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Jan 22-24 blizzard obs, tracking, nowcasting


Ian

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This is probably as extreme a forecast as we will ever see for central Va

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

1209 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016

VAZ507-220115-

/O.UPG.KLWX.WS.A.0001.160122T1100Z-160124T1100Z/

/O.NEW.KLWX.BZ.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T1100Z/

NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-

1209 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EST

SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS

ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY

TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN

EFFECT.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING

SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 24 TO 36 INCHES.

* TIMING...HEAVY SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE

HEAVIEST SNOW... STRONGEST WINDS...AND POTENTIAL LIFE

THREATENING CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH

SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS

CONDITIONS AND WILL BE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TRAVEL IS

EXPECTED TO BE SEVERELY LIMITED IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE

HEIGHT OF THE STORM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. VISIBILITY

WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55

MPH...BECOMING NORTH SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS

AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT

CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF

YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET

STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF

POWER OUTAGES DURING SNOWY AND COLD CONDITIONS.

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