HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
436 AM EST THU JAN 10 2013
 
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME.  EVENTUALLY...SAY BY THE SUNDAY
INTO TUESDAY PERIOD...WATER LEVELS ON CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY BECOME
A CONCERN. IF THE THREAT OF FLOODING ON THESE WATERWAYS INCREASES...
FLOOD WATCHES WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
THE FOGGY OVERNIGHT WILL SPILL OVER INTO THE EARLY MORNING
COMMUTE...AS HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAK WINDS DOMINATE.
 
A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH TONIGHT...THROUGH OUR VICINITY.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS...ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE...
WOULD BE OVER KENTUCKY AND OHIO LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...
COMPARED TO COUNTIES FURTHER EAST.
 
A FRONT WILL OSCILLATE ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. IT
WILL MOVE THROUGH AS A WEAK COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY...BRINGING SHOWERS.
HOWEVER THERE IS NO REAL COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT...IN FACT
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THEIR WARMING TREND. THE FRONT WILL THEN
RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT SATURDAY...AGAIN WITH ANOTHER DOSE OF
SHOWERS...AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
 
THE FRONT WILL THEN STRENGTHEN AND APPROACH AS A COLD FRONT ON
SUNDAY...SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A NUMBER OF WAVES OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP ALONG THE FRONT...THE FIRST PASSING WEST
OF THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY. EACH SUCCESSIVE WAVE WILL PULL THE
FRONT FARTHER EAST...WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO MORE SEASONABLE
LEVELS FOR THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY BY MIDWEEK.
 
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