Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
405 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
FOR SUNDAY INTO THURSDAY. IF THIS THREAT INCREASE...A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES.

...SYNOPSIS...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT TODAY.
A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS WILL LEAD TO AFTERNOON HUMIDITY LEVELS
WHICH WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN RECENT DAYS.  STILL...IT WILL BE A
TYPICALLY HOT SUMMER DAY.  ISOLATED MOUNTAIN SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE.  TONIGHT...MOST FOLKS WILL REMAIN DRY...BUT MOIST
EASTERLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS ALONG
EAST-FACING MOUNTAIN SLOPES.

A WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MAY TRIGGER SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY.  THE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO
KEEP MORE CLOUDS OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES AND GREENBRIER VALLEY.

WELL AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...MOISTURE INCREASES OVERNIGHT SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  THE FRONT LIKELY REACHES INTO THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY COUNTIES MONDAY...BUT COULD STALL IN WEST VIRGINIA AND
KENTUCKY FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 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
AUG 13   AUG 14   AUG 15   AUG 16   AUG 17   AUG 18   AUG 19
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SUNNY    PTCLDY   TSTRMS   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   TSTRMS   MOCLDY
--/92    71/92    71/88    68/86    64/85    61/88    63/85
--/10    10/30    40/60    60/30    20/20    20/50    40/40

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