HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
410 AM EST SUN FEB 7 2010
 
SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TUESDAY...AND A COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND WIND TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY COULD LEAD TO WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST SUN FEB 7 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    MON      TUE      WED      THU      FRI      SAT
FEB 07   FEB 08   FEB 09   FEB 10   FEB 11   FEB 12   FEB 13
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PTCLDY   PTCLDY   SNOW     CLOUDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY   PTCLDY
--/24    8/30     19/35    22/28    16/27    12/32    11/32
--/00    00/10    30/80    80/40    40/10    10/10    20/10
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM PROVIDES A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SOME CLEARING...
WITH COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE 20S.
 
A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM ARRIVES TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO RAIN
ACROSS THE LOWLANDS...AND THEN BACK TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
GENERALLY ALL FROZEN PRECIPITATION LIKELY FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO AND
THE NORTHEAST WV MOUNTAINS.
 
IN THE WAKE OF THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT...MUCH COLDER
AIR WILL CHARGE BACK OUR WAY...FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
WIND BLOWN AND FLUFFY SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY.
 
A CALMER ENVIRONMENT IS PICTURED FOR THURSDAY.
 
.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
 
SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TUESDAY....REQUIRING
LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING.
 
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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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