Friday, December 14, 2007

Shenandoah Valley: Winter Storm Watch

From the National Weather Service ... WINTER STORM WATCH in effect for:

Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Rockingham, Nelson, Orange, Page, Culpeper, Shenandoah

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING, VIRGINIA, HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY ... THEN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND PASS THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

THE EXACT TIMING ... TRACK AND STRENGTH DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME ... HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME AREAS RECEIVING 5 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION AND A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ... SLEET ... OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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