Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
603 AM EST THU JAN 6 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
    5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY...

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW SHOWERS OF VARYING INTENSITY
* ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES
* TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   THEN DECREASE DURING FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS: SNOW OR ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES.
* WINDS: WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES: WILL RISE VERY LITTLE ON FRIDAY...
   AS THE COLDER AIR TAKES FIRM CONTROL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR FOR
SNOW OR ICE ON UNTREATED ROADS. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...SO YOU
CAN DRIVE SLOWER.

PLEASE REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST THU JAN 6 2011

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    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
JAN 06   JAN 07   JAN 08   JAN 09   JAN 10   JAN 11   JAN 12
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SNOSHWR  MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY
--/36    18/25    16/25    14/30    17/31    19/29    17/26
--/70    80/40    40/40    10/10    10/10    20/30    30/30

.DISCUSSION...

TODAY WE WAIT THE ARRIVAL OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.  THE FRONT SHOULD
BLOW THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY NEAR SUNSET...
THEN CROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES THIS EVENING.

GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE
FRONT...AND IN ITS WAKE...AS WE TURN COLDER OVERNIGHT.

A FEW INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...
BUT THE MAIN STORY WILL LIKELY BE THE COLD ON FRIDAY AND THIS
WEEKEND...RATHER THAN THE SNOW. STILL...ROUNDS OF SNOW SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THE COLD WAVE SHOULD RELAX A BIT ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...
AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CREEP HIGHER.

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NWS Southeast OH Winter watch/warning/advisory threshhold cirteria:
http://climate.athens.oh.us/criteria.txt

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