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MIDDAY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO 
VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
1040 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2005

PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH AREAS OF FOG WERE ACROSS THE REGION THIS 
THIS MORNING. BY 10 AM THE FOG HAD BURNED OFF AND TEMPERATURES BEGAN 
TO CLIMB QUICKLY INTO THE 70S.  THESE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO 
TOP OUT IN THE MID AND UPPER 80S. 

THE MIDDAY SURFACE WEATHER MAP SHOWED A DISSIPATING COLD 
FRONT FROM LAKE ERIE SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH SOUTHWEST OHIO INTO 
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. POWERFUL HURRICANE KATRINA WAS OVER THE EAST 
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WAS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE LOUISIANA 
COAST. 

ALL EYES ARE ON KATRINA. THE OFFICIAL FORECAST TAKES KATRINA 
NORTHWARD ONTO THE EASTERN LOUISIANA COAST MONDAY...THEN 
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS 
WILL BRING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN TO OUR REGION TUESDAY OR 
WEDNESDAY. UNTIL THEN CONDITIONS WILL BE MOSTLY DRY TODAY WITH 
WARMER TEMPERATURES...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. 

MONDAY WILL BE A TRANSITION DAY BEFORE THE DIRECT EFFECTS OF THE 
REMNANTS OF KATRINA ARE FELT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST AND 
MOISTURE INCREASES. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR WIDELY 
SCATTERED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON CONVECTION 
MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL 
ENHANCE UPSLOPE CONDITIONS THAT ARE FAVORABLE FOR SHOWERS.

AS KATRINA MOVES AWAY TOWARD NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND 
THURSDAY...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WITH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL BUILD 
OVER OUR REGION AND LAST INTO THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 80S TODAY AND MONDAY...THEN COOLING 
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH ALL THE CLOUDS AND RAIN...FOLLOWED BY 
COOLER CANADIAN AIR FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.   

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