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LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND 
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
435 PM EST THU DEC 8 2005

PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA
AND EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS SO FAR INDICATE 
THAT THE PRECIPITATION WAS IN THE FORM OF SNOW ALTHOUGH SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WERE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO 
MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE REST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION
COULD START OUT IN EITHER LIQUID OR SOLID FORM AND MAY EVEN BE A 
MIXTURE AT TIMES. WATCH OUT FOR ANY RAIN THAT FALLS IN AREAS WHERE THE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. AS OF LATE THIS AFTERNOON SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S.

ON THE SURFACE WEATHER MAP...A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE AREAS GO FROM ILLINOIS
SOUTH TO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. A COLD FRONT ALMOST FOLLOWS THE SAME 
ROUTE BUT IT ALSO EXTENDS FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE GULF OFF THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST. HIGH PRESSURE COVERS THE REMAINDER OF THE NATION.

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THIS EVENING...AND 
TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE AS CLOUDS FROM THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE 
CENTER APPROACHES.  THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN OVER OHIO 
AND KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA...CHANGING TO A MIX OF RAIN... 
SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN...AS IT SPREAD EAST TOWARD THE MOUNTAINS 
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THEN THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO 
ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT AREAWIDE. 

THE STORM WILL HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND BY FRIDAY 
MORNING...WITH ONLY SOME LINGERING SNOW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS 
LEFT.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY 
AFTERNOON...BRINGING DRIER AND COLDER AIR.  THIS WILL ALLOW THE SKY 
TO CLEAR BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE REGION 
THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

A NEW COLD FRONT ROLLS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WITHOUT MUCH 
MOISTURE.  THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH EARLY 
NEXT WEEK...WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS...ALONG WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS 
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY WEATHER LATER 
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...BEFORE THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES 
FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST.

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