Hazardous Weather Potential

Thu Mar 10 07:31:31 EST 2011

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
405 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS, INCLUDING LOCATIONS ON THE OHIO RIVER
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
    TO NOON EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON EST FRIDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.

* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING
   LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE
   DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND DRIVE AT A LOWER SPEED. ALLOW
   MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO
   LOWER 30S TONIGHT.

* VISIBILITIES...SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...MAKING
   DRIVING DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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 MAR 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    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
MAR 10   MAR 11   MAR 12   MAR 13   MAR 14   MAR 15   MAR 16
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
RAIN     SNOW     PTCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/49    28/41    31/53    34/45    27/43    27/48    36/56
--/80    90/70    20/30    30/10    10/10    30/20    10/10

...SYNOPSIS...

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.  AS IT
DOES...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL FORM SOUTH OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND
THEN MOVE UP ALONG THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  IT WILL
MOVE UP ALONG THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS...ALONG THE WEST
VIRGINIA VIRGINIA BORDER.  IT WILL NOT BECOME THAT STRONG OR
ORGANIZED AS A RESULT.  NONETHELESS...IT WILL MAKE FOR ANOTHER WET
DAY TODAY.

AS THE LOW GOES BY TONIGHT...COLDER AIR COMING INTO THE AREA TODAY
AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING.
THERE WILL BE SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN
EASTERN OHIO AND IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA...
WHERE TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY DAWN FRIDAY.
OTHER AREAS WILL GET AN INCH OR TWO...MOSTLY ON GRASSY SURFACES.

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO A RAIN
SNOW MIX OR EVEN RAIN OVER THE LOWLANDS IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW
WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS.

A WEAK SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH
SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE MOUNTAINS.
ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH BY MONDAY NIGHT.

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