WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

[James]

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MARYLAND HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY
TO MIDNIGHT EST THURSDAY NIGHT.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW TO A POSITION SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND
BY FRIDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...PRECIPITATION WILL
OVERSPREAD INTO NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND MOST OF MARYLAND AFTER 7 AM
TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW THURSDAY MORNING
ACCUMULATING AROUND AN INCH AROUND THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR WITH
AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH AND WEST OF WASHINGTON DC
AND BALTIMORE. A CHANGEOVER TO SOME SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN IS
EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM A LIGHT COATING TO UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE ON TOP OF THE SNOW PACK.

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.