NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
506 AM EST THU FEB 4 2010
 
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LOOMS ON THE HORIZON FOR FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY...SPREADING SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SNOW CHANGING TO
RAIN FOR A TIME FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WEST
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
PEOPLE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST TO BETTER PREPARE
FOR WINTER IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM.
 
FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA. HEAVY SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES OUTSIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS...WILL MAKE TRAVEL
CONDITIONS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL SHOULD BE
AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS... DRIVE AT
SLOWER SPEEDS...AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
LEAVE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS...AND CARRY AN EMERGENCY SURVIVAL
KIT INCLUDING FOOD...WATER...AND BLANKETS.
 
IN ADDITION...SOME POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HEAVY
NATURE OF THE SNOW...AS SOME TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ON POWER LINES.
 
SOME ICE AT THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION FRIDAY MORNING COULD
BRIEFLY MAKE ROADS VERY SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER
DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES.
 
.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
 
MORE SNOW EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST THU FEB 4 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    FRI      SAT      SUN      MON      TUE      WED
FEB 04   FEB 05   FEB 06   FEB 07   FEB 08   FEB 09   FEB 10
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PTCLDY   SNOW     SNOW     PTCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/42    26/32    30/32    21/29    12/30    19/32    19/31
--/00    00/100  100/80    30/10    00/10    30/30    30/20
 
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Winter NWS "Aware" Newsletter now available (14 pp. 1.07 Mb. PDF)
http://www.weather.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/09-10winter-aware.pdf
 
Ohio Road 'Snow Emergency' Levels defined:
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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