WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 229 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 1 AM TO 3 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* PRECIP TYPE...FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. FREEZING
RAIN WILL INCREASE TOWARD SUNRISE FRIDAY...AND THEN CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM FROM EAST TO WEST. DEEP VALLEYS IN
THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS WILL HANG ONTO ICING THE LONGEST.
* TEMPERATURES...WILL START IN THE MID 20S AND SLOWLY RISE INTO
THE LOWER 30S DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
* WINDS...5 TO 10 MPH FOR THE VALLEYS...10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
30 TO 40 MPH FOR RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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