Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
332 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2014

A SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT. INITIAL PRECIPITATION COULD BE RAIN OR SNOW...
BUT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW.
ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE ENOUGH FOR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES...
ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

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

...DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY...PUTTING AN END TO
THE SNOW FLURRIES AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. THE CLOUDS
WILL LINGER FOR MOST THOUGH WITH COLD AIR ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION.
THE SKY WILL CLEAR TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING...PROVIDING
FOR THE COLDEST NIGHT OF THE SEASON THUS FAR. HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL LINGER ON SATURDAY. AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE WITH RAIN OR SNOW
POSSIBLE.  DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING...AS A STRENGTHENING DISTURBANCE ALOFT COMBINES WITH A COLD
FRONT.  PRECIPITATION COULD START AS RAIN OR SNOW...BUT WILL LIKELY
TURN TO SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA.
THE AIR IS COLD ENOUGH THAT HIGHS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.

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