SCHOOL DELAYS: Local Wintry Mix Sparks A Late Friday Start For Some Local School Systems
5:21AM Friday
February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013
John Matthews
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON -- The D.C. area is at the extreme southern fringe of the storm that will bring two feet of snow or more to New England and New York. Around here, a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain has prompted some school systems to delay the start of the day.
Schools in Howard, Loudoun and Prince William Counties are opening two hours late Friday, while schools in Fauquier County are closed altogether.
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for areas north and west of the immediate DC area. Those areas could see an inch or so of mixed wintry precipitation before it all turns to rain by mid-morning.
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
451 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE
451 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET. A TRACE TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY
THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY MID-MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.
* WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
* IMPACTS...ANY UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY FOR THE
MORNING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
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.
FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-PAGE-WARREN-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...STAUNTON...
WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
WASHINGTON...LEESBURG...WARRENTON
451 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. A TRACE TO A FEW
HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN.
* TIMING...SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY
THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MID-MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 ALONG THE RIDGES TO THE
LOWER 30S ELSEWHERE.
* WINDS...LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
* IMPACTS...ANY UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLIPPERY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED
SURFACES.
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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