HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 946 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST TUE DEC 29 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...TONIGHT
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR WESTERN
MARYLAND...THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
SHENANDOAH VALLEY...THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND. WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL BE
COMMON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR
WEST-FACING SLOPES ALONG WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO FOR PORTIONS OF THE POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM TUESDAY FOR
COUNTIES WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...AND THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA. GUSTS
OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHEST GUSTS ACROSS RIDGES.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
MOVES THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
REPORTS OF HIGH WIND OR WIND-RELATED DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.
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