WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 327 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS
FROM SOUTH-TO-NORTH BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. PRECIPITATION WILL
START OUT AS A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET...BUT A CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM. TEMPERATURES
AT THE SURFACE ARE EXPECTED TO HOVER AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING
FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT...WHICH WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO FREEZE ON
SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATION IS FORECAST TO BE 0.25 INCHES BEFORE
THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN BY DAWN WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY IN
ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 1000 FT AND 3000 FT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS.
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