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LATE AFTERNOON  WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND 
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
445 PM EST FRI NOV 04 2005

TODAY THERE WAS MORE CLOUDS AND THE TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE 
NORMAL IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S.  TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE THE 
END OF THE LEAF WATCHING FOR THIS FALL.  WINDS AND RAIN THIS WEEKEND 
WILL REMOVE MOST OF THE LEAVES.

THE LATE AFTERNOON SURFACE WEATHER MAP SHOWED A LOW PRESSURE CENTER 
OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. A WARM FRONT EXTENDED EAST ACROSS NEW 
YORK STATE AND MASSACHUSETTS INTO THE ATLANTIC.  A COLD FRONT 
EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THE LOW ACROSS MICHIGAN CENTRAL ILLINOIS TO 
CENTRAL MISSOURI.  THERE IT BECOMES A WARM FRONT AND CONTINUES WEST 
ACROSS KANSAS THEN TURNS SHARPLY NORTH TO A LOW IN SOUTH DAKOTA.  
FROM THE LOW IN SOUTH DAKOTA A COLD FRONT DIPS INTO COLORADO AND 
CONTINUES WEST INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA.  HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER EASTERN 
CANADA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE STATES.
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HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL TONIGHT GIVING US MILD CONDITIONS 
AS WINDS STAY UP. FIRE DANGER WILL BE HIGH TONIGHT BUT CONDITIONS 
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA.  ALTHOUGH CLOUDS 
WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...NO RAIN 
IS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT.

A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE 
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY.  STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW 
WILL ALLOW FOR CONTINUED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...DESPITE 
INCREASING CLOUDINESS.  CHANCES FOR RAIN INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT AS 
THE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THE GREATEST CHANCE 
FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE SATURDAY 
NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS.

A COLD FRONT WILL SWING THROUGH ON SUNDAY AND COOLER AND DRIER AIR 
WILL FILTER IN BEHIND IT ON MONDAY...ALONG WITH STRONG HIGH 
PRESSURE.  DRY WEATHER IS FIGURED FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK UNDER 
THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE.  ANOTHER STRONG SYSTEM LIFTS INTO 
THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY.   


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