Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
516 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
   THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

IN ADDITION...A COLD WAVE IS LIKELY WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR A PORTION OF THIS TIME FRAME.

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

...DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TODAY...FOR A BRIEF BREAK FROM
THE WET WEATHER AS OF LATE. IT WILL HOWEVER...BE QUITE COLD TODAY AS
COMPARED TO RECENT. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH SNOW EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST
OHIO...AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. ONCE THAT FAST DISTURBANCE EXITS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR COLDER AIR TO POUR IN DURING
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. FOR ALL OF THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY AND
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON...SO FAR...
ARRIVES FIRST THING WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES SLOWLY
FALLING THROUGH DAY. WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR THE LOWLANDS...AND BELOW ZERO IN THE
WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS...AND EVEN PARTS OF THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
LOWLANDS AND SOUTHEAST OHIO.

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