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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1020 PM EST THU NOV 26 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
COLDER AIR...WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS...WILL SPREAD EAST FROM THE 
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY ON THROUGH THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS OVERNIGHT.  
SNOW SHOWERS BE MOST NUMEROUS IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH ACCUMULATING 
SNOW EXPECTED THERE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.  SEVERAL INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY THE WINDWARD FACING 
HIGH TERRAIN.
A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE 
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...BUT WILL TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY MORNING AS DRIER 
AND WARMER WEATHER MOVES INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. 
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ATTENDING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
AREA MONDAY...PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY MILD BUT WET WEATHER. 
COLDER AIR WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS IN 
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...WILL COME IN BEHIND THE 
FRONT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
EXPECT BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRY AND COLD AIR LATER TUESDAY AND 
TUESDAY NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH MORE 
RAIN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. 
&&
.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO...MUCH OF NORTHERN
WEST VIRGINIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REMAINDER 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 FRIDAY NIGHT IN AND
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO HALF OF A FOOT OVER WINDWARD
TERRAIN ABOVE 3500 FEET...AND UP TO TWO INCHES AT ELEVATIONS AS
LOW AS 2000 FEET...CAN MAKE ROADS SLICK...REQUIRING LOWER SPEEDS
AND GREATER DISTANCES BETWEEN VEHICLES WHILE DRIVING. &&
.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
.LONG TERM IMPACTS /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
$$
SYNOPSIS...CL/SL/JMV
NEAR TERM...CL
SHORT TERM...SL
LONG TERM...JMV