WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. * TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN IN SHELTERED VALLEYS. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATE TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT...BECOMING NORTHERLY AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH EARLY SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THAT ARE UNTREATED WILL BECOME SLIPPERY...CAUSING THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:08:53 +0000
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