Here we go again....

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http://www.weather.com/weather/alert...=KPBZ&etn=0008

Issued by The National Weather Service
Pittsburgh, PA
11:22 am EST, Wed., Feb. 24, 2010
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... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THESE COUNTIES DURING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AND ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS MAY START ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING... BUT WIDESPREAD SNOWS WILL NOT START TO ACCUMULATE UNTIL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS MANY AREAS CAN HAVE MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. BY SATURDAY MORNING... SOME RIDGE TOP AREAS CAN HAVE SNOW TOTALS OF OVER 15 INCHES. WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ADDING TO THIS WINTER STORM HAZARD.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW PLUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW PLUS BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY."

We just started melting the roof ice dams.... now we're gonna get another foot or so........now calling for "hurricane force winds and "very significant snowfall" in the higher elevations..........