Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
427 AM EST TUE FEB 2 2010

A POSSIBLE WINTER STORM LOOMS ON THE HORIZON FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE WHAT IMPACT IT WILL
HAVE IN THE AREA...PEOPLE SHOULD BEGIN TO MONITOR THE FORECAST TO
BETTER PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL WINTER IMPACTS.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST TUE FEB 2 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    WED      THU      FRI      SAT      SUN      MON
FEB 02   FEB 03   FEB 04   FEB 05   FEB 06   FEB 07   FEB 08
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
CLOUDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   SNOW     SNOW     MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/39    28/37    21/39    24/34    24/32    20/31    18/34
--/20    20/10    00/00    00/70    70/60    30/10    10/10

...SYNOPSIS...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE REGION TODAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL PROVIDE
SOME PRECIPITATION...MORE SO OVER VA AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
WEST VIRGINIA. A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WEST
VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...PROVIDING FOR
DRY CONDITIONS WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST FRIDAY...SPREADING PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE AREA IN THE FORM OF SNOW FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND RAIN OR
SNOW ACROSS THE LOWLANDS. SNOW SHOWERS AND COLD FOR THE WEEKEND AS
THE WRAPAROUND EFFECT OF THE LOW IS SLOW TO DEPART.

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Winter NWS "Aware" Newsletter now available (14 pp. 1.07 Mb. PDF)
http://www.weather.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/09-10winter-aware.pdf

Ohio Road 'Snow Emergency' Levels defined:
http://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/SnowEmergencyClassifications.aspx

Winter Storm Watch/Warning Criteria Changes (NWS Charleston WV)
http://climate.athens.oh.us/criteria.txt

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