HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
642 AM EST MON MAR 4 2013
 
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
WEDNESDAY. THIS EVENT MAY LEAD TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OR
WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
CLOUDS WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL GRADUALLY EXIT
EAST...LEADING TO MOSTLY SUNNY OR CLEAR SKIES SPREADING FROM WEST TO
EAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...EXPECT DRY WEATHER WITH
SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES COMPARED TO YESTERDAYS...DUE TO SUNSHINE.
 
FLOW WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TONIGHT...AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING WARM FRONT...AND ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT...WITH
LOCALIZED AREAS OF DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SPRINKLES ON THE
LEADING EDGE OF PRECIPITATION...FOLLOWED BY ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY...OVER KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN OHIO AND SOUTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA.
 
PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW
OVERNIGHT FOR ALL LOCATIONS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE EASTERN HIGH TERRAIN BY
WEDNESDAY...WHERE A GENERAL SIX TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL
FALL...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
LOWLAND AREAS WILL SEE AROUND ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
 
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO WIND DOWN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM MOVES OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.
 
OUR MARCH ENVIRONMENT FINALLY SETTLES DOWN FOR THURSDAY...FRIDAY...
AND SATURDAY.  AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE RISING.
 
----[ Reminder ]-----------------------------------------------------
 
Ohio University Spring Meteorology Symposium
Saturday March 16th, 2013. 1pm-5pm - Free w/RSVP requested
Margaret M. Walter Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Details: http://scalialab.com/symposium13.html
 
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