Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
403 AM EST MON FEB 8 2016

...PROLONGED OFF AND ON LIGHT SNOW EVENT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER A
  36 HOUR PERIOD. SOME SETTLING AND MELTING OF FALLEN SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE ADVISORY PERIOD.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE AROUND FOR MOST OF THE WEEK WITH VARYING
  INTENSITY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. VISIBILITIES WILL
  BE LIMITED AT TIMES.

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.

...DISCUSSION...

A STRONG COLD FRONT BRINGS RAIN TODAY WITH SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...
CHANGING TO SNOW EVERYWHERE IN FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. A COLD
FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING EAST OVER
THE GREAT LAKES WILL SPREAD SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  FIGURE ON AN INCH TO
4 INCHES PER 12 HOUR PERIOD ACROSS THE LOWLANDS...BUT 4 TO 6 PER 12
HOUR PERIOD OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A QUIETER WEATHER PATTERN TAKES
HOLD LATE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND BUT REMAINING QUITE COLD.

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

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