URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
814 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY…
LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE GULF STATES WILL BRING A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
HIGHLAND-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
CHARLOTTESVILLE
814 PM EST SAT DEC 12 2009
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST SUNDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATION…UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
* TIMING…A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY AND SOUTHERN POTOMAC
HIGHLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER
30S OVERNIGHT…AND RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE MORNING.
* WINDS…WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
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.
