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EARLY MORNING WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO 
VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
550 AM EDT THU APR 3 2008

FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE AREA FROM THIS EVENING 
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT MAY BE EXTENDED SOUTHWARD LATER.

SKIES WERE CLOUDY EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT NO RAIN WAS FALLING. 
TEMPERATURES AT 5 AM WERE MOSTLY IN THE 40S...WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST 
WINDS ON MOUNTAIN RIDGETOPS.

THE EARLY MORNING SURFACE WEATHER MAP SHOWED HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 
OVER NEW ENGLAND...AND RIDGING WESTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO 
THE UPPER MIDWEST. A FRONTAL SYSTEM LAY EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE 
GULF COAST STATES...WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE 
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.

IN SHORT...A PROLONGED AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT APPEARS TO BE SETTING 
UP. THE FRONT TO OUR SOUTH WILL LIFT NORTH TODAY...BECOMING 
STATIONARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OUR AREA BY THIS EVENING. 
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN UP FROM THE GULF OF 
MEXICO AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS. RAIN 
WILL FIRST DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTH...AS 
THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH...AND RAPIDLY SPREAD NORTHWARD BY AFTERNOON.  
IT LOOKS LIKE THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE 
NORTHWESTERN HALF OF OUR AREA FROM LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH  
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN IT WILL THEN ONLY SLOWLY DRIFT SOUTH AND 
EAST LATER FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THUS...THE HEAVIEST RAINS 
FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF 
THE AREA...WHERE CURRENT FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT. AS THE FRONT 
DRIFTS SOUTH FRIDAY...THE FLOOD PROBLEMS MAY EXTEND SOUTHWARD. WE 
WILL MONITOR THIS CLOSELY. 

ALTHOUGH CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL DOMINATE THROUGH FRIDAY...TEMPERATURES 
WILL BE ON THE MILD SIDE AS SOUTHERLY FLOW DOMINATES THE AREA. IF 
SOME PEAKS OF SUNSHINE APPEAR ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FRIDAY...IT 
COULD GET QUITE WARM. 

THE FRONT FINALLY MOVES OUT SATURDAY...WITH RAIN ENDING. CLOUDS WILL 
BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT SATURDAY...AND WITH NORTHERLY BREEZES BRINGING 
COOLER AIR IN...IT WILL FEEL ON THE CHILLY SIDE. 

SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE A STELLA DAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND WARMER 
TEMPERATURES.     

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