OF THE ALLEGHENY FRONT IN BOTH THE WARNING AND
ADVISORY AREAS.
WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
THROUGH 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
WIND CHILL VALUES OF 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT IN PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...WESTERN VIRGINIA...
AND THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MARYLAND. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY MORNING FOR THESE SAME AREAS.
ELSEWHERE...WIND CHILLS OF NEAR ZERO TO 5 ABOVE WILL BE COMMON IN
AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.
LOW WIND CHILLS OF BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE BELOW ARE EXPECTED IN
MANY AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
MORNING IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...WITH READINGS AS LOW AS ZERO
IN AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
PLEASE RELAY SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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