“WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT”:

“REMEMBER THAT”A BLIZZARD WARNING!” MEANS THAT SEVERE HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS ALONG WITH WINDS HIGHER THAN 35 MPH ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED! ALSO, REMEMBER THAT“A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS”, THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING FOR THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20-30″INCHES THAT HAS ALREADY COVERED THE GROUND, A HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW UP TO 20″INCHES MORE COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. THE WASHINGTON DC, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA AREAS COULD SEE UP TO 20″ INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE 20+″INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND ALREADY, CAUSING POWER OUTAGES, MAJOR TREE DAMAGE AND ROOFS CAVING IN BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE THAT SNOW COULD LAST FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STOCK UP ON SUPPLIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IN THE EVENT OF HEAVY SNOW, PERSONS SHOULD INSURE THAT THEY ARE WELL PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POISED TO STRIKE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORM STRIKES TO PREPARE, AS ROADS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR TRAVEL AND A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION CAN DEVELOPE. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE, AFTER THE STORM STRIKES, UNLESS NECESSARY. BE VERY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT, AS VISIBILITY CAN GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND ALSO INSURE THAT YOUR CAR IS UP AND RUNNING OR IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A WINTER STORM STRIKE. RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF WINTER STORMS AND BE PREPARED ONCE AGAIN, SHOULD A MAJOR WINTER STORM STRIKE YOUR AREA.

*STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER ADVANCE STORM TEAM AS DANTE, MILLER AND MYSELF GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY “DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM!”

“High Wind Warning!”:

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*NOTE:  *AREAS IN LIGHT BROWN ARE UNDER HIGH WIND WARNINGS!"

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
234 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
ON WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL REMAIN
STRONG INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

*"COUNTIES UNDER A HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NC AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA!":

RABUN-ALEXANDER-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CLAYTON…FRANKLIN…BREVARD…
HENDERSONVILLE…LENOIR…MORGANTON…MARION…LAKE LURE…
RUTHERFORD…COLUMBUS
234 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST
THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF
NORTH CAROLINA…THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH CAROLINA…AND RABUN COUNTY
GEORGIA. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON
WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE FOR MOST OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS WILL REACH 40 MPH…WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

RECENT PRECIPITATION AND COOL TEMPERATURES HAVE KEPT SOIL VERY
MOIST. THE COMBINATION OF WEST SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

“*STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER ADVANCE STORM TEAM AS DANTE, MILLER AND MYSELF GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES!”

“VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION UNFOLDING:  “MAJOR STRUCTURAL AND ROOF DAMAGES AND MORE POWEROUTAGES AND TREES DOWNED,DUE TO MORE CRIPPLING SNOWFALL, A MAJOR POSSIBILITY, DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHERE THE BULLS EYE OF SNOW WILL STRIKE FROM THIS NEXT STORM!”

*THIS STATEMENT HAS BE ADDED BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FORECAST*

“ANOTHER RECORD SETTING, “SNOW STORM ABOUT TO STRIKE AGAIN POSSIBLY” FOR WASHINGTON D.C., MARYLAND, NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THIS TIME FOR AREAS FURTHER NORTH THAT DID NOT RECIEVE RECORD SNOWFALL INCLUDING AREAS OF NEW YORK , INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY, NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYVANIA GETTING IN ON THE ACTION  FOR YOUR TUESDAY!”:  WEATHER ADVANCE MODEL FORECASTER:  ADRIAN OSHON HOWARD

“BULLS EYE IN RED AND THE PINK INSIDE OF RED ARE THE AREAS OF CONCERN: 12″-25″ INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS OF WASHINGTON DC, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, DELAWARE AND PENNSYLVANIA AREAS”:

