Post by Nws Olney Maryland on Oct 28, 2011 13:53:46 GMT -5
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MARYLAND
250 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011
...LATE OCTOBER SNOW STORM FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF MARYLAND AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS
.AN EARLY WINTER STORM MOVING UP THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO
AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE DISTICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT POINTS SOUTH AND EAST .
250 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT
* HAZARD TYPES... RAIN AND SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK DURING
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING, WARMING TO
NEAR 40 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MARYLAND
250 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011
...LATE OCTOBER SNOW STORM FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF MARYLAND AND NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS
.AN EARLY WINTER STORM MOVING UP THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED
STATES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO
AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE DISTICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT POINTS SOUTH AND EAST .
250 PM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
7 PM EDT SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT
* HAZARD TYPES... RAIN AND SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW, WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AND BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...ROADS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK DURING
BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S SATURDAY MORNING, WARMING TO
NEAR 40 BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.