URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
650 AM EST THU FEB 25 2010
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
   UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY...
 
A PROLONGED SNOW SHOWER EPISODE IS STILL FORECAST.
SNOW SHOWERS BEGAN LAST NIGHT...AND SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
AS IS THE NATURE OF SNOW SHOWERS...THEY WILL VARY IN INTENSITY AND
BREAKS COULD EASILY OCCUR.  THE AREAL COVERAGE AND ACCUMULATION OF THE
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE THE GREATEST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
 
IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE...AND CONTINUE TO BLOW INTO FRIDAY.
 
GIVEN THE INCREASING SOLAR RADIATION AT THIS LATE STAGE IN THE
WINTER...THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BE AT NIGHT.
SOME MELTING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE MIDDAY AND AFTERNOON HOURS.
 
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.
 
PLEASE REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
437 AM EST THU FEB 25 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 25   FEB 26   FEB 27   FEB 28   MAR 01   MAR 02   MAR 03
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
SNOSHWR  SNOSHWR  SNOSHWR  SNOSHWR  MOCLDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY
--/31    21/30    25/35    23/37    23/38    22/37    22/37
--/60    60/80    70/60    50/50    30/10    10/10    10/20
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
A STORM SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN TODAY OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.
THIS LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL REACH ITS PEAK INTENSITY ON
FRIDAY....NEAR NEW YORK CITY...THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN ALONG THE
NORTHEAST COAST OVER THE WEEKEND.
 
WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE HERE...THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE TO BLOW ON FRIDAY.
 
THIS WILL KEEP COLD TEMPERATURES HERE...AND SNOW SHOWERS GOING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
 
...NEAR TERM IMPACTS /TODAY AND TONIGHT/...
 
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE LOWLANDS WILL MAKE ROADS
SLICK...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE LOWER SPEEDS AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN
VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW MORE TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.
 
INCREASING WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL
CONTINUE TO BLOW OVERNIGHT. THIS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER
FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES...AND PERHAPS BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM
DEBRIS. BLOWING SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES COULD RESTRICT
VISIBILITY ACROSS OPEN ROADS. THESE WINDS COULD ALSO IMPEDE SKI
LIFT OPERATIONS.
 
...SHORT TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
 
ACROSS THE LOWLAND COUNTIES...LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD
STILL LEAVE ROADS SNOW COVERED...ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT AND EARLY IN
THE MORNING. THIS WOULD REQUIRE SLOWER SPEEDS AND MORE TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
 
STRONG WINDS GUSTS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING.  THIS
COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES...
AND PERHAPS BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM DEBRIS. BLOWING SNOW OVER THE
MOUNTAIN COUNTIES COULD RESTRICT VISIBILITY ACROSS OPEN ROADS.
THESE WINDS COULD ALSO IMPEDE SKI LIFT OPERATIONS.
 
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