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WWUS81 KAKQ 141019
SPSAKQ
MDZ021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ048-049-060>100-142100-

WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
520 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2003

...A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS
WEEKEND...

LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL TRACK TO THE LOWER
TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE MOSTLY RAIN OVER
THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER SNOW MAY MIX
WITH RAIN NORTH OF A LINE FROM PALMYRA AND HANOVER...TO THE INLAND
NORTHERN NECK...AND THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE NEAR CAMBRIDGE.

A SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES SATURDAY NIGHT...AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE AREA FROM SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO THE
LOWER AND MID 30S OVER INTERIOR PARTS OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN
SHORE...AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
PRECIPITATION SATURDAY IN THE FORM OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...WILL
CHANGE TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND
SATURDAY EVENING. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA
AS WELL AS THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE.

OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
LIGHT...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND SLEET
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY.

AREAS OF SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CAN
EXPECT MOSTLY RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. RAIN MAY MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO SLEET LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A
PERIOD OF SNOW POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION AND
POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL BEGINNING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...AND
MAY LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED LATER
TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR
FURTHER UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL TEXT AND GRAPHICAL WEATHER
INFORMATION...YOU CAN REFER TO OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

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WWUS81 KAKQ 140955
SPSAKQ
MDZ024-025-NCZ102-VAZ098>100-142045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
445 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2003

...COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND ALONG THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST...

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC FROM THE NORTH COMBINED
WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
SATURDAY WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST SUNDAY WILL
INTENSIFY RAPIDLY AND PRODUCE SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS TO GALE
FORCE FROM FENWICK ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES. GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ARE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY FROM CAPE CHARLES TO CURRITCK BEACH LIGHT. THIS
STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO AFFECT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND CURRITUCK SOUND
AND PRODUCE SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS BEGINNING SATURDAY.

THE PROLONGED NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH MONDAY
BEFORE THE SYSTEM MOVES WELL OFFSHORE THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.

A FULL MOON WILL OCCUR ON SUNDAY...THEREFORE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL
BE RUNNING HIGHER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE STRONG
ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE TIDE LEVELS AS WE ENTER THE WEEKEND...
WHICH MAY PROMPT A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH OR WARNING.

THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGEROUS SITUATION AND ALL COASTAL RESIDENTS
AND MARINERS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION THROUGH REGULARLY
SCHEDULED MARINE FORECASTS AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND BE READY IN THE EVENT COASTAL FLOOD WATCHES OR
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

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