HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
400 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
   TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY.
 
* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST OHIO..NORTHEAST KENTUCKY..
  SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND MOST OF WEST VIRGINIA.
 
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS.
 
* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW.
 
* TIMING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
* IMPACTS...SLIPPERY ROADS AND OVERPASSES...WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES.
 
* WINDS...WESTERLY 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
 
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
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
438 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2012
 
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
FEB 10   FEB 11   FEB 12   FEB 13   FEB 14   FEB 15   FEB 16
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
SHWRS    SNOSHWR  PTCLDY   PTCLDY   CLOUDY   MOCLDY   MOCLDY
--/39    23/27    12/31    15/40    28/42    31/45    34/49
--/50    70/50    20/10    00/10    10/40    30/10    20/40
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
LOW PRESSURE ALONG WITH AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING MAINLY
SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.
LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT
MOVING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
 
SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF IN THE LOWLANDS BY EARLY SATURDAY
EVENING. AS THE FLOW TURNS FROM THE NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT...
A SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED IN THE WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO EARLY SUNDAY.
 
SEVERAL INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE IN THE MOUNTAINS...
AND AN INCH OR THREE ARE EVEN POSSIBLE IN THE LOWLANDS.
IT WILL ALSO TURN WINDY AND COLD FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE RIDGES POSING A THREAT FOR DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS.  THEREFORE...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THE REST OF THE AREA
UNTIL 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING.
 
A SHORT WAVE TROUGH BRINGS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS FOR MID WEEK.
 
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