Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
459 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT
   FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST SATURDAY.

Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...
  WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO 4 INCHES.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT...
  POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN NEAR THE OHIO RIVER.
  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY.

* TEMPERATURES...30 TO 33 DEGREES.

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 CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...
OR BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

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Athens Co. OH Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network:
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Athens Ohio Climatological Data Archive (7/2002-3/2012):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/

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