***** THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM EST SUNDAY.*****
****** SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START OUT AS A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ******
*****AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. *****
*****IN ADDITION ... WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY WHICH COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DOWNING OF TREES AND POWER LINES WHERE ICE ACCUMULATES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. ******
*****A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.*****
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