Hazardous Weather Potential

[Ted Jacobson]

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
519 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016

A WEAKENING SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL BRING
MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY CRITERIA.

A MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...AND
CONTINUES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IN SOME
COUNTIES THE PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY COULD BE A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW...MONITOR FOR WINTER STORM
WATCHES...THEN WARNINGS...IF THIS WINTER HAZARD CONTINUES TO EXIST.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/

...DISCUSSION...
 
HIGH PRESSURE AND THE COLD AIR LINGERS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT WITH
MUCH LESS WIND. ON WEDNESDAY...A WEAKENING DISTURBANCE MOVING UP THE
OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW.
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED. THIS SY STEM WILL EXIT
EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LEAVING ANOTHER COLD NIGHT. LOW LEVEL CLOUDS
MAY LINGER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY WEATHER SHOULD HOLD ON THURSDAY...WITH
MODERATING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
STILL STRESSING...THAT THE FIRST MAJOR STORM OF THIS WINTER APPEARS
LIKELY FOR THE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY TIME FRAME. YET...IN
SEVERAL COUNTIES THE PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE ENTIRELY IN THE FORM OF
SNOW. SNOW... A WINTRY MIX...AND RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...
COLDER AIR SHOULD PRODUCE MOSTLY SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS FOR THIS WINTER STORM...MONITOR FOR
POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WATCHES.
 
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