HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
328 AM EST THU DEC 19 2013
 
PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-JACKSON OH-VINTON-
 
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES...COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. FLOOD WATCHES
MAY BE NECESSARY.  SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
 
Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily):
http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/
 
..DISCUSSION...
 
SOUTHWEST FLOW PREVAILS AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFF OF THE
SOUTHEAST COAST.  THIS BRINGS MILDER AIR INTO THE AREA.  TODAY WILL
FEATURE SUNSHINE FILTERED ONLY BY HIGH THINS CLOUDS...ALONG WITH A
MILDER AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT CLOSE TO
TEN DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
 
CLOUDS WILL LOWER AND THICKEN OVER THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
TONIGHT...AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BOTTOM OUT ABOVE FREEZING
FOR THE MOST PART.
 
UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...AS A SERIES
OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL
BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...AS WARMER TEMPERATURES SURGE OUT AHEAD OF
SYSTEM.
 
A COLD FRONT IS TIMED TO CROSS OVERNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY.
DRASTIC CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES ALOFT COULD BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DROP TO BELOW
FREEZING IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
 
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