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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
346 AM EDT THU MAY 6 2010

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT...WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST OHIO 
AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY DURING THE PREDAWN HOURS...TO THE MOUNTAINOUS 
COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA BY LATE THIS MORNING.  IT MAY PRODUCE A 
BRIEF SHOWER...MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT...SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR A PLEASANT
AFTERNOON...BY MOST FOLKS STANDARDS.

A PEACEFUL NIGHT IS FIGURED...AS DRY AIR LINGERS.

WARMER AIR RETURNS ON FRIDAY. IT MAY TRIGGER A FEW SHOWERS OR 
THUNDERSTORMS IN OHIO...BUT MOST COUNTIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY 
ON FRIDAY.

A STRONGER COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
SATURDAY MORNING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

DRIER AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW FOR MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND.
THERE COULD EVEN BE SOME FROST FOR SUNRISE ON MONDAY MORNING.

LOOKING WAY DOWN THE ROAD...A WARM FRONT MAY BRING WET WEATHER...
ALONG ABOUT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM IMPACTS /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

.SHORT TERM IMPACTS /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS 
SOUTHEAST OHIO...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...AND NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.
ANY SEVERE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS THAT CAUSE DOWNED TREES 
AND POWER LINES.  THE WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE POWER FLUCTUATIONS AND 
OUTAGES...BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM DEBRIS AND POSSIBLY EVEN STRUCTURAL 
DAMAGE.  LARGE HAIL COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEGETATION OR SOFT METAL 
SURFACES.

WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD BLOW SOME
LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AROUND...AND CAUSE SOME CROSS WINDS WHILE DRIVING
ON HIGH SPEED ROUTES.

&&

.LONG TERM IMPACTS /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A FROST OR FREEZE IS A POSSIBILITY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY 
MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF 
WEST VIRGINIA. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION MAY BE DAMAGED OR
KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

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SYNOPSIS...KTB/CL
NEAR TERM...KTB
SHORT TERM...CL
LONG TERM...TRM