Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
449 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

SOILS WILL REMAIN NEAR SATURATED DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL.
A COLD FRONT COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN
ALONG THE OHIO RIVER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE
MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS...SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGES AREAS.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 AM EDT MON MAY 4 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
MAY 04   MAY 05   MAY 06   MAY 07   MAY 08   MAY 09   MAY 10
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RAIN     PTCLDY   SHWRS    MOCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/61    47/70    47/73    55/73    52/72    51/70    48/68
--/50    10/10    10/60    60/30    30/40    40/30    20/10

...DISCUSSION...

A COMPLEX WEATHER SYSTEM PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THIS EVENING...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS
IN PLACE TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COOL TODAY UNDER
AN OVERCAST SKY.

TUESDAY WILL BE A BIT WARMER WITH A FEW PEEKS OF SUN POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE LOWLANDS.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND LINGERING MOISTURE WILL CAUSE A FEW
SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY.

BY LATE WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE APPROACHING US
FROM THE WEST.  THIS FRONT MAY ALSO STALL NEARBY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

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