WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 218 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY. THESE
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE INTERMITTENT AND VARY IN INTENSITY.
HOWEVER...THE DRY AND FLUFFY NATURE OF THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
EASILY ACCUMULATE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM DAWN FRIDAY TO
DAWN ON SUNDAY...SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A FEW AREAS FAVORED BY THESE BANDS OF SNOW
SHOWERS.
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO LIKELY...MAINLY ACROSS EXPOSED
HIGH ELEVATIONS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED. THE NORTHWEST WINDS
AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS READINGS
OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 INTO SUNDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME
AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR LAYERS OF CLOTHES INCLUDING A HAT AND GLOVES.
BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ASSUME YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE WARMTH OF YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 218 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY. A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY. THESE
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE INTERMITTENT AND VARY IN INTENSITY.
HOWEVER...THE DRY AND FLUFFY NATURE OF THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
EASILY ACCUMULATE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FROM DAWN FRIDAY TO
DAWN ON SUNDAY...SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN A FEW AREAS FAVORED BY THESE BANDS OF SNOW
SHOWERS.
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ARE ALSO LIKELY...MAINLY ACROSS EXPOSED
HIGH ELEVATIONS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED. THE NORTHWEST WINDS
AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS READINGS
OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 INTO SUNDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME
AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA...IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR LAYERS OF CLOTHES INCLUDING A HAT AND GLOVES.
BE PREPARED FOR THE COLD TEMPERATURES WHILE DRIVING...DO NOT
ASSUME YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE WARMTH OF YOUR VEHICLE.
$$
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