HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 417 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
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
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM THE GULF COAST EARLY THIS MORNING TO
THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE AT TIMES. A WINTER
STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING TONIGHT...6PM FOR CENTRAL
VIRGINIA AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA
PANHANDLE... AND MIDNIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. PLEASE SEE
THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR SPECIFICS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM...UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ALONG WEST-FACING SLOPES IN THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS SUNDAY AND
MONDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ON STATION SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SKYWARN WILL BE OPERATING REMOTELY. ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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