Mixed Precipitation expected.
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM ESTSATURDAY...* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Ice accumulations will average one to two tenths of an inch in the higher elevations. Snow and sleet accumulations less than one inch are possible in portions of north central and western Maryland.* WHERE...Portions of north central and western Maryland, central, northwest, and western Virginia, and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.* WHEN...From 10 AM to 7 PM EST Saturday.* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions, especially on bridges and overpasses. The greatest ice accretions will be on elevated surfaces.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Precipitation may start as a brief period of snow and/or sleet across north central and western Maryland and portions of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia Saturday morning. Precipitation will change over to freezing rain in those locations by afternoon. Further south, precipitation is expected to start as freezing rain.- Freezing rain impacts will mainly be confined to higherelevations, with primarily rain in the valleys. In general, littleto no ice accumulation is expected below 1000 feet. A glaze offreezing rain is expected above 1000 feet, with more significantaccretions between one tenth and one quarter of an inch are expectedabove 1500 feet (further north), and above 2000 feet (further south).PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest roadconditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained bycalling 5 1 1.
By The National Weather Service, Sterling, Va.
