URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 603 AM EST THU JAN 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON EST FRIDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE: SNOW SHOWERS OF VARYING INTENSITY * ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE DURING FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW OR ICE ON UNTREATED SURFACES. * WINDS: WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. * TEMPERATURES: WILL RISE VERY LITTLE ON FRIDAY... AS THE COLDER AIR TAKES FIRM CONTROL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR FOR SNOW OR ICE ON UNTREATED ROADS. ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME...SO YOU CAN DRIVE SLOWER. PLEASE REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...877-633-6772. ________________________________________ TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EST THU JAN 6 2011 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 FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED JAN 06 JAN 07 JAN 08 JAN 09 JAN 10 JAN 11 JAN 12 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== SNOSHWR MOCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY MOCLDY MOCLDY --/36 18/25 16/25 14/30 17/31 19/29 17/26 --/70 80/40 40/40 10/10 10/10 20/30 30/30 .DISCUSSION... TODAY WE WAIT THE ARRIVAL OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THE FRONT SHOULD BLOW THROUGH SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY NEAR SUNSET... THEN CROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP NEAR THE FRONT...AND IN ITS WAKE...AS WE TURN COLDER OVERNIGHT. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... BUT THE MAIN STORY WILL LIKELY BE THE COLD ON FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND...RATHER THAN THE SNOW. STILL...ROUNDS OF SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE COLD WAVE SHOULD RELAX A BIT ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CREEP HIGHER. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NWS Southeast OH Winter watch/warning/advisory threshhold cirteria: 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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