Winter Weather Warning Issued by NWS
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS UPGRADED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 3 AM EST MONDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTH-CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND AS WELL AS THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. * ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET OVER 3 INCHES NEAR THE MASON-DIXON LINE. ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN BETWEEN 4 AM AND 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL END AS FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BE SNOW AND ICE COVERED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVELLING WILL BE DANGEROUS DURING THIS TIME. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE-MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * TEMPERATURES...RISING THROUGH THE 20S SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S ACROSS MOST AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT. 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.
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