WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...
* HAZARD TYPES... HEAVY WET SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS... 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW. 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING... A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BY THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS... HEAVY WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN TREE DAMAGE AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE DAMAGE COULD BE QUITE EXTENSIVE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* WINDS... NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES... IN THE LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES... ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES
We better go buy a shovel......
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