WINTER STORM WATCH

[Nws Olney Maryland]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MARYLAND
610PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010



...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MARYLAND HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 OR MORE
INCHES.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME
ALL SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 30S THURSDAY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S THURSDAY
NIGHT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH THURSDAY
AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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