URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 516 AM EST WED JAN 19 2011 ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS: POTENTIAL FOR 4 INCHES IN A 12 HOUR PERIOD. * TIMING: THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS LIKELY TO OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS: UNTREATED ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. * TEMPERATURES: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S ONCE THE SNOW STARTS...WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER TEENS OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. __________________________________ TABULAR FORECAST FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 437 AM EST WED JAN 19 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 THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE JAN 19 JAN 20 JAN 21 JAN 22 JAN 23 JAN 24 JAN 25 ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== FZDRZL SNOW MOCLDY MOCLDY PTCLDY PTCLDY MOCLDY --/34 21/29 15/20 4/23 17/28 19/33 24/34 --/20 10/100 100/20 10/00 20/10 10/30 30/30 ...SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW OR DRIZZLE COULD LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH COLD WEATHER RIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WEAK LOW WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONGER LOW MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Winter 2011 NWS "AWARE" Newsletter now available (14 Pgs 1.3 Mb PDF) http://www.weather.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/10-11winter-aware.pdf 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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