Friday, February 10, 2006

Well Would You Look at This

This just in from the weather channel:
/O.NEW.KAKQ.HS.W.0001.060211T1700Z-060212T1100Z/ AMELIA-POWHATAN-CHESTERFIELD-HENRICO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLONIAL HEIGHTS...RICHMOND 434 PM EST FRI FEB 10 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF COAST STATES TONIGHT...MOVES NORTHEAST TO THE NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY SATURDAY EVENING...THEN TO OFFSHORE OF NEW ENGLAND DURING SUNDAY. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES SATURDAY MORNING...RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE WARNED AREA BY THE MIDDAY HOURS. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME ALL RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES ON SUNDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORM WINDS DOWN SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

That’s what I get for washing all the snow pants and buying movie tickets. If I don’t get to see Harry this weekend Meryl will never stop mocking me.

No comments: