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AWUS81 KRLX 242053
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
353 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009
SYNOPSIS
CLOUDS ARE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT WITH ABOVE NORMAL LOW TEMPERATURES.
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS ON WEDNESDAY...WITH ONLY
ISOLATED SHOWERS. COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLDER AIR MASS...CLOUDS
AND SHOWERS ON THANKSGIVING DAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS THE
LOWLANDS...AND WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
EASTERN MOUNTAINS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED AT ELEVATIONS HIGHER THAN THREE
THOUSAND FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH DRY WEATHER AND A
WARMING TREND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA
EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH MILD TEMPERATURES.
NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SHORT TERM IMPACTS /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO...MUCH OF NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THURSDAY NIGHT. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED
DURING THIS TIME ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST VIRGINIA LOWLANDS.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE LOWLAND COUNTIES
ON FRIDAY...WITH SNOW CONTINUING ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION FRIDAY NIGHT.
THESE CONDITIONS COULD CREATE SLICK ROADS.
SNOW ACCUMULATION CAN MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS AND
GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING.
LONG TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SYNOPSIS...CL/ARJ/JMV
NEAR TERM...CL
SHORT TERM...ARJ
LONG TERM...JMV
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