URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
420 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
 
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS (Friday) MORNING
   TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY...
 
* TIMING...FROM 9 AM TODAY TO 1 AM SATURDAY.
 
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
 
* IMPACTS...WEAK TREE BRANCHES...AND SOME WEAK ROOTED TREES MAY
  FALL...AIDED BY SATURATED GROUNDS.  LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES
  ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE ALSO VULNERABLE
  LOCATIONS. SUDDEN CROSS WINDS MAY AFFECT MOTORISTS.
 
RESIDENTS SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS.
IF POSSIBLE...AVOID PARKING VEHICLES UNDER LARGE TREES.
 
THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 46 MPH.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
 
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
438 AM EST FRI FEB 24 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 24   FEB 25   FEB 26   FEB 27   FEB 28   FEB 29   MAR 01
======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======   ======
MOCLDY   MOCLDY   SUNNY    PTCLDY   PTCLDY   MOCLDY   PTCLDY
--/55    28/35    22/47    30/53    30/51    36/51    33/41
--/30    30/30    10/00    00/10    10/10    10/40    50/20
 
...SYNOPSIS...
 
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT OVER THE WV MOUNTAINOUS
COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING.
 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE MILD THIS MORNING.  HOWEVER...MUCH COLDER
AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ACCOMPANIED BY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
 
A COLD WINTER DAY IS STRESSED FOR SATURDAY.  THE WIND WILL ADD TO
THE CHILL...BUT THE GUSTS SHOULD NOT BE AS STRONG.  SNOW SHOWERS
WILL BE COMMON IN WEST VIRGINIA ON SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE MOUNTAINOUS WV COUNTIES...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
 
CLEARING DEVELOPS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MID OHIO VALLEY AND
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OUR WAY.
A DRY SUNDAY IS STILL EXPECTED...WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.
 
MOISTURE INCREASES TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED
BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY.
 
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