LATEST WEATHER FORECAST

DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MD BEACHES-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF. CAMBRIDGE. SALISBURY. CRISFIELD. PRINCESS ANNE. SNOW HILL. OCEAN CITY

.WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
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* AREAS AFFECTED: PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL VA. THE VA NORTH NECK & THE LWR MD EASTERN SHORE.

* HAZARDS: SNOW.BLOWING SNOW.& GUSTY WINDS.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH THE BLOWING SNOW MAY CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS EVENING.

* TEMPS & WIND CHILL: TEMPS WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON. THEN FALL INTO THE LOW TEENS BY EARLY WED MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND COLD TEMPS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES AROUND 20 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON TO NEAR ZERO BY WED MORNING.

* TIMING: A MIXTURE LIGHT RAIN & SNOW WILL BEGIN BY NOON. THEN QUICKLY TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS AFTERNOON & CONTINUE INTO TUES EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TUES AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS. ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED & SLIPPERY DUE TO THE RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES & INCREASED SNOWFALL RATES. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW & GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME DANGEROUS THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT. FOOD.& WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.