Cancel that Trip to DC! (Major Global Warming Event)

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 10 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY
TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND DAYBREAK FRIDAY...AND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE
RAPIDLY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
OCCURRING BETWEEN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNRISE
SATURDAY...WHEN HEAVY SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW
ONE-QUARTER MILE.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS NEAR 30 FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S.

* WINDS...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH FRIDAY WITH GUSTS TO 25
MPH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE SIMILAR TO THE STORM FROM 19
DECEMBER. PLAN FOR SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT.