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WEATHER ADVISORY: Potential Winter Storm this Weekend

A potential winter storm is moving our way this weekend.  Please stay up to date on the developing storm and note the following: 

• Key Points:

Precipitation moves in around Midday Saturday and may start as a brief period of snow and/or sleet, especially north of the canal, we don’t expect any accumulation except possibly on the grass and colder areas in the far northwestern part of the county.

Heaviest of the rain moves in late Saturday afternoon and into the evening before tapering overnight. We are expecting 0.5″-1″ of rain,  The latest 3 and 6-hour flash flood guidance is solidly within the 2-3″ range, so the threat for flooding remains marginal at best. That said, cannot rule out some minor flooding of low-lying or poor drainage areas.

• Winds:

Easterly winds will increase into Saturday afternoon and evening to around 15-20 mph Wind gusts up to 30 mph are possible inland and up to 40 mph along the immediate coast. The winds will shift northeast and then north overnight and begin to diminish and shift northwest by Sunday morning. No significant impacts are anticipated due to winds, however, the soggy ground and gusty winds may combine to result in a few downed trees or isolated power outages.

The weather briefing from the National Weather Service can be found here: https://www.weather.gov/media/phi/current_briefing.pdf