Dave Sweet
WMAL.com
WASHINGTON — (WMAL) Notice anything different when you woke up this morning?
D.C. metro area residents awoke to anywhere from 10-15 inches of snow Saturday morning with winds of 15-25 miles per hour and a temperature of roughly 25 degrees Fahrenheit. That could all escalate rather quickly, according to meteorologist Steve Zubrick.
“We’re going to basically double what we have in the next ten hours,” said Zubrick in reference to the snowfall. “This is definitely going to be in the top 5 for all snows in this area.”
Here’s the latest blizzard warning from the National Weather Service:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 454 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...BLOCK ISLAND AND MARTHAS VINEYARD. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AM THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AROUND MIDDAY. THE BRUNT OF THE STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES. WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS TRAVEL WITH HEAVY SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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