HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 448 AM EST MON MAR 2 2015 DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF PRECIPITATION TUESDAY MORNING... SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE. SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG A COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IF TEMPERATURES ARE WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN...FLOODING COULD BE A POSSIBILITY. IF TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW...WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED. Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily): http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/ ...DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TODAY AMID MORE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A WARM FRONT WILL BRING RAIN TO THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY. THIS WILL QUICKLY BE FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT...PROVIDING EVEN MORE RAIN. THE FRONT WILL STALL JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS AND MOVES ALONG THE FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE COLD AIR MAKES IT... PRECIPITATION WITH THIS LOW COULD BE EITHER RAIN OR SNOW...OR A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. IF IT FALLS MAINLY AS RAIN...THERE IS A THREAT OF FLOODING. IF IT FALLS MAINLY AS SNOW...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM ON THURSDAY...PROVIDING SOME SNOW SHOWERS. COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. ----[ FYI ]---------------------------------------------------------- Ohio Univ. Meteorological Symposium - Saturday, March 21 12-5pm Attendance is free, but RSVP is requested. Everyone welcome! Details: http://www.scalialab.com/symposium15.html ===================================================================== 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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