Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
354 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM
    5 AM TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 7 PM EST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS
   ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
   OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: SNOW ON UNTREATED SURFACES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS
AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR
HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST MON JAN 10 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    TUE      WED      THU      FRI      SAT      SUN
JAN 10   JAN 11   JAN 12   JAN 13   JAN 14   JAN 15   JAN 16
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
MOCLDY   SNOW     MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   SNOSHWR
--/27    22/30    23/29    14/27    11/28    15/34    25/34
--/10    60/90    60/40    30/10    10/10    10/20    40/50

...SYNOPSIS...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW INTO THE
SOUTHERN COALFIELDS BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...NORTHWARD INTO
THE REST OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOME WINTRY MIX
WILL ALSO GET INVOLVED MAINLY OVER EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

BEHIND THE LOW PRESSURE...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH COLD
NORTHWEST FLOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO POSSIBLY THURSDAY...FOLLOWED BY A
GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

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

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