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AWUS81 KRLX 260141
RWSRLX

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
941 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WEAKENS AND NEARLY DISSIPATES AS IT TRIES TO CREEP EAST 
AND SOUTH...TO THE WEST VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY BORDER WITH 
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA BY DAWN FRIDAY.

FOG SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH MOSTLY DRY AND WARM 
CONDITIONS.  THE EXCEPTION...IS FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE 
MOUNTAINS...WHERE A FEW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP IN EASTERLY FLOW. 

HURRICANE IRENE TRACKS NORTH OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT 
AND SATURDAY.  THE HURRICANE TRACK SHOULD REMAIN FAR ENOUGH TO OUR 
EAST FOR DRY CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR MOST COUNTIES. 
HOWEVER...THE OUTER BANDS OF IRENE COULD BRING CLOUDS AND FEW 
SHOWERS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN COUNTIES THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AREAS OF FOG OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WILL REDUCE ROAD
VISIBILITY. WHEN DRIVING IN THICK FOG...DO NOT ASSUME THE ROAD
AHEAD IS UNOBSTRUCTED. DRIVE SLOWER AND ALLOW GREATER DISTANCES
BETWEEN VEHICLES. ALLOW MORE TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION
SAFELY.


&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

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SYNOPSIS...KTB/JMV
NEAR TERM...JMV
SHORT TERM...KMC
LONG TERM...KMC