Post by James on Dec 15, 2007 14:36:55 GMT -5
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL CAROLINAS LATE TODAY...AND
THEN INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA STARING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...INCLUDING
THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS THE PRECIPITATION
WILL START THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...CHANGING TO MOSTLY SLEET WITH POCKETS OF RAIN OR FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE EVENING. LESS THAN ON HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ALSO...INITIALLY
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON COULD START AS MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IN
AREAS EAST OF A CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON ...BALTIMORE LINE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN STEADY THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RISE
ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT. ANY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE
OVER TO ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
MARYLAND...BALTIMORE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. A CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN WONT OCCUR OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FAR
NORTHERN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE SUBURBS...AND ACROSS
NORTHERN MARYLAND UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA..WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
LIKELY IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE BLUE RIDGE OR LOCATED ALONG THE
MASON DIXON LINE.
PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING...ENDING AS SCATTERED RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
ARE LIKELY. DUE TO THE WINDS GUST...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE WHERE SOME GLAZE ICE HAS COATED TREES AND POWER LINES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING
AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL CAROLINAS LATE TODAY...AND
THEN INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE
MID ATLANTIC COAST. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED IN THE ADVISORY AREA STARING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING.
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND...INCLUDING
THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREAS THE PRECIPITATION
WILL START THIS AFTERNOON AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...CHANGING TO MOSTLY SLEET WITH POCKETS OF RAIN OR FREEZING
RAIN DURING THE EVENING. LESS THAN ON HALF INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ALSO...INITIALLY
PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON COULD START AS MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IN
AREAS EAST OF A CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON ...BALTIMORE LINE.
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN STEADY THIS EVENING...THEN SLOWLY RISE
ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT. ANY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE
OVER TO ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
MARYLAND...BALTIMORE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. A CHANGE OVER
TO RAIN WONT OCCUR OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE FAR
NORTHERN AND WESTERN WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE SUBURBS...AND ACROSS
NORTHERN MARYLAND UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT IN THE ADVISORY AREA..WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
LIKELY IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE BLUE RIDGE OR LOCATED ALONG THE
MASON DIXON LINE.
PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY MORNING...ENDING AS SCATTERED RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH
ARE LIKELY. DUE TO THE WINDS GUST...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE WHERE SOME GLAZE ICE HAS COATED TREES AND POWER LINES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING