HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
433 AM EDT FRI MAR 15 2013
 
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF RAIN OR SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
MONDAY NIGHT. THE INITIAL RAINS MAY SET THE STAGE FOR MORE RUNOFF
FROM THE LATTER ROUNDS.  SNOW MELT IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR.
 
WE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR RAIN AMOUNTS...PLUS WATER LEVELS ON
STREAMS AND RIVERS DURING THIS WET PERIOD. IF THE RAIN FAVORS
CERTAIN COUNTIES...RATHER THAN OSCILLATING SOUTH AND NORTH
WITH LULLS...A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED.
 
BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING...SOME GUSTY SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY AS A WARM FRONT PASSES
THROUGH...BRINGING WARMER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING MOISTURE.
 
RAIN ENTERS THE FORECAST TONIGHT...AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
 
THAT WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES OUR VICINITY ON SATURDAY.
A NOTICEABLE NORTH TO SOUTH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WILL BE SEEN
ON SATURDAY.
 
IN ITS WAKE...AN EAST TO WEST FRONT SAGS SOUTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA OR SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.  HOWEVER...
THAT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT OVERNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.
 
PLENTY OF MOISTURE SHOULD BE NORTH OF THAT BOUNDARY ON SAINT
PATRICKS DAY...SUNDAY.
 
WARMER AIR ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD TRIGGER SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH THE SHOWERS.
 
WILL HAVE TO MONITOR WATER LEVELS ON STREAMS AND RIVERS DURING THIS
WET PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IF THE RAIN FAVORS CERTAIN COUNTIES...RATHER
THAN OSCILLATING SOUTH AND NORTH.
 
COLDER AIR ON TUESDAY...FINALLY SHOULD END OUR STRETCH OF WET WEATHER.
 
----[ 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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