HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 412 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2014 RAINS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE WET SOILS FROM RECENT RAINS...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LEAD TO SWOLLEN SMALL STREAMS. HOWEVER...IF THESE RAINS BECOME HEAVIER FOR A BRIEF TIME LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING...SOME VULNERABLE SMALL STREAMS COULD OVERFLOW ON SATURDAY. IF THAT THREAT INCREASES...A FLOOD WATCH WOULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES. Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily): http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/ ...DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT WILL SLOWLY MEANDER ITS WAY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN ALONG WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF CLOUDS. THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVIER AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...JUST AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE WAVE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THERE COULD EVEN BE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER. A FLOOD WATCH COULD BE POSTED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COUNTIES...IF THE THREAT OF MORE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN INCREASES. THE LOW PRESSURE PASSES DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON SATURDAY. OUR WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE NORTHWEST...CAUSING TEMPERATURES TO FALL DURING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE LINGERING LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING SATURDAY EVENING. FOR SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN...ALONG WITH SOME MUCH NEEDED DRIER AIR. A MID AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST MONDAY...AND COULD AFFECT OUR AREA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ===================================================================== The "StormFlood" Listserv is a regional preparedness and planning partnership made possible by funding from Ohio University Risk Management and Safety http://www.ohio.edu/riskandsafety/ Affiliated web services: Southeast Ohio Flood Potential Monitoring page: http://seorf.ohiou.edu/xx073/floodprep.html Athens Co. OH Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network: http://climate.athens.oh.us/oh-at/ Athens Ohio Climatological Data Archive (7/2002-3/2012): http://climate.athens.oh.us/ Subscribe/Un-subscribe this mailing list: http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/stormflood =====================================================================
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