Hazardous Weather Potential

Ted Jacobson skywarn at frognet.net
Thu Jan 29 07:32:37 EST 2009


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
408 AM EST THU JAN 29 2009

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO ACROSS
THE CAROLINAS INTO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. THIS FEATURE MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO PORTIONS
OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS FEATURE WILL DETERMINE IF THE
PRECIPITATION IS ALL SNOW. IF THE LOW TRACK IS FARTHER WEST...
A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WOULD BE POSSIBLE...
WITH LESS ACCUMULATION OF SNOW.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 AM EST THU JAN 29 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
JAN 29   JAN 30   JAN 31   FEB 01   FEB 02   FEB 03   FEB 04
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
FLRRYS   SNOSHWR  PTCLDY   PTCLDY   RNSNOW   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/27    21/26    6/30     25/42    28/35    20/29    18/30
--/10    30/50    30/10    10/10    20/50    50/30    20/10

...DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING ABOUT A MORE TRANQUIL...THOUGH CHILLY DAY
TODAY.  CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO SUNSHINE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH...BUT
SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA ARE LIKELY TO HOLD ONTO
THE CLOUDS ALL DAY LONG.  THE CLOUDS WILL RETURN SOUTHWARD TONIGHT
AS A NEW COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

THE FRONT...WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR...WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
REGION ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH MORE SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER
WEATHER BY SUNDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO
ACROSS THE CAROLINAS TO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY.  RAIN ON MONDAY SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...AND
THEN CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.  SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.

HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE
PRECIPITATION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY IS ALL SNOW.  IF THE TRACK OF
THE LOW IS FARTHER WEST...A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WOULD BE
POSSIBLE.

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