WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED 6:30 PM

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

630 PM EST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST

MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 7 AM EST MONDAY. THE ICE STORM  WATCH IS NO

LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AREAS AFFECTED: MONTGOMERY, HOWARD , FREDERICK  , CARROLL,WASHINGTON,  ALLAGAINEY AND WASHINGTON DC

* ACCUMULATIONS: A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS

  EXPECTED. UP TO 3 INCHES  OF A SNOW AND SLEET MIX IS POSSIBLE.

* TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED

  TO BEGIN   SUNDAY MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING

  RAIN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO

  PERSIST INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES: 20 TO 30 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE DUE TO SLICK

  ROADS AND ICY CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. POWER OUTAGES

  ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO FALLING LIMBS FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE

  ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST

THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

Winter Weather advisory points south and east of the district.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1030 AMM EST SAT DEC 7 2013

PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-WASHINGTON DC

1030 PM EST SAT DEC 7 2013

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM  7 AM EST SUNDAY TO 10 AM EST

 MONDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION  EARLY SUNDAY MORNING..AND

  CONTINUE INTO LATE MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN   AND CHANGING OVER TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* HAZARDS...SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN .

* TEMPERATURES...LOW 30’S .

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2   INCHES OF SNOW WITH  A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE . THE HIGHEST SNOW/ICE  AMOUNTS WILL BE NEAR THE I-95 CORROIDOR NORTH AND WEST  .

* IMPACT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS  SLICK  BRIDGES AND OVER PASSES AND PATCHY SLICK SPOTS ON  ROADWAYS . 

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.

ICE STORM WATCH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OLNEY MD

930 AM EST DEC 7 2013

WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-

EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-

ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-

ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-

NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-

EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-

WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-

WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON

...ICE STORM WATCH  IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM  SUNDAY TO  10 AM  EST

MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OLNEY MD   HAS ISSUED AN ICE

STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 10 AM EST

 MONDAY .

* EVENT... SNOW WILL BEGIN THE PRECIPITATION WITH A  SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AND THEN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING  SUNDAY  MID MORNING THROUGH THE DAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATION  OF  ONE QUARTAER TO  ONE HALF INCH. WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND NORTH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ALONG I-95 AND SOUTH AND EAST  OF THE DISTRICT  SHOULD START AS A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN  AND ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACT...DUE TO GROUND WARMTH...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE

  ON ELEVATED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...TREES AND

  ELECTRICAL LINES. HOWEVER...IF THE TEMPERATURE CAN STAY BELOW

  FREEZING LONG ENOUGH INTO MONDAY...A FEW SECONDARY ROADWAYS

  MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL

MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...

FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE

ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES

AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
233 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013

DCZ001-MDZ004>007-009>011-013-014-016-VAZ039-040-042-050>057-501-
502-070345-
/O.EXB.KLWX.WS.A.0008.131208T1400Z-131209T1200Z/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-
HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-
ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...
GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...
LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...
ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...WARRENTON
233 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
  RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNTIL
  LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A QUARTER
  INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING. A
  CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED MIDDAY SUNDAY AND WILL
  CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN LATE SUNDAY
  NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING.

* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES.

* WINDS...LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE DUE TO SLICK
  ROADS AND ICY CONDITIONS SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY.
  INCREASED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

SPECAL WEATHER STATEMENT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD /WASHINGTON DC

130 PM EST THU DEC 5 2013

*POTENTAL FOR A SIGNIFIGANT ICE ACCUMULATION   FOR WASHINGTON METRO AREA ON SUNDAY*

TIMING IS CRTITICAL AS TO WHAT WE GET HOWEVER THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY WILL BE EATHER A WINTERY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OR JUST SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  STARTING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING MAYBE LASTING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

  ONSET MAY BE AS SNOW AND MAYBE A QUICK HALF INCH COULD ACCUMULATE BEFORE CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN ALL AREAS OF THE WASHINGTON METRO AREA  POINTS SOUTH AND EAST   COULD SEE A PERIOD OF Freezing RAIN BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO RAIN  LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON  WHILE AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 COULD SEE LONGER PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN,  RIGHT NOW  ITS TO UNCERTIN TO PIN DOWN PRECIPITATION TYPES BUT INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT WILL BE A ICING EVENT POINTS WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND  THAT ARE HIGHER THAN  WASHINGTON AND POINTS SOUTH  AND  EAST

POTENTAL ACCUMULATIONS.  COULD RANGE FROM  .10 OF AN INCH SOUTH AND EAST TO  0.25 MAYBE AS MUCH AS 0.50 INCH OF ICE NORTH AND WEST OF  INTERSTATE  95  AREAS LIKELY AFFECTED ARE  MONTGOMERY, CARROLL , FREDERICK,WASHINGTON ,ALLEGANY,BALTIMORE AND BALTIMORE CITY COULD SEE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO RAIN CITY PROPPER AND MAYBE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPORT FREEZING RAIN OUT SIDE THE CITY  IN MARYLAND  HOWARD COULD SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND PLANE RAIN  SINCE I-95 CUTS THROUGH HOWARD COUNTY.  WASHINGTON DC PROPPER COULD   SEE A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER CITY SOUTH AND EAST TO RAIN.

AGAIN TIMEING IS CRITTICAL AND  THE UNCERTINTY IS HIGH STILL  AT THIS TIME  AND ANY POTENTAL WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED LATER CLOSER TO THE TIME OF THE EVENT. 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD /WASHINGTON DC

1100 AM  AST DEC 5 2013

WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-

EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-

ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-

ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-

NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-

EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-

WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-

WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON

...ICE STORM WATCH  IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 12 MIDNIGHT AST

MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VA/OLNEY MD  HAS ISSUED AN ICE

STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM  SATURDAY TO 12 MIDNIGHT AST

 MONDAY .

* EVENT...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVERNIGHT SATURDAY

  THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY WITH ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR OR IN EXCESS

  OF ONE HALF INCH. WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND NORTH OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  ALONG I-95 AND SOUTH AND EAST  OF THE DISTRICT  SHOULD START AS A PERIOD OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN  AND ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING...6 PM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT MONDAY.

* IMPACT...DUE TO GROUND WARMTH...ICE ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE

  ON ELEVATED OBJECTS SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...TREES AND

  ELECTRICAL LINES. HOWEVER...IF THE TEMPERATURE CAN STAY BELOW

  FREEZING LONG ENOUGH INTO MONDAY...A FEW SECONDARY ROADWAYS

  MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL

MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY

DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...

FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE

ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES

AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

Hazzerdous weather Outlook for The weekend

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
507 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504-
WVZ050>053-055-501>506-061000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER-
NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-
WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON-
507 AM EST THU DEC 5 2013

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS NORTHERN MARYLAND...EXTREME NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE
EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE LOCALLY
REDUCED TO AROUND ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT STARTING AS
EARLY AS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-95. PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS
SNOW AT THE ONSET BEFORE EVENTUALLY CHANGING OVER TO A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN AND/OR SLEET. THERE IS STILL SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING THE PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH THE EVENT. PLEASE CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS LATE SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY...AND ON LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.