HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
412 AM EST WED DEC 4 2013
 
A COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...STALLING INTO FRIDAY
AS AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ALONG THE FRONT. PERSISTENT RAINFALL
WITH THIS SYSTEM COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING.
 
YET ANOTHER SYSTEM ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF STREAMS AND RIVERS.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
A WARM FRONT WILL CROSS TODAY...WITH PERHAPS A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST OHIO. OTHERWISE...A MILD DAY WILL BE FEATURED WITH
VARYING DEGREES OF CLOUD COVER.
 
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS
EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST OHIO AND ALSO IN THE WEST
VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING SHOWERS. THE FRONT WILL THEN
STALL AS WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ALONG IT. THIS WILL PROVIDE RAIN
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT
FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH RAIN CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX BEFORE ENDING.
 
BRIEF DRY WEATHER UNDER A COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CAN BE EXPECTED
ON SATURDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN AFFECT OUR AREA SUNDAY
AND MONDAY WITH EVEN MORE PRECIPITATION.
 
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