Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
440 AM EDT FRI APR 23 2010

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY EVENING...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EASTERN KENTUCKY.  SUCH STORMS
COULD CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES...CREATING POWER
FLUCTUATIONS...OUTAGES...BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM DEBRIS AND
POSSIBLY EVEN STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. SMALL HAIL COULD DAMAGE TO SOME
VEGETATION AND DENT SOFT METAL SURFACES AS WELL.

..SYNOPSIS...

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND WEST
VIRGINIA TODAY...BEFORE WEAKENING JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION.
AS IT DOES SO...A FEW SPRINKLES MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

AN UNSETTLED WEEKEND IS ON TAP...AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD
THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AND THEN A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH
FROM THE WEST ON SUNDAY.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY BOTH
DAYS OF THE WEEKEND...WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS
SATURDAY EVENING.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MAKE FOR COOLER AND
UNSETTLED WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH LOTS OF CLOUDINESS...ALONG
WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EDT FRI APR 23 2010

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
APR 23   APR 24   APR 25   APR 26   APR 27   APR 28   APR 29
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PTCLDY   TSTRMS   TSTRMS   SHWRS    PTCLDY   PTCLDY   SUNNY
--/66    53/69    56/72    50/61    44/63    39/64    38/66
--/30    60/70    80/70    70/60    50/20    10/10    10/10

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