WINTER STORM WATCH
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
145 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-HAMPSHIRE-HARDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…
MOOREFIELD
145 PM EST TUE DEC 6 2011
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE…RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS…3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET.
* TIMING…WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES…FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOW
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 20S
ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS TO THE UPPER 20S IN THE VALLEYS.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
