WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 158 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY.
* PRECIP TYPE...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. UP TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AROUND 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID AND UPPER
20S EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY RISE ABOVE
FREEZING LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE VALLEYS. SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15
MPH ALONG THE RIDGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...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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