Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
949 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-101100-
/O.CON.KLWX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-100211T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS
949 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST
  SNOW IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 LATE THIS EVENING...DROPPING INTO THE
  MID AND UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT EAST WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST
  WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH.
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WEDNESDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES
  NEAR A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES...PRODUCING NEAR-BLIZZARD
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1028 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501-
502-WVZ050>055-501>504-101000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-
CULPEPER-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-
BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
1028 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. PLEASE
SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS...INCLUDING
ACCUMULATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING
THROUGH EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A
CONCERN...WHICH MAY PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES
WEDNESDAY IN THE WASHINGTON DC METRO AREA NORTHEASTWARD WEDNESDAY.

PROLONGED UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE
WESTERN SLOPES OF THE APPALACHIANS INTO THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOWFALL
TOTALS WILL BE APPRECIATED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

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Short Term Forecast

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
903 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

MDZ003>007-009>011-501-VAZ021-030-031-040-042-501-WVZ052>054-501-
503-100445-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-
HIGHLAND-WARREN-CLARKE-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-
BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-WESTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-
903 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

.NOW...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BALTIMORE
METROPOLITAN AREA...THE NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF
WASHINGTON DC...AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINA...NORTH
CENTRAL MARYLAND...AND THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS THROUGH 1130 PM EST.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. VISIBILITY IN PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL BE REDUCED TO
UNDER ONE HALF MILE. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MILE WILL
CONTINUE...EXCEPT OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN...WHERE GUSTS OF UP TO
25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD IN THE 20S THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

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