December 15th, 2019 by WCBC Radio
National Weather Service offices in our area have issues a number of alerts concerning winter weather advancing in our direction. Here are the primary threats, starting with Cumberland and heading west: Central and Eastern Allegany-Hampshire-Morgan-Hardy-Western Grant- Eastern Grant-Eastern Mineral-Western Pendleton-Eastern Pendleton- 251 PM EST Sun Dec 15 2019 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch. * WHERE...Portions of western Maryland and eastern and panhandle West Virginia. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Monday. Snow will overspread the area between 9 PM and midnight tonight and it will continue overnight. Snow will change to sleet and freezing rain early Monday morning, before changing to rain for most areas Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions will impact the morning commute with snow covered and slippery roads as well as slippery sidewalks.
Extreme Western Allegany-Western Mineral- 251 PM EST Sun Dec 15 2019 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches and ice accumulations around a quarter of an inch. * WHERE...In Maryland, extreme western Allegany County. In West Virginia, western Mineral County. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Monday. Snow will overspread the area between 9 PM and 11 PM late this evening and it will continue overnight. Snow will change to sleet and freezing rain Monday morning, and eventually freezing rain Monday afternoon into Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions will impact the morning commute with snow covered roads and sidewalks. Icy conditions are expected later Monday morning through Monday evening, and this may impact the evening commute. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Freezing rain may linger into Monday night. Garrett-
Including the cities of Mountain Lake Park, Oakland MD, and Grantsville 1144 AM EST Sun Dec 15 2019 WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch. * WHERE...Garrett County. * WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 7 PM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute.