Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
353 AM EST THU DEC 17 2009

PERIODS OF SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY SATURDAY
INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COURTESY OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW. IF THE CHANCE OF
A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION INCREASES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
MAY BE NEEDED.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST THU DEC 17 2009

ROWS INCLUDE...
DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION NIGHTTIME 6PM-6AM/DAYTIME 6AM-6PM

FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST
TODAY    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
DEC 17   DEC 18   DEC 19   DEC 20   DEC 21   DEC 22   DEC 23
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
PTCLDY   MOCLDY   SNOW     MOCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/37    22/43    27/32    23/32    19/32    18/30    19/30
--/00    00/10    40/60    60/20    20/30    20/20    10/10

...SYNOPSIS...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THE DRY...COLD WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE ACROSS FLORIDA ON FRIDAY AND OFF OF
THE CAROLINA COAST BY SATURDAY.  ALSO...AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
WILL DROP INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE THROUGH OVER
THE WEEKEND.

THESE TWO SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WINTRY WEATHER THIS
WEEKEND.  ACCUMULATING SNOW IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY...PARTICULARLY IN
THE WV MOUNTAINS...FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.  COLD NORTHWEST FLOW
WILL ALLOW SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...AND A CLIPPER SYSTEM
ARRIVING SUNDAY NIGHT MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER LIGHT SNOWFALL.

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Winter Storm Watch/Warning Criteria Changes (NWS Charleston WV)
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