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LATE AFTERNOON WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND 
MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
430 PM EDT THU APR 3 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OHIO...EASTERN KENTUCKY AND
   NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

SCATTERED RAIN WAS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE
BULK OF THE RAIN WAS IN SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND THE
BORDERING COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA IN THAT AREA. SOME MODERATE RAIN
WAS ALSO IN THAT AREA AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 40S WITH SOME
30S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ON THE SURFACE WEATHER MAP...HIGH PRESSURE COVERS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF
THE NATION WHILE LOW PRESSURE COVERS THE REST OF THE U.S. A COLD FRONT
WAS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND GOES EAST TO NORTH CENTRAL OKLAHOMA.
THE FRONT CHANGES TO A WARM FRONT AND SNAKES EAST THROUGH CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND INTO SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE FRONT THEN HEADS SOUTHWEST THROUGH
WESTERN GEORGIA AND ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA.

THE SOGGY WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AROUND 
SOUTHERN OHIO AND WEST VIRGINIA TONIGHT.  THE WINTRY MIXTURE ALONG 
THE EASTERN SLOPES...INCLUDING THE GREENBRIER VALLEY OF WEST 
VIRGINIA...WILL END THIS EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY INCH 
HIGHER. 

COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY...WITH IT 
FINALLY CLEARING THE MOUNTAINS BY DUSK.  THE THREAT OF HIGH WATER 
CARRIES UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES.  HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE IN THE 
MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

HIGH PRESSURE TAKES HOLD SATURDAY BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES. 
CLEARING WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY EVENING CONTINUING 
SUNNY ON SUNDAY. 

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