HWOLWX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 352 AM EST TUE DEC 5 2006 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ003>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-501-502- VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050>057-WVZ050>055-501>504-061000- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE- PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- 352 AM EST TUE DEC 5 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MARYLAND WEST OF THE EASTERN SHORE INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND EAST OF GARRETT COUNTY...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA... WASHINGTON DC AND THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BREEZY WINDS. SEVERAL HOURS OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY REACH EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FOR A SHORT PERIOD LATE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS OF THURSDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY RIDGE IN WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. A PERIOD OF GALE WIND GUSTS IS POSSIBLE DURING THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$