Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
627 AM EST MON JAN 5 2009

A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE
LATE TONIGHT.  ANY LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL QUICKLY CHANGE
TO RAIN EARLY TUESDAY.

HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH FLOODING
POTENTIAL. NO FLOOD WATCH YET...AWAITING MORE DATA TO BETTER
DEFINE AREA TO BE AFFECTED.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 AM EST MON JAN 5 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    TUE      WED      THU      FRI      SAT      SUN
JAN 05   JAN 06   JAN 07   JAN 08   JAN 09   JAN 10   JAN 11
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
PTCLDY   RNSNOW   RAIN     MOCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/38    27/40    36/38    23/26    18/33    26/34    17/29
--/10    10/70    90/60    50/20    10/10    20/30    20/10

...DISCUSSION...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
OUR AREA...BRINGING A CHILLY RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
RAIN MAY BE HEAVY...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
POSSIBLE.

COLDER AIR MOVES BACK IN WEDNESDAY WITH RAIN SHOWERS GRADUALLY
CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING
MORE SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.

WINTER PATTERN CONTINUES INTO THE WEEKEND.

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