HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
307 AM EST FRI DEC 13 2013
 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED.
 
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
 
SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...WILL TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX...THEN
RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED
EARLY SATURDAY.
 
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
...DISCUSSION...
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY...WITH
GRADUALLY WARMER TEMPERATURES...BUT INCREASING CLOUDS AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION RETURN TONIGHT AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT
AS SNOW ACROSS MOST AREAS SATURDAY MORNING...EXCEPT ACROSS SOUTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND EASTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE A
WINTRY MIX IS MORE LIKELY.
 
AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD...THROUGH THE MIDDLE
OHIO VALLEY LATE SATURDAY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL
RAIN...EXCEPT FOR INTERIOR SOUTHEAST OHIO...WHERE SNOW AND SLEET
REMAIN AT LEAST MIXED IN...AND THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINS...WHERE FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE
EQUATION.
 
THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF SATURDAY EVENING...AS THE
SYSTEM PASSES.  SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WEST VIRGINIA
MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT...AS WEST WINDS BRING IN COLDER AIR BEHIND
THE SYSTEM.
 
THE NEW WORK WEEK WILL FEATURE SEASONABLY CHILLY WEATHER...WITH WEAK
DISTURBANCES GIVING WAY TO HIGH PRESSURE...AND MODERATING
TEMPERATURES...BY NEXT THURSDAY.
 
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