HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 356 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009 WIND BLOWN SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND... MAY REQUIRE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF THE WIND AND COLD MAY REQUIRE SOME WIND CHILL ADVISORIES SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. ...SYNOPSIS... CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING TODAY IN ADVANCE OF A STORM SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN LOWLANDS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...WITH A RAIN SNOW MIX POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS REGION AND IN THE WV MOUNTAINS. SOME FREEZING RAIN CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ON THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WV MOUNTAINS. ON THURSDAY...THE DEEPER MOISTURE QUICKLY EXITS TO OUR NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...MORE IMPULSES REACH US LATE IN THE DAY. A COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY SWING THROUGH DURING NEW YEARS EVE...BEFORE THE BALL DROPS IN THE BIG APPLE. THIS COLDER AIR WILL RESULT IN A WINTRY MIXTURE EARLY...WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW SHOWERS BEFORE DAWN ON NEW YEARS DAY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST WILL KEEP VERY COLD AIR AND ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE AREA...THROUGH THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE COLD AIR SHOULD STILL BE HERE...AS WE HEAD BACK TO WORK AND SCHOOL ON MONDAY. SO BE PREPARED FOR AN EXTENDED COLD WAVE... AS WE START OFF THE NEW YEAR. _________________________ TABULAR FORECAST SOUTHEAST OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EST WED DEC 30 2009 ROWS INCLUDE... DAILY PREDOMINANT DAYTIME WEATHER 6AM-6PM FORECAST TEMPERATURES...EARLY MORNING LOW/DAYTIME HIGH PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION NIGHTTIME 6PM-6AM/DAYTIME 6AM-6PM FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST FCST TODAY THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE DEC 30 DEC 31 JAN 01 JAN 02 JAN 03 JAN 04 JAN 05 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== MOCLDY RNSNOW CLOUDY MOCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY MOCLDY --/41 34/41 27/28 17/22 13/21 13/25 13/28 --/20 90/80 60/40 40/30 20/10 10/20 20/20 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohio Road 'Snow Emergency' Levels defined: http://www.weathersafety.ohio.gov/SnowEmergencyClassifications.aspx Winter Storm Watch/Warning Criteria Changes (NWS Charleston WV) http://climate.athens.oh.us/criteria.txt ===================================================================== The "StormFlood" Listserv is a regional preparedness and planning partnership made possible by funding from Ohio University Environmental Health and Safety. Affiliated web services: Southeast Ohio Flood Potential Monitoring page: http://seorf.ohiou.edu/xx073/floodprep.html Athens Ohio Climatological Data Archive: http://climate.athens.oh.us/ Subscribe/Un-subscribe this mailing list: http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/stormflood =====================================================================
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