WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1207 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 9 AND 11 PM FRIDAY EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST
FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM SATURDAY.
* TEMPERATURES...BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE EVENT. UPPER 20S TO
LOWER 30S IN THE VALLEYS AND FOOTHILLS...LOW TO MID 20S IN THE
MOUNTAINS...AND LOW TO MID 30S IN COASTAL SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
* WINDS...10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE EVENT...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER ALONG THE SHORE OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE VERY RAPIDLY SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL MAKE
TRAVEL EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS.
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