WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 313 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION FROM LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE
CENTER WILL TRACK FROM THE DEEP SOUTH NORTHEAST TO THE CAROLINA
COAST BY THIS EVENING....AND THEN UP THE EAST COAST THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL BE THROWN WELL
NORTH AND WEST OF THE LOW CENTER.
PRECIPITATION WILL ADVANCE NORTHWARD BY MID AFTERNOON...AND
QUICKLY OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL START OFF AS RAIN
OR A RAIN AND SNOW MIX THIS AFTERNOON...BUT QUICKLY CHANGE OVER
TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW AS IT CONTINUES INTO
SATURDAY. ALTOGETHER...THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY DAWN SATURDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
5 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS
AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR
HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.
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