HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
412 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010
 
WE WILL BE WATCHING RAINFALL TOTALS FROM A STORM SYSTEM ON SUNDAY.
WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT PRECIPITATION...HIGH WATER
ISSUES MAY ARISE IF HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS ARE OBSERVED.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2010
 
ROWS INCLUDE...
DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM
FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION NIGHTTIME 6PM-6AM/DAYTIME 6AM-6PM
 
FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST
TODAY    SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED      THU
JAN 22   JAN 23   JAN 24   JAN 25   JAN 26   JAN 27   JAN 28
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CLOUDY   PTCLDY   RAIN     CLOUDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/45    33/53    39/55    36/41    27/35    21/31    19/30
--/30    10/10    20/90    50/40    40/40    20/10    10/20
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
LOW PRESSURE OVER KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES
EASTWARD...WITH A NEW LOW OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BECOMING STRONGER.
IN THE MOUNTAINS...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
THIS MORNING ALONG EAST AND SOUTHEAST FACING SLOPES..AS TEMPERATURES
THERE REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING.  LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SUFFICIENTLY TO END MOST OF
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION.  WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS...A LITTLE MORE
LIGHT RAIN IS FORECAST.
 
CLOUDS AND SPITS OF RAIN WILL LINGER THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY DRY...AND PARTIAL CLEARING MAY BE SEEN.
 
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS SATURDAY.
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...PRECEDED BY
MILD TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD RAIN SUNDAY. COLDER UNSTABLE AIR
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING RAIN SHOWERS MONDAY. THESE WILL CHANGE
TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE
TUESDAY.
 
HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BUT YET ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY AFFECT US BY FRIDAY WITH RAIN OR SNOW.
 
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http://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/SnowEmergencyClassifications.aspx
 
Winter Storm Watch/Warning Criteria Changes (NWS Charleston WV)
http://climate.athens.oh.us/criteria.txt
 
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