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EARLY MORNING WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND 
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005

THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS WILL BE ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE OF A
STORM MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TODAY.

ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE MOSTLY FROM THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES ON 
EAST INTO THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. FURTHER WEST...A DRY DAY WAS 
FIGURED FOR MUCH OF THE OHIO VALLEY COUNTIES...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST 
OHIO.

THE HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS...OR WINTER STORM WARNINGS...WERE LIMITED TO 
THE BLUEFIELD AND LEWISBURG VICINITIES ON NORTH TO POCAHONTAS AND 
PENDLETON COUNTIES.  

A LOW PRESSURE WAVE IS DEVELOPING ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR 
SOUTH.  THE STORM WAS DOWN IN GEORGIA.  THIS STORM SHOULD TRACK 
NORTHEAST...TO THE CAROLINA COASTAL REGION THIS EVENING...THEN OUT 
TO SEA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.  THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND HEAVIER 
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN TO OUR EAST AND SOUTH.    

LIGHT SNOW SHOULD START DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND
SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN DAWN AND SAY 10 OCLOCK.  SINCE THIS 
IS A DEVELOPING BUT FAST MOVING FEATURE...TS TOUGH TO FORECAST HOW 
MUCH SNOW WILL FALL IN THE TIGHT GRADIENT ON THE NORTHWESTERN EDGE 
OF THE SNOW SHIELD.  ALL IN ALL...THIS SHOULD NOT BE A MAJOR OR 
MEMORABLE WINTER EVENT.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST VIRGINIA...WITH ONLY A 
FEW SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.  

FOR TUESDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND THURSDAY...A COLD NORTHWESTERLY WIND 
FLOW WILL BE SEEN...PROVIDING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH CHANCES 
OF SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES.  SO THE MAIN THEME FOR MID WEEK APPEARS TO 
BE THE COLD...NOT SNOW. 

A MORE ORGANIZED WEATHER SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND 
FRIDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF STEADIER SNOW.

SOME MODERATION IN TEMPERATURE IS POSSIBLE BY THE WEEKEND.

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KTB