...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 11 PM EST TUESDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF IN THE EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S WHEN SNOW BEGINS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...THEN FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE TEENS ELSEWHERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AROUND ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...DROPPING TO AROUND MINUS 15 TUESDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES. TRAVELING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS TUESDAY. BOTH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED BY THE SNOW.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:44:40 +0000
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