It's white outside. The snow plows and sand trucks are out. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for 10 pm to 9 am Tuesday morning because of sleet and freezing rain.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
TUESDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING
RAIN WILL HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION. AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
* TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING
BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 2 AM...AND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO
RAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
HIGHS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AROUND 40.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT. BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO
15 MPH TUESDAY.
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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