HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 519 AM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 A WEAKENING SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL BRING MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CRITERIA. A MAJOR WINTER STORM DEVELOPS OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IN SOME COUNTIES THE PRECIPITATION ON FRIDAY COULD BE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS NOW...MONITOR FOR WINTER STORM WATCHES...THEN WARNINGS...IF THIS WINTER HAZARD CONTINUES TO EXIST. Athens OH 7-Day Forecast (updates 4-5 times daily): http://climate.athens.oh.us/Athens-7Day/ ...DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE AND THE COLD AIR LINGERS TODAY AND TONIGHT...BUT WITH MUCH LESS WIND. ON WEDNESDAY...A WEAKENING DISTURBANCE MOVING UP THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL BRING A PERIOD OF MOSTLY LIGHT SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED. THIS SY STEM WILL EXIT EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LEAVING ANOTHER COLD NIGHT. LOW LEVEL CLOUDS MAY LINGER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRY WEATHER SHOULD HOLD ON THURSDAY...WITH MODERATING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS STILL STRESSING...THAT THE FIRST MAJOR STORM OF THIS WINTER APPEARS LIKELY FOR THE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY TIME FRAME. YET...IN SEVERAL COUNTIES THE PRECIPITATION WILL NOT BE ENTIRELY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. SNOW... A WINTRY MIX...AND RAIN WILL MOVE NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC COAST... COLDER AIR SHOULD PRODUCE MOSTLY SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. INCREASE YOUR WEATHER AWARENESS FOR THIS WINTER STORM...MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WATCHES. ===================================================================== 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: http://climate.athens.oh.us/ Subscribe/Un-subscribe this mailing list: http://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/stormflood =====================================================================
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