Hazardous Weather Potential

Ted Jacobson skywarn at frognet.net
Fri Sep 25 07:23:35 EDT 2009


HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EDT FRI SEP 25 2009

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY...
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.  HOWEVER...SUCH RAIN WOULD NOT BE
EXPECTED TO CAUSE WATER PROBLEMS DUE TO THE RECENT DRY WEATHER.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EDT FRI SEP 25 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    SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED      THU
SEP 25   SEP 26   SEP 27   SEP 28   SEP 29   SEP 30   OCT 01
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
SHWRS    RAIN     PTCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   SUNNY    SUNNY
--/75    60/70    56/75    56/68    44/62    45/70    47/71
--/70    60/100   80/10    10/30    10/10    10/10    10/10

...DISCUSSION...

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA IS THE
CULPRIT FOR THE WET WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF HE STATE AND ADJACENT
AREA.  DRIER AIR WILL TRY TO PUSH SOUTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA THIS
AFTERNOON...ONLY TO RETREAT TONIGHT...AS THE FRONT STARTS TO PUSH
NORTH...WHILE A NEW FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST SATURDAY...AS A
MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME
OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY...TAKING THE
RAIN AND DEEPER MOISTURE WITH IT. WE GRADUALLY DRY OUT ON SUNDAY...
WITH FRESHER AIR ARRIVING.

A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON MONDAY...WITH A FEW
SHOWERS. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN AN AUTUMN CHILL BY TUESDAY...
ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.

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