WASHINGTON DC, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, PREPARE FOR ANOTHER “BIG SNOWSTORM” WHICH COULD BE CRIPPLING TO YOUR AREA THIS TIME BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF ALREADY RECORD SETTING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM! I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE MARYLAND, DC AND VIRGINIA AREAS AS ANOTHER “BIG SNOWSTORM” IS WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS TUESDAY! PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD ALREADY BE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE “POWERHOUSE WINTER STORM STRIKE,” AS “WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED. TREES, POWERLINES AND ROOFS ON BUILDINGS WILL CERTAINLY BE PRONE TO COLLAPSING FROM THE WEIGHT OF VERY HEAVY SNOW AS ALMOST TWO FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED, ON TOP OF THE 20-30″INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE LAST “RECORD SETTING SNOW STORM, FOR THE DC, MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AREAS, ONCE AGAIN. IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY SNOW, STRONG WINDS OF 25-35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED, WHICH COULD BE BLIZZARD LIKE, ALSO ONCE AGAIN. “BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE, AS A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRANSFERS ENERGY TO THE COASTAL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON “THIS NEXT “POWERHOUSE “WINTER STORM!” “A BLIZZARD WARNING!” MEANS THAT SEVERE HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS ALONG WITH WINDS HIGHER THAN 35 MPH ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED! PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS NEED TO TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AS CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE! CHECK ON NEIGHBORS AND THE ELDERLY IN THE EVENT THAT HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AFFECT YOUR AREA. DURING A HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD EVENT, DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE TO BRAVE THE ELEMENTS IF NOT NECESSARY, AS TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED! POWER OUTAGES DUE TO VERY HEAVY DEEP SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SNAP LARGE TREES AND POWERLINES. BE ESPECIALLY CAREFULL THAT YOU ARE NOT NEAR LARGE TREES THAT ARE POISED TO SNAP OR LARGE POWERLINES THAT ARE PRONE TO SNAPPING BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF VERY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. DO NOT GO NEAR POWERLINES THAT HAVE BE DOWNED, AS ELECTRICUTION COULD RESULT. ALSO LOOK OUT FOR NOT ONLY THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN, BUT FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS AS WELL. POWER OUTAGES COULD LAST FOR WEEKS IN THESE AREAS. BE EXPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT AS VISIBILITIES COULD BE LESSENED BY BLIZZARD AND HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS. RECORD, UMPRECIDENTED STORM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH 20″INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS OF DC, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE AS WELL AS NORTHERN VIRGINIA, AS THIS SNOW WILL BE ADDED TO ALREADY RECORD SETTING, UPRECIDENTED,  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ALMOST 30″-40″″INCHES IN SOME AREAS OF MARYLAND, WASHINGTON D.C. AND DELAWARE, FROM PREVIOUS SNOW STORMS.  TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW ADDED ON TO 30″ INCHES OF SNOW WOULD BE 50″INCHES FOLKS OF SNOW ACCUMULATION SINCE THE LAST STORM.  FOURTY INCHES OF SNOW, WITH ANOTHER 20″INCHES OF SNOW WOULD BE 60″ INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION, SINCE THE LAST ”RECORD SETTING SNOW STORM”!  ALTHOUGH THESE TOTALS MAY NOT BE AS MUCH, SINCE SOME MELTING OF THE SNOW MAY HAVE OCCURED, THESE TOTALS GIVE YOU A GENERAL PICTURE OF THE SEVERITY OF MORE SNOW ADDED ON TO ALREADY TOO MUCH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS.   DANTE GET READY FOR MORE SNOW IN YOUR AREA!

*STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER ADVANCE STORM TEAM AS DANTE, MILLER AND MYSELF GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS “NEXT” “POWERHOUSE WINTER STORM!”

“WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT”:

“REMEMBER THAT”A BLIZZARD WARNING!” MEANS THAT SEVERE HEAVY SNOW CONDITIONS ALONG WITH WINDS HIGHER THAN 35 MPH ARE OCCURING OR ARE EXPECTED! ALSO, REMEMBER THAT“A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS”, THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING FOR THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 20-30″INCHES THAT HAS ALREADY COVERED THE GROUND, A HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW UP TO 20″INCHES MORE COULD OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. THE WASHINGTON DC, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA AREAS COULD SEE UP TO 20″ INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE 20+″INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND ALREADY, CAUSING POWER OUTAGES, MAJOR TREE DAMAGE AND ROOFS CAVING IN BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY SNOW. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE THAT SNOW COULD LAST FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STOCK UP ON SUPPLIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. IN THE EVENT OF HEAVY SNOW, PERSONS SHOULD INSURE THAT THEY ARE WELL PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POISED TO STRIKE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE STORM STRIKES TO PREPARE, AS ROADS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR TRAVEL AND A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION CAN DEVELOPE. TRAVEL IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE, AFTER THE STORM STRIKES, UNLESS NECESSARY. BE VERY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT, AS VISIBILITY CAN GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND ALSO INSURE THAT YOUR CAR IS UP AND RUNNING OR IN GOOD CONDITION FOR A WINTER STORM STRIKE. RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF WINTER STORMS AND BE PREPARED ONCE AGAIN, SHOULD A MAJOR WINTER STORM STRIKE YOUR AREA.

*STAY TUNED TO THE WEATHER ADVANCE STORM TEAM AS DANTE, MILLER AND MYSELF GIVE YOU FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY “DANGEROUS SNOWSTORM!”

URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
304 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

“WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES!”

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-LOUDOUN-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…HAGERSTOWN…FREDERICK…
WESTMINSTER…GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…
LEESBURG…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…CHARLES TOWN
304 PM EST MON FEB 8 2010

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 7 PM EST
WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY
TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE…SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS…10 TO 20 INCHES.

* TIMING…MID-AFTERNOON TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING AT THE ONSET TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TUESDAY
  NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS…LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS TUESDAY BECOMING
  NORTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WEDNESDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.

Stay Safe Everyone. My Outside coverage of the Blizzard of 2010 video will come later.

Sorry The Picture Video Is Coming Now, but all other information and maps will be ready tomorrow! Take care everyone.

P.S: I don’t mean to worry anyone but the GFS Model has been consistent today with upping snow prediction totals for Tuesday-Wednesday. Over Washington D.C it gives us another foot of snow and the NAM model does as well. (Please note that these are not our predictions totals) Myself, Miller, and Adrian will keep you updated with this upcoming storm.

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